Oceanic,
Actually, I would agree that according to my last definition, suicide bombers would classify as heroic to those who viewed them that way....its all in the eye of the beholder if the ONLY defining characteristic that makes someone a hero is if they fought and died for their friends and comrades.
However, what Kathianne pointed out and others seem to be picking up on...is that you seem to have ignored everything you don't want to address and discussed only one small part of the whole, thereby missing (or deliberately ignoring) the point of the other persons post.
I gave numerous reasons why Casey Sheehan's is a hero, the one you noted on above was simply one of them. The others, putting your life on the line to protect the FREEDOMS of others is obviously one that would not apply to terrorists...nor would another one I mentioned...fighting to give a nation a chance at self-determination. In fact, the opposite is true of the terrorists blowing themselves up in Iraq...they are fighting to keep a nation under a tyrannical and dictatorial regime bent on oppressing the weaker members of their society...
You also, in "accepting" my comment that both sides of the political spectrum, didn't answer my question. What that intentional or accidental? Do you feel that I have insulted you somewhere along the lines in this conversation or were you referring to someone else?
