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What is your reaction to the death of Osama bin Laden?
I am glad someone shot him. 22%  22%  [ 36 ]
I wish he had died of natural causes (i.e. cancer or another disease) 1%  1%  [ 2 ]
Good riddance. Lets party now and celebrate his death! 18%  18%  [ 29 ]
Indifferent. 25%  25%  [ 40 ]
Sad that a human being was killed. 12%  12%  [ 19 ]
Other. Please explain. 22%  22%  [ 36 ]
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02 May 2011, 9:36 am

Bin Laden being DEAD doesn't stop al-Qaida from operating.

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02 May 2011, 9:37 am

aspi-rant wrote:
al-quaida was insignificant and only a mere plague... like flies and mosquitos.

Big killer flies and mosquito's killing thousands of people that is.



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02 May 2011, 9:39 am

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I think it's a shame that he wasn't captured and had a fair trial (after all the outcome would have been GUILTY) because to kill someone because they killed someone else (I know I am downplaying what BL did of course) seems like asking for war from the remaining terrorists. Unfortunately, terrorists are immature and have only one goal. To cause as much suffering as possible. Now they have even more 'reason' in their twisted minds to want to harm Americans. That's not a good thing. It's going to turn into a sick game of 'I kill one of you, you kill one of us, I kill another of you so you kill another of us.' When is it going to end?

Also I was quite disgusted that people are celebrating someone's death, regardless of who they were. It's really not very good.


Terrorists are already at war with the United States...they dont need bin ladens death as a motivation tool. Sorry, but I am celebrating..because this barbaric animal is dead. He murdered thousands of people...I am not ashamed to be happy he is dead. Come here to the New York/New Jersey area and see how many families have been torn apart by this guy. How many fathers and mothers lost their lives that day in september.



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02 May 2011, 9:40 am

proxybear wrote:
aspi-rant wrote:
al-quaida was insignificant and only a mere plague... like flies and mosquitos.

Big killer flies and mosquito's killing thousands of people that is.


mosquitos and flies kill more.... much more.



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02 May 2011, 9:41 am

aspi-rant wrote:
proxybear wrote:
aspi-rant wrote:
al-quaida was insignificant and only a mere plague... like flies and mosquitos.

Big killer flies and mosquito's killing thousands of people that is.


mosquitos and flies kill more.... much more.

That wasn't the point I was trying to make.



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02 May 2011, 9:54 am

proxybear wrote:
aspi-rant wrote:
proxybear wrote:
aspi-rant wrote:
al-quaida was insignificant and only a mere plague... like flies and mosquitos.

Big killer flies and mosquito's killing thousands of people that is.


mosquitos and flies kill more.... much more.

That wasn't the point I was trying to make.


i know.



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02 May 2011, 10:05 am

I am glad that Bin Laden is dead, because I know several people who were personally affected by the events on September 11, 2001 (my cousin's husband is an officer of the NYPD and lost one of his friends at the Towers). It seems like justice.

I am, however, looking to the future and hoping that the Hydra doesn't grow two new heads.


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02 May 2011, 10:12 am

I'm glad it's over. He had it coming. One can argue that the many trillions of dollars went into killing one man might have been better used to fund science or fix roads or keep teachers and police employed, but what's done is done and now we have to get our economy going again. One problem at a time I guess.


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02 May 2011, 10:18 am

JeremyNJ1984 wrote:
Jellybean wrote:
I think it's a shame that he wasn't captured and had a fair trial (after all the outcome would have been GUILTY) because to kill someone because they killed someone else (I know I am downplaying what BL did of course) seems like asking for war from the remaining terrorists. Unfortunately, terrorists are immature and have only one goal. To cause as much suffering as possible. Now they have even more 'reason' in their twisted minds to want to harm Americans. That's not a good thing. It's going to turn into a sick game of 'I kill one of you, you kill one of us, I kill another of you so you kill another of us.' When is it going to end?

Also I was quite disgusted that people are celebrating someone's death, regardless of who they were. It's really not very good.


Terrorists are already at war with the United States...they dont need bin ladens death as a motivation tool. Sorry, but I am celebrating..because this barbaric animal is dead. He murdered thousands of people...I am not ashamed to be happy he is dead. Come here to the New York/New Jersey area and see how many families have been torn apart by this guy. How many fathers and mothers lost their lives that day in september.

Yes, they are. Though, I wouldn't celebrate. This is a recompense in a symbolic way. A fair trial would have been better, but it's ok without it. I hope he didn't suffer much. I don't like violence and suffering of any kind. And, remember, the world faces so many pending problems terrorism only one of the symptoms of our contemporary society. Soon there will be hunger-uprisings, the overpopulation of Earth is inevitable, redistribution of resources and incomes are nearing. Fascism-resemblant thinking is escalating in Eastern-Europe against Gypsies, I see it from FPW. So, there is so much to solve, so much to do, BL's death is dwarfed by them.



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02 May 2011, 10:23 am

Nothing will really change as a result of his death.


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02 May 2011, 10:30 am

OJani wrote:
JeremyNJ1984 wrote:
Jellybean wrote:
I think it's a shame that he wasn't captured and had a fair trial (after all the outcome would have been GUILTY) because to kill someone because they killed someone else (I know I am downplaying what BL did of course) seems like asking for war from the remaining terrorists. Unfortunately, terrorists are immature and have only one goal. To cause as much suffering as possible. Now they have even more 'reason' in their twisted minds to want to harm Americans. That's not a good thing. It's going to turn into a sick game of 'I kill one of you, you kill one of us, I kill another of you so you kill another of us.' When is it going to end?

Also I was quite disgusted that people are celebrating someone's death, regardless of who they were. It's really not very good.


Terrorists are already at war with the United States...they dont need bin ladens death as a motivation tool. Sorry, but I am celebrating..because this barbaric animal is dead. He murdered thousands of people...I am not ashamed to be happy he is dead. Come here to the New York/New Jersey area and see how many families have been torn apart by this guy. How many fathers and mothers lost their lives that day in september.

Yes, they are. Though, I wouldn't celebrate. This is a recompense in a symbolic way. A fair trial would have been better, but it's ok without it. I hope he didn't suffer much. I don't like violence and suffering of any kind. And, remember, the world faces so many pending problems terrorism only one of the symptoms of our contemporary society. Soon there will be hunger-uprisings, the overpopulation of Earth is inevitable, redistribution of resources and incomes are nearing. Fascism-resemblant thinking is escalating in Eastern-Europe against Gypsies, I see it from FPW. So, there is so much to solve, so much to do, BL's death is dwarfed by them.


A fair trial?? what exactly is their to prove? He has taken credit for the attacks..an open admission of terrorism. What are we trying to prove in a court of law? If you admit to a crime, you don't go to trial. Allowing him to become a matyr is out of the question..giving him air time to espouse his disgusting beliefs is not in anyones interest. He also put up a fight when the attack began on his compound, so he was not interested in being taken alive. You hope he doesnt suffer much? why? the man made thousands suffer horrendous deaths and in Afghanistan he contributed to the suffering of ordinary Afghans. I hope he died the most painful way possible.



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02 May 2011, 10:32 am

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and as the mastermind behind 9/11 his organization needed to be fought


no they were not.


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02 May 2011, 10:33 am

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Bin Laden being DEAD doesn't stop al-Qaida from operating.

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:


Hitler has been dead since 1945 but there are people running around today who treat him like Jesus. You still see neo-nazis doing bad things in his name. You will terrorist acts carried out in Bin Laden's name for decades.


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02 May 2011, 10:33 am

The world is rid of a tyrant and a murderer of thousands. I hope they dissect his brain to find out how such an evil animal as bin laden thinks. I understand and respect the feelings of others in this thread, who do not want to approve of, nor celebrate a death, but this is the exception to that humanitarian rule, in my opinion. I equate bin Laden's execution to the swatting of a disease-carrying fly in a school kitchen. It's a necessary elimination of a deadly parasite for the survival of the Human Race.

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02 May 2011, 10:47 am

So what? Now that Bin Laden's dead, there will be another to take his place. Killing him isn't going to make a difference in terms of taking down those terrorists.



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02 May 2011, 10:49 am

JeremyNJ1984 wrote:
OJani wrote:
JeremyNJ1984 wrote:
Jellybean wrote:
I think it's a shame that he wasn't captured and had a fair trial (after all the outcome would have been GUILTY) because to kill someone because they killed someone else (I know I am downplaying what BL did of course) seems like asking for war from the remaining terrorists. Unfortunately, terrorists are immature and have only one goal. To cause as much suffering as possible. Now they have even more 'reason' in their twisted minds to want to harm Americans. That's not a good thing. It's going to turn into a sick game of 'I kill one of you, you kill one of us, I kill another of you so you kill another of us.' When is it going to end?

Also I was quite disgusted that people are celebrating someone's death, regardless of who they were. It's really not very good.


Terrorists are already at war with the United States...they dont need bin ladens death as a motivation tool. Sorry, but I am celebrating..because this barbaric animal is dead. He murdered thousands of people...I am not ashamed to be happy he is dead. Come here to the New York/New Jersey area and see how many families have been torn apart by this guy. How many fathers and mothers lost their lives that day in september.

Yes, they are. Though, I wouldn't celebrate. This is a recompense in a symbolic way. A fair trial would have been better, but it's ok without it. I hope he didn't suffer much. I don't like violence and suffering of any kind. And, remember, the world faces so many pending problems terrorism only one of the symptoms of our contemporary society. Soon there will be hunger-uprisings, the overpopulation of Earth is inevitable, redistribution of resources and incomes are nearing. Fascism-resemblant thinking is escalating in Eastern-Europe against Gypsies, I see it from FPW. So, there is so much to solve, so much to do, BL's death is dwarfed by them.


A fair trial?? what exactly is their to prove? He has taken credit for the attacks..an open admission of terrorism. What are we trying to prove in a court of law? If you admit to a crime, you don't go to trial. Allowing him to become a matyr is out of the question..giving him air time to espouse his disgusting beliefs is not in anyones interest. He also put up a fight when the attack began on his compound, so he was not interested in being taken alive. You hope he doesnt suffer much? why? the man made thousands suffer horrendous deaths and in Afghanistan he contributed to the suffering of ordinary Afghans. I hope he died the most painful way possible.

Ok, I understand your feelings. I just can not accept the idea of justifying any kind of violence, even if it preceded by a large measure of violence. Violence produces violence. Necessary violence (enforcement of law) is inevitable, but no more.