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3) China has thereby rid itself of an irksome "martyr" and his influence on the country.
Lest one think I'm exaggerating Katz's martyr complex, check out Virtuous Reality 's Chapter 7, in which he chronicles the life and times of another political rebel who embraced a new technology to speak truth to power and suffered greatly for it: Thomas Paine.
This aloof, slightly inhuman mix of traits somehow suited both the insubstantial martyr of Quiz Show (1994) and the Nazi sadist of Schindler's List (1993).
Till his dying day, Ross continued to paint himself as a martyr.
In a front-page commentary, the paper said it was true that Ocalan has blood on his hands and that the Turkish people want revenge, but it also said that "a dead leader would be immortal as a martyr to the Kurdish cause."