Bin Laden is Dead!!!
Posted on 05/02/2011 9:25:34 PM PDT by TheConservativeCitizen
The bleeding hearts at NPR (funded by you) are worried that Americans are celebrating the death of Osama Bin Laden (world hide and seek champion 2001-2011). “Is there moral philosophical justification for rejoicing over the demise of someone like bin Laden?” the article asks, the argument seems to be that no, indeed there is not. In fact the article goes so far as to draw parallels between those celebrating Bin Laden’s death, and those that danced on the streets of Gaza after the 9/11 attacks. Here are a few simple reasons why the good folks at NPR do not know what they are talking about:
1. There is nothing wrong with celebrating justice. Bin Laden is a mass murderer whose innumerable crimes went unpunished for decades. Now the survivors of his atrocities can sleep knowing justice has been done, and the dead can rest in peace.
2. There is nothing wrong with celebrating peace. When Hitler stopped sucking oxygen 65 years ago, people all over the world celebrated, they did so because they knew that his death was a precursor for peace. With Bin Laden gone, our troops can come home sooner, and countless lives on both sides can be spared.
3. There is nothing wrong with celebrating victory. Osama was first and foremost a symbol of a virulent genocidal ideology that encourages its followers to murder and subjugate the rest of humanity. The killing of Osama is a symbolic victory for the western ideals of liberty, democracy, justice, and human rights.
So in conclusion, Osama’s demise is a victory for peace, justice, and western ideals, not just the death of some some murdering lunatic. Americans are celebrating this symbolic victory, not gloating over the death of an evil man. The US even went so far as to allow Osama a Muslim funeral before putting his body to rest at the bottom of the ocean. This was done not because Osama deserves an ounce of respect, but because we respect ourselves, and do no lower ourselves to the level of the animals we fight. America is not celebrating death, we are celebrating life.
One of my Christian friends put it this way - there’s nothing wrong with celebrating the death of his actions. Well said I think.
I am a Christian and I am not the least bit conflicted about celebrating the demise of an epically evil monster.
I would rather dance in the street after the death of someone who killed thousands than dance because of the death of thousands.
I’m sorry, but I know which side of humanity I am on.
Well said, indeed.
Now the NSA & SS will not be visitin'.
AMEN!
WHEN THE WICKED PERISH, THERE ARE SHOUTS OF JOY! (Proverbs 11:10)
Negative. Celebration is in order if for no other reason than to raise the morale of a country that has been at war for too long and seen too little to celebrate for it. Plus, we killed Osama Bin Laden so yes, celebration is in order for that reason alone. That is not to say that we should relax our posture just yet of course.
Bin Laden is Dead!!!
LOL
“For every infidel they kill because a Koran is burned, we should take out a thousand mullahs. It’d only take burning a few thousand Korans to make a statement.”
I would go even further... They all need to be killed. But not out of hate or revenge, out of necessity...
Justice is not a speciality of liberalism. They have warped justice into abusive socialist meanings. Now they can not tell good from evil.
I’m sorry, but the scene outside the WH last night was surreal, and not in a good way. I really can’t put my finger on it other than it did seem someone rousted these kids out of their dorm rooms, on a Sunday night, withboffers of free beers and US flags to wave. I was most impressed with the reaction at the naseball game.
Maybe I’ve spent too many years following this site, but the group in front of the WH made me queasy.
I am a current DoD intel employee focused on that part of the world, and there was no fist-pumping or drunken revelry between me and my colleagues. We looked at each other, grinned knowingly, and got back to work
Nope, in fact it will be an observed holiday in our house!
“I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed. I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet. You armed me with strength for battle; you made my adversaries bow at my feet.” - Psalm 18:37-39
Proverbs 11:10
“When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy. “
Trying to paint Muslims dancing in the street after 9/11 as the moral equivalent of celebrating the death of a Satanic mass murderer is not going to work.
Epic Fail.
Spoil sport!
(It’s not wrong to celebrate a thing simply because greater things have not yet come to pass.)
Realistically, who wants to be the next Osama Bin Ladin?
If I had been there I would have been celebrating too. And I wouldn’t care what anybody thought about it.
I suspect that there are mullahs world-wide with the same death wish (those virgins and all...).
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