I simply replied with my opinion. You chose to "nit-pick" with definitions.

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>On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 16:27:14 -0500, dbright <[log in to unmask]>
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>>No. They are people who, while in terrible danger, thought more of the
safety
>>of others than of themselves.
>>
>
>Isn't that the definition of "martyr"?  What *is* the definition?  Let's
see...
>
>Random House Unabridged, Second Edition:  "A person put to death on behalf of
a
>principle, belief or cause."
>
>Webster's Third International, Unabridged: "One who sacrifices life...for the
sake of
>principle."
>
>Under Webster's definition, I do not think it would be much of a stretch to
see
the
>passengers on Flight 93 as martyrs, since they crashed the plane (assuming
that's
>what happened) for the sake of a greater principle: preventing it from being
used as
>a weapon to kill / harm untold other innocents.
>
>And I do not think it's all that much of a stretch under the Radom House
definition to
>consider all the victims, on all four planes and on the ground, as unwitting
martyrs:
>they were certainly put to death on behalf of the hijackers' cause and their
own
>participation in the American way of life, which may be viewed as a belief or
>principle.
>
>But I find all this nit-picking over semantics to be somewhat distasteful,
and
not
>particularly relevant to the OP.  To answer that question, I can think of the
following
>museum martyr exhibits:
>
>any religious museum that may cover the martyrs of its faith
>
>the National Civil Rights museum and any others that cover Dr. King and
others
who
>died advancing that cause
>
>the recent travelling exhibit of photos of lynchings
>
>any museum that covers the US Civil War
>
>arguably, any war museum would cover people who died for their beliefs.
>
>But that would require a fairly liberal interpretation of the term "martyr."
>
>-- Eugene Dillenburg
>Exhibit Developer
>Science Museum of Minnesota
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