I don't view Osama or his kind as humans on the same level as most of the population. Any one who can plan, carry out, and rejoice what happened 9/11 or can cut another person's head off while they are alive and screaming is at the bottom of the evolutionary chart in my mind. I will rejoice in Osama's death the same as I will in the destruction of any other disease.

 

^ What he said.

I am a firm believer that if you intentional take someones life (excluding combat) you forfit the right to your life. I believe when you take the 3000 innocent lives your grave deserves to be danced on.

In order for the cheers after Osama's death to be considered "wrong," we first need to believe that we live in a peaceful, civil society. In my opinion, since ignorance, violence, and corruption are not only rampant in this country, but control the vast majority of our lives, I say the cheers are fully justified.

America is so safe and niave when it comes to war, we get to live everyday and not even think about it, even while we are in war with two countries and occupying several others. In other words we are soft.........My uncle was in WWII and he has pics of himself posing with dead japaneses soldiers heads, cigarrette in one hand, M1 Garand in another hand, he is a dang hero he fought his heart out, and seen alot of people die, and by gosh if he killed someone first before they got him I bet he was dang happy! I also bet his family was too, war is primal and its life or death we should celebrate the death of a tyrant its normal and its necessary with the sacrifices people make.

Part of the reason why I was so angry during 9/11 (and other times) is due to those people who cheered and celebrated the dealth of our people.

 

I am not going to be a hypocrit. I would like to hope that I am a better person than to do something that offended me at one time.

Part of the reason why I was so angry during 9/11 (and other times) is due to those people who cheered and celebrated the dealth of our people.

 

I am not going to be a hypocrit. I would like to hope that I am a better person than to do something that offended me at one time.

To me it is not about celebrating the death of someone as it is celebrating a milestone in the war on terror. Those people cheering in the streets were celebrating a blow to Democracy, non-Freedom, and the death of 1000s of innocent lives. This is over 1 person.

If his death meant the end of the Jihad, then by all means cheer as peple did as WWII ended. But I do not think having him gone will make much difference to the zealots and the terrorism will continue. This is no more than a sack in the first quarter. It is not over. In that sense we need to remain vigilant, somber and resolute. Captain Ahab got his whale....that's all.

I missed this...

 

I think it's different for different people. Personally I was happy they got him but couldn't imagine running around in the streets cheering a death. If I were an 8 year old child in NY that spent the last 10 years without my parents because of the tower then my reaction might be different. I've lost a couple of friends the last 6 months or so it's more like closure for me than celebration.

I feel bad that I DON'T feel even a little bit bad for his death. There was a part of me that felt a tinge of sadness when Sadaam was executed, but with bin Laden...nothing.

 

As to the cheering, to each their own. I don't feel the need to do so, but I can understand why some would.