Reflections on a Burial at Sea

Illinois Review ^ | May 11, 2011 A.D. | John F. Di Leo

[jfd1776]

Rarely does the world have a chance to experience the just death of a villain.

Once, executions were commonplace – the killer, bank robber, or horse-thief would be tried, sentenced, and publicly hanged, shot, or guillotined. Governments thought of it as justice – an eye for an eye, as Hamurabi would say – and as a necessary warning to other potential criminals that, yes, villains do get caught and punished.

But over the years, society softened – photos and videos humanized the villains while their victims were forgotten with the passage of time, and many in the west seemingly lost their stomach for true punishment, however well-deserved. That is, until word came that Osama Bin Laden had finally assumed room temperature – thankfully, at the hands of the American military. Millions of Americans were finally able to cheer that justice had been done at last, and they remembered something about capital punishment.

The dead tell no tales.

For twenty years and more, Osama Bin Laden led an organization of villains. Some would say religious zealots; others would say there’s nothing religious about this death cult of jihadist islam.

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[jfd1776]

Thoughts on the sharia-compliant funeral, the enemies who have outed themselves since Osama Bin Ladin's execution, and justice at last, among other things.

[reagan_fanatic]

Here's to you, Osama!

[doc1019]

To quote Hannity ... latest drink called the Osama “two shots and a splash”. Nuff said.

[PiperShade]

No doubt USN ships have largely eliminated rats aboard.

Why are we expending so much ink/bandwidth on the elimination of a pest ? >PS

[ccmay]

I would be quite satisfied to see public hangings brought back, and executions in general performed ten or twenty times more often than now.

I think anyone who has served two separate felony prison terms, and commits a third felony, should get a mandatory death penalty.