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just as likely. I wasn't implying this was a heroic action. Perhaps my original post was misleading in that regard. I don't know anything about the person that did it or why. History gets to decide the import of people's actions.

I think that increases in behaviors where people work outside social norms (this includes people that strap bombs to their bodies) are indicators of stress in the social fabric. Labeling actions as stupid, or terrorist, and such are useful but miss the bigger picture sometimes.



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