Word: martyrizing
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...planned for November could prove to be a major test case for reporters determined to march. One journalist who will not be there: the New York Times's Greenhouse, whose last foray into the public arena originally sparked the debate. Says Greenhouse: "I don't intend to make a martyr of myself. I wouldn't want to do anything to undermine the credibility and objectivity of the profession...
Reality: Terrorists are the people who place bombs in the suitcases of their unsuspecting girlfriends. A death is a sacrifice to God. A dead brother is a martyr, not a victim. Bartering with terrorists constitutes either a bill too large to pay or a technique too unreliable upon which to depend...
...recent Palestinian attack on a bus full of civilians could be something other than a foretaste of future horrors are urged to recall that after 18 months of sticks and stones, the intifadeh command last month instructed its followers to "kill a settler or a soldier for every martyr of our people." And those who dismiss the settlers' increasing resort to acts of revenge as the scattered expressions of madmen are similarly out of touch...
...more appealing on Capitol Hill than in grammar school and scattered enforcement always seems unfair, it would be a mistake to conclude that Wright and Coelho are victims of a deranged political environment dominated by vengeful Republicans and gooey do-gooders. Although Coelho characterized himself as a martyr, resigning to save his family and Congress, he was actually getting out to save his neck. The $100,000 deal involving one of Michael Milken's junk bonds promised to be every bit as serious as Wright's transgressions. And the investigations have the same salutary effect as the state trooper...
...martyr. I've never thought of myself as a rebel, although I am one to my alleged family. A rebel with a liberal cause...