If you think that all suicide bombers are motivated by religious fanaticism, you really need to read a History book. Once again, that's a simplistic explanation that fails to take into account the full complexity of the reality.
Keep downvoting. It only makes you look like ignorants.
I don't downvote, but really, you should take a hint here. Write a post explaining _why_, and upvotes will come. Simple opinions are not encouraged on HN, they're usually considered spam.
Examples of suicide attacks which had no religious motivation:
- the Luftwaffe carried out suicide missions against the Red Army during the Battle for Berlin.
- the Japanese Kamikaze inflicted great damage in the U.S. Navy fleet in the Pacific.
- the Vietminh / Vietcong who used suicide bombers against the French Military and then against the U.S. Military.
Examples are abundant. It's true that many suicide bombers are motivated by religious fanaticism, but if we look further back in History, the pattern seems to be that suicide bombers are motivated by other kinds of fanaticism (e.g., nationalism) or simply by desperation. When one can't defeat a stronger enemy in conventional ways, suicide attacks can be a good option, as they inflict tremendous amounts of damage with little resources, and have devastating effects on the enemy's morale.
To cut a long story short: not all suicide bombers are created equal. The ones who carried out the 9/11 attacks are quite different from the palestinians who blow up a bus in Tel-Aviv, for instance. Failing to understand this reality is a serious mistake.
Kamikaze means divine wind. They were dying for the emperor who ruled by divine right. There was more religion in that fanaticism than you might think.
You have a point there. But it's also true that many Kamikaze believed that their suicide missions were the only way to save Japan, and hence their families back home.
Although it is true that there are almost always secular motivations as well, the metaphor is not dishonest and the joke is funny.