coward

[Victor Steinbok]

Most of the time, the "coward" tag is attached because of killing of
unarmed people. But after the Dark Knight shooting, some conservatives
teed off on Holmes as a coward because he peacefully (if this word can
have any meaning in this context) surrendered to the police outside the
cinema. In this case, they considered him a coward because he _didn't_
kill himself. Sometimes a spree killer just can't win...

     VS-)

On 8/10/2012 11:59 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> ...
> The recent mass killers are also automatically described as "cowards," even
> though "want of courage" or "faint-heartedness" had nothing to do with
> their actions. Indeed, the issue of "courage" vs. "faint-heartedness" in
> these cases is arguably irrelevant.
>
> JL

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