Language lacks a term for those who kill without risking their own lives

Evidence

One speaks of “suicide bombing” or of “suicide assassination,” but what would be the antonym? There is no specific expression to designate those who kill by explosion without ever risking their lives. Not only is it not necessary for them to die in order to kill, but it is impossible for them to be killed as they kill. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 312

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: No word exists for killing without any risk of being killed; Language requires general terms that cannot be explained purely by particulars — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 587; “Nothing new under the sun” arguments are an ancient device to normalize one-sided killing

Broader Connections