The absurdity of suicide bombing lay in the ideology, and the goals one seeks to achieve by blowing oneself up.
It is important to remember that suicide bombers only appear under certain conditions, they only come from people that are, or believe themselves to be, occupied by a superior power, such they think they have absolutely nothing to lose. They're making the rational choice that since their own lives are worthless, if they can kill any of the occupying force by dying, then they've gained something for the people still behind.
If you only think of suicide bombers as "stupid" or "absurd" or "ideologically motivated", then you'll never get rid of them because you don't really understand what makes them tick.
It is important to remember that suicide bombers only appear under certain conditions, they only come from people that are, or believe themselves to be, occupied by a superior power, such they think they have absolutely nothing to lose. They're making the rational choice that since their own lives are worthless, if they can kill any of the occupying force by dying, then they've gained something for the people still behind.
If you only think of suicide bombers as "stupid" or "absurd" or "ideologically motivated", then you'll never get rid of them because you don't really understand what makes them tick.