# Homicide bomber?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicide-bomber/176081>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 18, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicide-bomber/176081 "2003-05-18T18:28:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicide-bomber/176081/21 "2003-05-19T00:15:47Z")

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We already had a debate on [Suicide vs Homicide bomber](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=110282) thing. The mere fact that the origin of the term is steeped in politics is no reason to get all GD’ish here.

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicide-bomber/176081/22 "2003-05-19T01:02:50Z")

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Thanks, **Squink**. I’ll take my opinions over there. So far, though, they’re not debating either.

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**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicide-bomber/176081/23 "2003-05-19T05:11:09Z")

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So does this mean that the textbooks are now going to refer to kamikazes as homicide pilots?

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