Breakfast of Idiots

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17293730%5E601,00.html
Author Kurt Vonnegut "has praised terrorists as 'very brave people' and used drug culture slang to describe the 'amazing high' suicide bombers must feel before blowing themselves up," reports the Weekend Australian:

In discussing his views with The Weekend Australian, Vonnegut said it was "sweet and honourable" to die for what you believe in, and rejected the idea that terrorists were motivated by twisted religious beliefs.
"They are dying for their own self-respect," he said. "It's a terrible thing to deprive someone of their self-respect. It's like your culture is nothing, your race is nothing, you're nothing." . . .
Vonnegut suggested suicide bombers must feel an "amazing high." He said: "You would know death is going to be painless, so the anticipation--it must be an amazing high."

The paper describes Vonnegut as a "peace activist" and notes that his "latest comments are likely to make many people wonder if old age has finally caught up with a grand old man of American letters."