Great article on Huffington Post about why we need to stop celebrating OBL's death

[scififreak]

But celebration is not in order, no matter what your feelings of elation. Here's why.

"Celebrating" the killing of any member of our species -- for example, by chanting "USA! USA!" and singing "The Star Spangled Banner" outside the White House or jubilantly demonstrating in the streets -- is a violation of human dignity. Regardless of the

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[spikespet7]

This also gives power to the enemy to say we are no better than they are when they celebrate in the streets. A part of me is worried that our out right celebrations will only add fuel to fire on the severity of retaliaton that will come our way.....we live in a tit for tat world and actions always brings consequences......

Kim

[scififreak]

I share your fears. To many in the rest of the world (and here at home), seeing people celebrating a man's death in the streets must seem distasteful at best and sick at worst. It's kind of like how we eroded much of the world's post-9/11 sympathy with our shady post-9/11 actions.