People shouldn't celebrate the death of osoma, no matter what he did, death is death and it is sacred, amirite?

*osama

by Anonymous 14 years ago

This may well kill my average score (not that it was too good anyways) but I do believe it needs to be said...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

respect.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

spell his name correctly if you want to be taken seriously. maybe then you'll be right.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yea it was a typo, I'm on my ipod and it wouldn't let me change it....

by Anonymous 14 years ago

inb4 someone uses the false MLK quote

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I'm not celebrating that he's dead, but I am glad that he is dead. He killed over 3,000 people, and there probably would have been more in deaths in the future if we had not killed him. He is a man that deserved to die, to protect the lives of innocent citizens.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

exactly. he was an asshole who deserve to burn in hell :-)

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Agreed! I hate how people say it was bad that we killed him. It's so un-American.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Wow, that was extremely racist.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Exactly, but the death of a human being should never be celebrated, that's just ethically wrong

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Death is not sacred if you did not treat life as sacred when you were alive.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

LOL wow this is just... stupid.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Nice intelligent thought there

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I shouldn't be glad a killer is dead? It's not like I'm having a party. And saying "death is sacred" is just stupid.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

You can very well be, as am I. I was just saying that after the other comments, your comment looked a smidgen out of place.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

That should have been your first comment. In order to be taken seriously, you can't simply say "wow...stupid," you need to articulate an argument.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

The real MLK quote Are we seeking power for power’s sake? Or are we seeking to make the world and our nation better places to live. If we seek the latter, violence can never provide the answer. The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

We're in a war. Killing the leader of enemy forces is an accomplishment. And what he did in the past exponentially increases the value of that accomplishment. Also, the United States is not parading around with his head on a platter. In fact, we did quite the opposite. We disposed of his body in accordance with Islamic law and refused to reveal the photos of his gruesome remains.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Agreed and most of the young people celebrating his death in Times Square probably don't know why they're celebrating. You go up and ask them, "Why are you celebrating?" "Well Osama's dead.." "Well why did he get killed?" "9/11 of course." They probably don't know anything else other than what happened in 9/11. Death is a sacred thing no matter who is dying. Sure he killed +3,000 people and you have a right to be happy that he's dead. But don't celebrate over a death, and especially if you're a Catholic Christian. That's a direct violation of the 5th Commandment to be celebrating so publicly over that.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I think your death loses any sense of sacredness when during your life you slaughtered thousands.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

So misinformed

by Anonymous 14 years ago

How so?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Well, you're right in principle (which is why I gave you the YYA) but not in practice. You're saying that the goal is to minimize death, and although that it usually the case when it comes to issues of killing, it makes sense to kill 1 person to prevent the death of thousands more. For example, you would agree that it'd be alright to kill one person to save millions, right? I know that's not the same thing but it relates. However,

for your ideals.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

No, because I honestly kind of agree he should have been killed... Because its not really possible to serve 3000 odd life sentences, but I do think that no person (or group of people) have the right to take anothers life (yea my beliefs are fairly contradictory.) i do however, believe he should have gotten a trial and I certainly don't think anyone should party over the death of a human being

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yeah. Exactly. That's lovely thinking, and it makes you a good person, but it doesn't work in the real word. It's not practical and it's impossible. Realism vs. Idealism. Chose your weapon.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yea maybe you're right, I am idealistic, but I still don't know how people can celebrate the death of a human being, no matter how bad they are. I mean be happy sure (I'm not really though because I think his death will provoke al quada) but partying over the death of someone is morally wrong.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

The message behind his death is a powerful one that you can rejoice in. A man who did evil won't do evil anymore. However, I believe that to celebrate a death and rejoice that he will burn in hell isn't right. He was no doubt a cruel and bad person, but to rejoice like that over his death is what I view as cruel. It's one thing to rejoice his death and another thing to rejoice that the evil he has done is over.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Glad you weren't around after World War 2 to say "We should not rejoice in the death of Hitler."

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I agree.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Not only did he kill 3,000+ people, but he was the main "resource" of getting bombs and money. I'm glad hes dead. He was the reason my family members died. He killed his own people, and that was a shame.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I feel indifferent about this one. Yeah, it is someone dying and it's not good to want someone to be dead, but this guy is responsible for the deaths of a LOT of people. I'm not having a party or anything, but I'm definitely not going to be upset about it.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Nothing is sacred.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I don't believe we should celebrate his death. I believe we should celebrate the fact that we can move on to better things.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

For all the people he killed and families he has destroyed... I think his death is fine to celebrate. At least some hurt ones who have suffered because of him will feel alright knowing the person who has caused them soo much pain finally won't hurt others.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

But Him dying won't bring back their loved ones, if we celebrate his death, essentially aren't we at least close to being as bad as him? I think it certainly brings us closer...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I agree.I understand that someone had to put a stop to osama's terrorism, but death probably wasn't the best answer.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

What was the best answer then?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Obviously a fair trial, in which he would get a chance to speek and give words of encouragement to other terrorists, and make him more of a martyr in their eyes... That would have gone over well. I think they did the right thing. Killed him, but decided not to display him.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I agree :)

by Anonymous 14 years ago

What's to celebrate? Okay Osama is dead, but its not like the Al Queda is gone. There are still thousands of extremists out there worst than Osama, who are still actively plotting and funding terrorist agendas. And most people don't even know the full story behind his life. He started out working for the CIA, for this country! We basically trained him to do what he did. Osama ultimately got what he wanted, he stated that the whole point of 9/11 was to destroy America's economy and therefore our power. Well look at us now after 9/11 we're in several wars, in trillions of dollars of debt and do you know that a trillion dollars and ten years have been spent just to kill one man?! And this is what we celebrate? We should be focusing on demanding for troops to be sent home and to stop interjecting in every single crisis that shows up on the planet. That would be something to celebrate. The fight for human rights and domestic stability are the only 'sacred' things in this circumstance.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Too true!

by Anonymous 14 years ago