Osama Bin Laden Dead

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by IrishLake

There is no problem with celebrating Justice. There's a difference between justice as a punishment and a means to preventing OBL planned future attacks. You know there would have been more with him acting as the mastermind.

Nope, we haven't succeeded, and I'm not sure we ever will. I think we will never see the end of the War on Terror. However a major battle was won over 24 hours ago. That is something to be proud of. Proud of our service men and women, and proud of our President who said "DO IT" without letting Pakistan even know. The War on Terror would not be needed were it not for extremists. It's a proactive offense in order to prevent future 9/11-like events. Should we sit back on our haunches and do nothing? I think not.

Let's put this on a smaller level. Imagine seeing the family members of a murder victim leaving the death chamber partying and chanting "USA, USA." It's just not done and is a little crass. As much as this is a part of a war, this WAS a man's life. He was a terrorist, but celebrating a man's death like it's a party lowers our social mores quite a bit.

[txAOII_15]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Let's put this on a smaller level. Imagine seeing the family members of a murder victim leaving the death chamber partying and chanting "USA, USA." It's just not done and is a little crass. As much as this is a part of a war, this WAS a man's life. He was a terrorist, but celebrating a man's death like it's a party lowers our social mores quite a bit.

i wholeheartedly agree with you AOII_Angel. celebrating any person's death under any circumstances is crass. while patriotism is a wonderful thing, lets also not forget the other side of the story. yes, september 11 was a terrible tragedy and my heart goes but to the thousands of people affected by it, but it pales in comparison to past us involvement in situations abroad that have violated human rights and have taken the lives of countless numbers of people. an eye for an eye is not the way to show superiority, but rather just sinks us morally. while im glad that the world as a whole is a safer place with one less extremist running around spewing hateful propaganda, it should not mean that we take it upon ourselves to celebrate how "blessed" we are as a nation by god and exclude the billions of other people that happen to share our planet.

[rhoyaltempest]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Let's put this on a smaller level. Imagine seeing the family members of a murder victim leaving the death chamber partying and chanting "USA, USA." It's just not done and is a little crass. As much as this is a part of a war, this WAS a man's life. He was a terrorist, but celebrating a man's death like it's a party lowers our social mores quite a bit.

I get what you're saying but this man's terror goes back to the 80's, maybe even before that and has impacted the world. I think most people are celebrating the end of his reign of terror, not specifically the loss of human life. When the families of rape and murder victims "celebrate" the death of the rapists and murderers, we understand completely.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

I think most people are celebrating the end of his reign of terror, not specifically the loss of human life.

Yep. This is what I was saying earlier.