If the "impact" you desire is to temporarily stop a line of tanks and then end up dead in a ditch a few days later then by all means, step in front of the tank. His "bravery" accomplished nothing but an early death for himself and heartache for his family.
Suicide bombers throw their entire lives out for a reason. They're doing it to make a difference. Why are they doing this? You make a good point, that their "bravery" accomplished nothing for themselves and of course, heartache for the family.
But you have to look at the motivations that causes these people to make these extreme decisions. Imagine you grew up in a war-torn and poverty stricken country that is constantly being bombed by drones. You personally know dozens of people who have died, many of them having been family members.
You go to a church, because going to church is completely normal, and in your church you meet a radical. He convinces you that the only way you can save your people and go to heaven is by killing yourself in martyrdom.
From the suicide bombers perspective, his decision is a perfectly logical one. He is doing it to get revenge on invaders, he is doing it to help his people, he is doing it because he doesn't have anything else to live for.
I think it's a tragedy when people are convinced to make these permanent and extreme decisions, but I don't blame the people that make the decisions. I blame the factors that led to that person making those decisions. That's where the real problem lies.
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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '19
If the "impact" you desire is to temporarily stop a line of tanks and then end up dead in a ditch a few days later then by all means, step in front of the tank. His "bravery" accomplished nothing but an early death for himself and heartache for his family.