Suicide bomber vs. homicide bomber

**buttmunch** · October 13th, 2006, 05:23 AM

FauxNews continues to use homicide bomber, although no other major news organization has taken the bait as of yet. What do you think? I'd do a poll but as many of you know, I'm a computard and thus unable to figure how to do that. Anyway, is it an apt description or are they editorializing as usual?

**moomies** · October 13th, 2006, 05:51 AM

I've actually never heard of the term homicide bomber...
But I think that description disregards the life of the person that sacrifices him/herself. It devalues the bomber's life, it sounds like, and puts more focus on the victims of the "homicide."

**ourmaninBusan** · October 13th, 2006, 06:25 AM

Well, the suicide part is actually guaranteed (unless the bomb malfunctions).
The homicide part is not. So suicide bomber is correct, and the dorks
at Fox have failed to be clever yet again.

**buttmunch** · October 13th, 2006, 12:23 PM

No matter how hard they try, they just always get it wrong, eh?

**Lil** · October 13th, 2006, 12:39 PM

And the suicide bit is the thing that distinguishes it from a normal, common or garden bomb.

**Jessica** · October 14th, 2006, 06:57 PM

homicide bomber term is used because the bombers go to malls, bus stops and other areas where the most people are

bombers are out to kill people

homicide is an acceptable term to use those type of bombers

suicide bomber cause harm to themselves only

**Delphinium** · October 14th, 2006, 09:30 PM

I think homicide bomber is more correct, because the ultimate intent of the person is to kill other innocent people. If it was about suicide only, they would not pick buses or trains etc. to do it in. Suicide bomber I think, devalues the innocent lives which are lost when the bomber detonates themselves.

Suicide bomber is misleading, and it tries to sway sympathy to the bomber, sympathy belongs with the victims of the homicide that the bomber perpetrates.

**Elise** · October 14th, 2006, 10:03 PM

I doubt anyone has any sympathy with the person who kills themselves at all. I think the phrase "homocide bomber" can be misleading & confusing. If I heard that, I would think, "Did the bomber die or not?" Suicide bomber is a great way to describe exactly what happened.

**burnt_toast** · October 14th, 2006, 10:24 PM

Suicide bomber, in my mind, translates into a much more significant amount of crazy and evil than homicide bomber. It sure doesn't evoke any level of sympathy for me.

Also, suicide bomber makes me think of the larger context of the bombings. It smacks of a larger institution or a larger idea that is generating the violence.

I have more to say, but the Smirnoff is kicking in ... Lynnie, I thought of you when I bought it. Good times make for poor posting skills.

**Lobelia** · October 14th, 2006, 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by Delphinium

I think homicide bomber is more correct, because the ultimate intent of the person is to kill other innocent people.

Come on, people, a BOMBER is a person who BOMBS. The entire point of a BOMB is to KILL PEOPLE.

The use of the word "homocide" is REDUNDANT.

The use of the word "suicide" describes someone who killed themselves in the process of BOMBING OTHER PEOPLE.