Well, if it comes up again, make sure that you make the distinction - suicide bombers are always evil because they're killing other people. But people who commit suicide do so for a variety of reasons, by far the most common being mental illness, and I think it's important to emphasize that that's not evil, it's an illness.
Hmmm. Suicide bombers are always evil, whereas stam suicides are most commonly mentally ill? Are suicide bombers never mentally ill? (In other words, would you include mental competence in your definition of suicide bomber?) Or do you believe that since they harm others in the process of their suicide, they are evil even if they are mentally ill, because they are judged by their actions, not by their motives?
These are not easy questions, even for adults. And yet we must explain them to children....
Taylweaver-- does the girl who asked the question know about September 11? If she's ten now, she would have been about six then.
Also, Taylweaver, you never followed up on your last e-mail to me.
Re: Suicide Bombers, & Suicide
The Mystical Engineer wrote:
Well, if it comes up again, make sure that you make the distinction - suicide bombers are always evil because they're killing other people. But people who commit suicide do so for a variety of reasons, by far the most common being mental illness, and I think it's important to emphasize that that's not evil, it's an illness.
Hmmm. Suicide bombers are always evil, whereas stam suicides are most commonly mentally ill? Are suicide bombers never mentally ill? (In other words, would you include mental competence in your definition of suicide bomber?) Or do you believe that since they harm others in the process of their suicide, they are evil even if they are mentally ill, because they are judged by their actions, not by their motives?
These are not easy questions, even for adults. And yet we must explain them to children....
Taylweaver-- does the girl who asked the question know about September 11? If she's ten now, she would have been about six then.
Also, Taylweaver, you never followed up on your last e-mail to me.