"That instead of 40 martyrs we will have 20 martyrs a day?" A Syrian businessman based in Damascus said Mr. Brahimi's efforts would be better spent persuading the Syrian authorities to release the thousands of people arrested or abducted by pro-government militias during the conflict.
I wonder what future Syria will have when I speak to children who proclaim their desire to become fighters instead of doctors, martyrs instead of teachers.
In line with Masereel's politics, the Common Man is martyred instead of Christ; during his trial, Christ on the crucifix shines light upon the man.
They should persuade fellow Jews to elect them to speak for the community, instead of posing as martyrs.
It means doing what feels right instead of being a martyr about it.
But legal analysts were not convinced that he would go that route and said that he might instead seek to martyr himself in the eyes of Muslim extremists through a grand and lengthy trial.
The advent of Christianity then appropriated these customs, with 'All-Hallowmas' or 'All Saint's Day' revering saints and martyrs instead of pagan ghouls.
By cutting off that debate, the court in Roe had the effect of giving abortion rights advocates a false and complacent sense of victory; anti-abortion groups, by contrast, were energized -- they suddenly felt like martyrs instead of mere losers.
Regarding the killing of Osama Bin Laden: I think there would have been a greater moral victory had this arch terrorist been captured alive, interrogated for intelligence purposes and then put in an orange jumpsuit and handcuffs, and placed on trial, instead of being granted the martyr's death he craved.
At the time of writing, Damore is busy donning the garb of a victim, describing his firing from Google as a "betrayal", and being embraced by the alt-right as a 'free speech martyr' — instead of considering how his own limited (i.e. white, male) perspective has derailed his own career.
