Comments | kynon: Cut off the head, another grows

kynon

Cut off the head, another grows

May 06, 2011 12:54

Right. Few of you can have missed that the USA are crowing mightily about having finally, after nearly ten years and however many millions/billions of dollars spent, bumped off The BogyemanOsama Bin Laden. I have one or two thoughts about this (and related things) - they may not be fully coherent, or indeed even consistent, but here's my tuppence ( Read more... )

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glamgothruthy May 6 2011, 12:02:23 UTC

seconded

inouvanox May 6 2011, 14:00:49 UTC

I, for one, am glad he's dead. It's not a fact I would celebrate, but I'm rather glad he's dead. I don't think it will change anything... It's not going to stop the war(s) going on, but for those who died it do seem like a small bit of justice was done.
I know too many people who were directly affected by either 9/11 or the resulting war and too many who've died over it to not be a little bit happy that he's dead.

flavius_m May 6 2011, 15:17:09 UTC

Hear, hear! My thoughts exactly!

mark13 May 6 2011, 15:39:21 UTC

I think that all the celebratory crowing was rather distasteful, but to be honest I think that distaste shows how far we've come as a society. Not very long ago at all, executions were one of the biggest spectator sports in the world, and we were sticking the heads of our fallen foes on spikes outside the gates of London ( ... )