Word: martyrizing
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...naive moment, there was hope for Michael Jackson: Invincible's first single, You Rock My World, arrived sounding contemporary, even understated. Maybe, it seemed, MJ had finally realized he could quit the martyr act, make good ol' R. and B. records, and people might just love him for it. C'mon! It could have happened! Instead, Invincible is a mess, with Jackson calling on rappers, a children's choir and chambers full of strings in a desperate bid to appeal to all his imagined constituencies. The only one served is Jackson, who fills 77 minutes with his hatred...
When and if the U.S. kills Osama bin Laden, the threat may actually increase if he is glorified as a martyr. As history has shown, most political and religious leaders, whether they be the organizers of the Irish Easter Rebellion, those who died in the Boston Massacre, or even Jesus Christ, proved much more powerful in death than in life...
...result, the contents of bin Laden’s message are perhaps as deadly as any bomb dropped in Afghanistan. By establishing his struggle as that of Islam and Islamic nations in general, he has sought to become an all-Islam martyr, fighting not only for al Qaeda and for the Taliban but also, and most importantly, for Islam and the Islamic people. Thus far, the American efforts in the mental war have been ineffective and have raised ethical dilemmas. The Bush administration has already taken some steps to avoid further propagation of bin Laden’s message...
...misinformation has been circulated in the mosques and Urdu newspapers for days, steeling the local resolve to defend bin Laden as Islam's hero. One earnest youth tells me that when he joins the jihad against America, he'll rim his eyes with kohl so that the maidens in martyr's paradise will find him more handsome. This nutty zealousness rattles me; I start telling people in the bazaar that I'm a Spanish national...
...that the most effective counterattack may be the least publicly satisfying kind - the quiet intelligence and financial and psychological warfare that can best "drain the swamp" where the terrorists hide. Would a large-scale attack demonstrate American resolve or play into the hands of those hoping to create a martyr? "Not only do you need the courage of your convictions," Adlai Stevenson once said. "Sometimes you need the courage of your doubts...