Adam Lankford in Wednesday’s Herald Tribune on suicidal mass killers:

‘Over the last three years, I have examined interviews, case studies, suicide notes, martyrdom videos and witness statements and found that suicide terrorists are indeed suicidal in the clinical sense — which contradicts what many psychologists and political scientists have long asserted. Although suicide terrorists may share the same beliefs as the organizations whose propaganda they spout, they are primarily motivated by the desire to kill and be killed — just like most rampage shooters.’

In other words, a suicide terrorist is just a rampage shooter with an excuse.

Lankford again: ‘The third factor is the desire to acquire fame and glory through killing. More than 70 percent of murder-suicides are between spouses or romantic or sexual partners, and these crimes usually take place at home. Attackers who commit murder-suicide in public are far more brazen and unusual. Most suicide terrorists believe they will be honored and celebrated as “martyrs” after their deaths and, sure enough, terrorist organizations produce martyrdom videos and memorabilia so that other desperate souls will volunteer to blow themselves up.’

All these brave liberals fighting the gun lobby, hoping for stricter gun laws, could fight “the culture of fame” as well.
It’s a fact that many suicide terrorists and rampage shooters acquire a certain amount of fame that usually is reserved for movie stars, politicians and athletes.

Perhaps we should ask our politicians for “fame control proposals”. For example, it should be forbidden to make rampage shooters famous.

Or is this censorship?

Remember the signs in the NYC Subway: 'See something? Say Something.'

One day, we will have signs: 'Do you know a person who hungers for fame? Report him to your local psychiatrist. Security is a shared responsibility.’

Anyhow, let’s fight fame and vanity together.

(Read the complete article here.)