THE hot topic, in fact. Osama Bin Laden has been killed. Now, I am not trying to sound unpatriotic, because believe me, I feel so blessed to be an American. However, I have seen some tweets that are less than respectful towards Bin Laden. I'm not saying that we need to honor him or ignore the awful things he's done, but the happiness that everybody seems to be expressing about his death makes me feel uncomfortable. I don't believe that it is our job to decide who deserves to die, even in the instance of somebody as horrible as Bin Laden. And regardless of the victim, joy shouldn't be found in death like that. God and joy come in remembering the beauty in somebodies life, not at the excitement of their death.
This whole thing makes me feel uneasy.
though you present some very convincing points, and (i'll admit) it is true that no death should ever be considered such a joyous occasion, the way that people are choosing to express their happiness with the fact that the man who caused almost 3,500 deaths in the 9/11 attacks is finally having justice served unto him is fine. the families that suffered and mourned deserve this small feeling of a murderer being vanquished.
ReplyDeletealso, this is not just the adoration of a death, but more of a symbolic victory for america. it is giving all of us some sort of victory and hope that terrorists won't want us dead or our soldiers won't have to fight anymore and can come home.
i can see how this would make you feel uneasy, but i just wanted to point out a different side of the story. no hard feelings?
I agree that people shouldn't be happy about his death directly. However, I think that people mostly are rejoicing the significance of the death, in the anticipation that the terrorism will die down a little, or that the organizations will fall apart now that the chief is gone. Or at least knowing that he is no longer able to be a ghostly mastermind plotting attacks against our country, especially after we saw the scope of the 9/11 attacks.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on this, Greta. You have said it well. He was a bad man and was deserving of the demands of justice. Likely there was no way to take him alive, so our soldiers did what they had to do. But joy? Dancing in the street? Shouts of U.S.A.? Not for me.
ReplyDeleteRelief? Perhaps ... yes relief, I think.
For my "celebration," I will be offering prayers for healing and comfort of the families still grieving over what Bin Laden and the others did to their loved ones.
I appreciate your words.
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People are happy because of what he did to the organize the Trade Center attack, the Pentagon attack etc. He had caused millions of people heart ache all over the world, not just in the U.S. I do agree that people shouldn't be boasting about it or anything, but you have to think of the soldiers families and victim's families. Its an awful thing, but I think the U S should be proud of what happened. He deserved it and had it coming since day one. If he were smarter, he would've left his country and bought an island a loooong time ago.
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ReplyDeletewhy would you have to respect bin laden?.......
ReplyDeleteI'm not saying you have to respect him, but I don't think we should be dancing in the streets with happiness because he's dead.
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