Comment on 148 schoolgirls martyred in Israeli regime's heinous attack in Minab

• jaek@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It just English.

  Lol

  Martyrs die willingly for their cause

  Even taking the Roman Catholic definition (i.e where the word martyr comes from that’s completely wrong.

  They are victims not martyrs

  These two categories are not mutually exclusive.

  You come across as the sort of person that would berate a grieving parent for referring to their dead child as a “little angel”.

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  • TheHolm@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Hmm, www.britannica.com/topic/martyr – and other dictionaries disagree with you. It has to be a willing sacrifice.

    Berate? Why do you come to this conclusion? Does it matter to parents whether they call the child a “martyr” or a “victim”? In both cases the child is dead?

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    • jaek@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      [Britannica] and other dictionaries

      The fact that you don’t know the difference between a dictionary and an encyclopaedia suggests that you’re not exactly an authority on the matter.

      Here are some actual dictionary references:

      • oed

      • cambridge

      • Merriam Webster

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      • TheHolm@aussie.zone ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Encyclopedia example was answer on you remark about historical contents. And Cambridge directly contradict you, there is no victim there. OED marked that meaning as obsolete. Only webster prove your point.

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• tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Your mother failed with you quite badly

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