This scare the shit out of anyone else?

[Allan Carlisle]

Obama himself said to himself "We got him" once the deed had been done and I think Americans have wanted payback for a long time now. Seems like a victory in my books though maybe not worth going crazy over it. Plus killing Bin Laden won't bring all those people back, but it's a start.

It's a start? Towards bringing back the dead?

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

First of all, a disclaimer: I'm American, and I really hate these people celebrating in the streets. All my (American) friends agree that it's kind of sick.

The event of a death should always be met with dignity and respect, no matter who died. Death should never be a cause for celebration.

I can see where you're coming from, the premature ending of a life is not normally something to celebrate, but this guy was a massive douche; there were innocent little children on those planes who weren't shown the dignity and respect they deserved by him and so I'm glad that justice has finally been served.

All the more reason to take the high road and SHOW some dignity and respect. Two wrongs don't make a right. If we continue to treat him as we would any other human being, despite everything he did, we assert our moral authority over him and his followers. We make a statement: "We will never sink to his level."

 

[rsvp42]

I kinda pictured you with a monocle, tophat and bloody sledgehammer, giving this speech to me as I accidently find you in a room full of disfigured bodies.

Also, you're now british.

lol, I approve of this

 

[TotalHobNob]

Who cares he got what it deserved wether it be right or wrong. Besides took them long enough. Also they knew where he was, they were waiting until damn near re-relection do it so Obama will for sure win. My opinion everyone.


Have lovely and Treacherous day!

Im British. F.Y.I

 

[Buccura]

When the 9/11 attacks happened, his supports celebrated over the death of 3000+ people. We are celebrating for the death of a single man.

Just sayin'.

 

[CptRumGuy]

Bin Laden from Saudi Arabia got his own guys through american security, stole and flew their own planes and took down two f***ing great big buildings in the middle of a world famous city without anyone knowing before it was too late.
Pretty big feat for his country.

America got the Army to kill one guy....
Yeh you keep on celebrating..

You have a good point, but in all fairness, finding ONE man in the world who happens to be very well funded and well connected is actually quite difficult. Finding two skyscrapers is not very hard. Also flying a plane is not very hard when someone else did the taking off for you. Still an impressive operation, no doubt, just sayin...

 

[EternalFacepalm]

Hell, people in Norway went "that fucker got killed! HA!!1" without further thought. They had absolutely no personal ties to the Osama's terrorist actions, other than hearing "he big bad man, make people go boo boo!" or whatever on some stupid news channel like Fox. Ugh.

 

[rsvp42]

All the more reason to take the high road and SHOW some dignity and respect. Two wrongs don't make a right. If we continue to treat him as we would any other human being, despite everything he did, we assert our moral authority over him and his followers. We make a statement: "We will never sink to his level."

Not sure I quite get this idea. We're America, not Batman. We're allowed to kill our enemies, just so long as we don't get stupid about it. This all seems quite contained and reasonable as far as military operations go.

Not to mention that "sinking to his level" would involve secretly plotting and then engaging in the deaths of thousands of civilians in a series of cowardly attacks. He's basically been a military target for 10 years, so this outcome should come as no surprise.

 

[Kinokohatake]

You're "scared" because you have a warped idea of the United States. Osama bin Laden was the boogeyman for an entire generation, and now he's dead. Will this affect al-Qaeda's operational ability in the short term? No, he's just a figurehead. But that's why everyone's celebrating: the man they unequivocally associate with terror and death has been eliminated. These people are not ready to storm into Afghanistan and mow down civilians, and they're not going to hijack airliners and fly them into buildings in downtown Riyadh.

A second reason for the celebrations is that the killing of bin Laden shows that there really is no hiding from us. You can last for a while, but we WILL get you. In the face of all the America-hate the rest of the world constantly vomits every time we twitch, I know I saw this as a big "fuck you" to the rest of the world. Mocked for a decade about not being able to find "a frail old man", when it turns out that he was possibly being hid with the assistance of a so-called friendly nation. Then suddenly, 24 Navy SEALs bust down his doors and kill everyone without a single casualty, using US intelligence from US-cultivated leads. Alert Pakistan? Fuck that! He's less than a mile from their military academy! That's just a little bit suspicious!

So bear in mind that we are not celebrating the death of one man. I'm glad that his remains were handled in accordance with his beliefs. I know that the burial at sea is not a preferred method of burial for his beliefs, but it was carried out to the best of our abilities. I'm celebrating the destruction of the symbol that opposes everything I stand ready to defend. The symbol of people willing to kill me because of who I am, not what I've done. They've taken it upon themselves to be judge, jury, and executioner, and as the wrongly accused, I'm glad to see them fall.

Aaand WIN! I was sitting here contemplating how to respond without being an ass hole about it since I find the argument ridiculous in the first place. But you summed it up for me perfectly. And it's not as if there were hundred of thousands, or even thousands. The biggest celebration I saw was at most 50 people. The country didn't spill into the streets. New York, and D.C. were the main places for the celebration because that's where we were attacked.

 

[McMullen]

And this is happening all over the US, people are actively celebrating killing a guy? Does that not seem a bit medieval to anyone else? When people turn out in their thousands to celebrate something like this it justs worries me like hell.

This is quite normal for us. My fellow classmates erupted in cheers when OJ was declared not guilty. They talked through the national moment of silence for the Oklahoma City bombing victims. They were more interested in who Clinton was fucking than what he was doing as president, good or bad. This kind of thing more or less continued into adulthood.

People describe the hellish culture of Xbox Live as if it is some new phenomenon. It existed here well before the Internet became a Big Thing.

Don't be disturbed by the fact that many of us are insane misguided cavemen. Be disturbed that we are insane misguided cavemen with a permanent seat on the UN Security council and a nuclear arsenal.

Have a nice day!

 

[Xaio30]

"The wicked Witch of the West is dead!"

And if you remember how they reacted...

 

[AngelOfBlueRoses]

Yeah, all these celebrations make me upset aswell. I would celebrate an end of a war, but not the killing of a man no matter how evil. These celebrations makes me see most of America as hypocrites, full of wanna-be faithful, but once again evil as the man they've killed. Also lol at the hand with peace symbol there, that's just pathetic...

I may not be celebrating the death of Osama with anything more than somberness, but this right here? Don't take a pathetic moral high ground if you don't understand the situation.

Here's a little perspective: It's been a very bitter decade. With war after war and the recession hitting the world hard, there's finally a scrap of good news. As a generation, our maturation has been put on pause fueled by an after-911 setting of paranoia and fear. Most of the people who have been celebrating were barely eight-to-twelve at the time of this 9/11 happening and for most, they've never heard of anything more terrible before in their so-far short lives. It was seared into their memory and had such a profound effect. For those who weren't children at the time, it brought them together and united a country that at times is at constant arguing with itself, one half against another. It brought a sense of unity for them that lasted longer for some rather than others, but it still brought them together, even through grief.

In the wake of all of this bad news that has been compounding and piling on top of us for the past decade, people finally got some good news to celebrate over that wasn't just another "WOO, Superbowl!" They're not celebrating the death of a man; they're celebrating their relief that things might slowly be able to turn back to normal. Whether this is a naive view is up for debate, but that's beside the point.

I'm not celebrating the death of Osama, but after having been given this perspective on the situation I believe calling out "hypocrite" and "pathetic!" is founded in ignorance.

 

[EvilPicnic]

I ultimately think that the death of bin Laden is a good thing for the world as a whole, from a pragmatic point of view.

But to celebrate a death is still extremely distasteful. There is a massive difference between 'justice' and 'revenge', and as twee as it sounds, Confucius is still right today; 'Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves'.

It also amuses me (in a black way) that America still prides itself as a god-fearing 'Christian' nation. What Would Jesus Do? Well, he wouldn't be dancing in the street at the death of an enemy, that's for sure...

 

[DarkShadow144]

I probably stopped caring about this 10min after I heard about it on the radio the other morning. Whoop de do, we killed a guy, now tell me when we stop spending a few trillion dollars a week on that war, then ill be impressed.

 

[No_Remainders]

Finally someone ended his insane Kill streak. Seriously, his k/d is like, a few thousand. I wish I was that good at CoD.

[Mandatory note to avoid banhammer: I'm quite clearly joking. If anyone takes this seriously; don't. I do not advocate the murder of anyone in real life, etc.]


All joking aside, I dislike the topic. I don't think that everyone should be going "YAAAAY HE'S DEAD!" like they are. It's ridiculous. One should never celebrate the death of anyone, regardless of what they did.

EDIT: 1,000 posts...

Yay?

 

[Krion_Vark]

So, Osama, Ok death of a international hate figure aside etc etc if anyone deserved it he did and so on, thats not what worries me. (although isnt it a bit odd how the US can stroll into a country and execute who they like?)

The troubling thing is this

and

Spoiler: this

and to be honest, this [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/editors_note/8844-Editors-Note-Better-Than-Before] as well which is what prompted this thread.

And this is happening all over the US, people are actively celebrating killing a guy? Does that not seem a bit medieval to anyone else? When people turn out in their thousands to celebrate something like this it justs worries me like hell.

Anyone else? Or are you all patriotic Americans and whatnot?

I was actually talking with a friend about this yesterday. The partying in the US is looked down upon because of the fact that it is the US. Hell Egypt wasn't look down upon for their partying when whoever the hell it was name escapes me now.

Its the same when a sports team wins the championship in their respected field. IE Superbowl, World Series ect.

You can make the argument that they are not the same but really at the core they are all the same. Celebrating the fact that something happened. Hell if the guy was captured alive rather than killed there would have been partying in the streets as well. The only difference is that there probably wouldn't be as much negative PR as there is now since we are basically celebrating his death.

 

[Jedamethis]

It makes me think of Americans as a simple people from older times.
"YAY! BAD MAN IS DEAD!"
A rather large, not too bright oaf. A simpleton.

I'm not saying that's in any way right, or true. That's just what I immediately thought. I apologise to those I have offended.