Bin Laden is dead.....

LoveOfMikesLife · May 2011

Holy sh!t.... The news channels and FB are blowing up right now!!! This is more than great and all but it's how they are going to retaliate that scares me

MissButters · May 2011

Holy sh!t is right. That's crazy.

baystateapple · May 2011

I'm still trying to wrap my brain around it. It's unbelievable.

I don't like the idea of celebrating the brutal death of a human being, but I find it hard to find sympathy for someone who caused the death of almost 3,000 human beings in one day, and was the catalyst for the deaths of almost 6,000 more human beings (just on the US side) in a war that was begun to try to catch him. I wish he had come alive so he could have been tried properly before a war crimes tribunal...but he would never have done that.

I'm glad he can't hurt anyone anymore.

raangoli · May 2011

It was definitely one of those defining moments in history that I don't think any of us will ever forget.

Let's hope that this is the beginning of the end...

Steph0871 · May 2011

baystateapple:
I'm still trying to wrap my brain around it. It's unbelievable.
I don't like the idea of celebrating the brutal death of a human being, but I find it hard to find sympathy for someone who caused the death of almost 3,000 human beings in one day, and was the catalyst for the deaths of almost 6,000 more human beings (just on the US side) in a war that was begun to try to catch him. I wish he had come alive so he could have been tried properly before a war crimes tribunal...but he would never have done that.
I'm glad he can't hurt anyone anymore.

Totally agree. This is from my local board, and I think it explains my thoughts too.

Steph0871:
anitalynn:

I'm proud of what our President, our troops, our intelligence, the entire administration was able to do to find him. I think a singing of the national anthem would be fine and appropriate. A moment of silence for all killed would be even better. Beach balls being tossed in the crowds while people sing "We are the Champions!" seems gross to me. There are ways to show gratitude to our troops for eliminating the threat that doesn't glorify someone who wants to be glorified as a martyr for what he did. Not saying that people are intending to glorify him, but I think in the eyes of our 'enemies' the celebrations will look like that.
I completely agree with this. Watching it last night, when people were standing and quietly singing the National Anthem, I got chills. It was a 'proud to be an American' moment. However, the 'celebrating' I keep seeing (on the news and on facebook, sadly) doesn't sit well with me. I couldn't really place my finger on the difference, but I think you helped explain it.

angieandjames · May 2011

Interesting fact: OBL was killed on May 1. Adolf Hitler's death was announced on May 1 (although he was technically killed on 4/30). Just thought that was kind of neat!

manda26 · May 2011

it's definitely about damn time!

temurlang · May 2011

Steph0871:
baystateapple:
I'm still trying to wrap my brain around it. It's unbelievable.
I don't like the idea of celebrating the brutal death of a human being, but I find it hard to find sympathy for someone who caused the death of almost 3,000 human beings in one day, and was the catalyst for the deaths of almost 6,000 more human beings (just on the US side) in a war that was begun to try to catch him. I wish he had come alive so he could have been tried properly before a war crimes tribunal...but he would never have done that.
I'm glad he can't hurt anyone anymore.

Totally agree. This is from my local board, and I think it explains my thoughts too.

Steph0871:
anitalynn:

I'm proud of what our President, our troops, our intelligence, the entire administration was able to do to find him. I think a singing of the national anthem would be fine and appropriate. A moment of silence for all killed would be even better. Beach balls being tossed in the crowds while people sing "We are the Champions!" seems gross to me. There are ways to show gratitude to our troops for eliminating the threat that doesn't glorify someone who wants to be glorified as a martyr for what he did. Not saying that people are intending to glorify him, but I think in the eyes of our 'enemies' the celebrations will look like that.
I completely agree with this. Watching it last night, when people were standing and quietly singing the National Anthem, I got chills. It was a 'proud to be an American' moment. However, the 'celebrating' I keep seeing (on the news and on facebook, sadly) doesn't sit well with me. I couldn't really place my finger on the difference, but I think you helped explain it.

Okay, I know it's an obnoxious number of quote boxes, but I am lazy and you all have expressed this thought so well already.

Also, I know those pictures everyone's posting on FB are fakes, but still... eeeewwww. So not necessary.

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