Osama Bin Laden Celebrations labelled "Disguisting"

[Adzma]

The same thing happened when Hitler was defeated after WWII. It's by no means a bad thing. People like Bin Laden don't deserve respect.

 

[Kortney]

I'm a little confused here, are you saying that the people who were in the WTC on 9/11 killed innocent people?

No. You were right - you're terribly confused I'm afraid.

Excellent. In that case, we can all agree that the celebrations in the middle east after 9/11 are not directly comparable to the celebrations in America today. Huzzah.

Of course they are not directly comparable - nothing involving the USA and Afghanistan is directly comparable. If I wanted to say this I would have put on my captain obvious mask.

What is more interesting however, is that celebrations on both sides involved happy people who fully believed that an evil person(s) had been killed in the name of righteousness.

 

[Vrach]

Now, personally, I'm inclined to agree. It's not that they're celebrating, Bin Laden was obviously a very hated person all over the world. But it's the fact that they're celebrating the death of a man, no matter how evil.

So you wouldn't have celebrated the death of Hitler if you were alive back then? How sure are you of that?

(No, I'm not comparing Osama to Hitler. However, they're both bad people that had/will have people rejoicing over their death and if you're saying "no matter how evil", I don't see a problem with the question)

Personally I wouldn't hold it against Americans or anyone else to rejoice over his death. God knows I was happy for a few seconds when I saw the initial 9/11 news and the only reason that feeling went away soon after was the death of innocent people. Since we're having none of that in this situation, I'd say celebrate away.

 

[Julianking93]

I agree, personally. The celebration of anyone's death, regardless of how terrible the person was is just sick.
I understand why someone would want to celebrate this but.... why go about doing it? Celebrating the death of someone is just something that strikes me as extremely disturbing.

 

[katsumoto03]

Treating the death of Osama Bin Laden this way is akin (in my humble opinion) to treating the footage of the 9/11 attacks like an epic fireworks show.

Oh wait, these are the guys who hung Saddam...

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

I don't think anyone does - it's just jumping around and screaming because a human being has died is tactless and stupid. Period. Yeah - we got him. Good. No need to celebrate it - especially considering this won't stop the conflict. I'll celebrate and jump around once the war is over.

And once again I quote you for words of wisdom.

The US killed him, he's dead. By all means be happy that he won't be in a position to murder again but you know, have a little class about this. Besides, if we're being painted as being evil don't go dancing around because someone died, doesn't look very respectable.

I'll third the notion. Fine if you are happy with the news, but act with a little class.

 

[thehype097]

Treating the death of Osama Bin Laden this way is akin (in my humble opinion) to treating the footage of the 9/11 attacks like an epic fireworks show.

Oh wait, these are the guys who hung Saddam...

Swing..... And a Miss. The Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal (formerly Iraqi Special Tribunal) was responsible for the decision to hang Saddam.

 

[gyroscopeboy]

spending 10 years doing something isn't really celebration-worthy...unless its playing hacky sack for 10 years straight without dropping it.

 

[Chad Brumfield]

I think the proper response to Kuranda Seyit and others who feel the way he does is simply this:

Cry more n00b. Welcome to the losing team.

There should be fireworks in the sky. There should be wine flowing from fountains. There should be singing and dancing in the street. Well, OK, we've got that last one. The other two still need work.

Justice? I'll be blunt: this was vengeance, plain and simple. Osama bin Laden was an enemy of this nation long before 9/11. Don't forget the first bombing of the World Trade Center. Don't forget the bombing of the two embassies. Don't forget the bombing of the USS Cole. Don't forget the bombing in Madrid.

This man didn't deserve the death he got. Osama bin Laden once said: "I am a person who loves death. If I am to die, I would like to be killed by the bullet." He didn't deserve the bullet. He deserved to die starving in a cage like an animal. I make no apologies for my view and I make no apologies to the world for the reactions of my people. I have known people and know people who have fought and are fighting over in Afghanistan and Iraq because Osama bin Laden decided he wanted to show the world how big his swinging cod was.

Most of all, I will not forget why he became so hated in the first place and neither should anyone else. He was a monster of the first caliber. End of story.

?Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.? - Winston Churchill

 

[kuolonen]

Well heres a viewpoint from non-american:
9/11: Muslims cheer in the streets the death of ~3000 civilians. Response in america: thats disgusting

Osama dies: Americans cheer in the streets the death of a man who orchestrated the death of ~3000 civilians. Response from muslims: thats disgusting.

Really now. If americans went to the streets cheering after they hear a bombing campaign had killed 3000 afgans in one night then THAT would be disgusting. This? Not so much. Let them celebrate. Now lets wait for the next figurehead to popup amidst the Al Qaeda.

 

[Duskwaith]

I would respect my enemy. Just because they are terrorists does not mean they are degraded to animals.

The British Army respected the IRA theres even a picture of a British Soldier saluting the coffin of an IRA volunteer as it passed by. Just shows the calibre of the people involved.

Americans just let themselves down once again. Fox news will be having a field day on this crap

So because he was attacked in response to an act of war thats treating him like an animal? If he wasn't respected he would've been brought back to the US and tortured. He was quickly killed and buried at sea in a fashion required by his religion buy US soldiers. A religion he killed thousands of Americans in the name of and he was laid to rest by Americans in the way that religion demands. Yeah... How disrespectful huh?

This thread is about the celebrations about his death so quite frankly i find your point irrelevant. Typical is all i can think

You said he, the enemy, was treated like an animal. you didn't specify that you meant celebrations. Which is also nothing like being treated like animals (Do you know a lot of people who celebrate animal deaths?) So quite frankly i find your point to be nonsensical. Smug is all I can think.

Hunted like an animal is what you seem to be missing other than being draped in an American Flag not to mention the dehumanisation of Osama wherein people are out rejoicing in the streets at the death of someone.Tasteless and arrogant. So your misunderstanding of my post gives you the basis for this argument? Not to mention I used that example to show the respect between two enemies afterall soldiers/civilians where against Osama(as proven by the celebrations which we should be talking about before once again your afermentioned misunderstanding of me post derailed us from) and he against them ever since he declared war on the USA in the late 90's. Fox news viewer is all i can think.

BTW wouldnt animal sacrifice be seen as celebration of animal deaths?

 

[SNIPERFOX ft. Harry P.Ness]

Finally they decided to just send some spec ops dudes & kill him instead of bringing him in alive?



finally.

let the americans have some celebration. stopping this is like stopping the russians celebrating ending WW2.

It's literally NOTHING like that.

then what is it like?

 

[Rhymenoceros]

I can understand that some people will be glad that he's gone as they hope/believe that it will help put an end to the radicalism (I do not know whether it will actually help, but I really hope it does)

Yet I am completely disgusted by the celebrations and what people were saying on facebook about him. Sometimes I wonder if we really are the most advanced countries or just the ones with the biggest guns who shout the loudest...

 

[For.I.Am.Mad]

Ahhhh, too bad. Osama's dead and nobodies pissing in my cornflakes this morning.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Oh what, we can't celebrate the long-awaited death of the guy who killed thousands of people?

It's because we're Americans, isn't it?

And yeah, I get that celebrating a death is... unusual, but considering who just died, I could really care less.

 

[hitheremynameisbob]

I'm with the "death isn't sacred" crowd on this. Saying that we should treat people with more respect or whatever once they're dead just seems so arbitrary. Why do it? You can't roll out the "death is an unknown" or "every life is sacred" arguments without assuming that religion is right, which makes any argument pointless. Death is just one more natural process. Celebrating the death of a particularly evil person shouldn't carry any particular taboo around it. In pure practical terms, he was a bastard, he did terrible things, and him being dead means he can't do them anymore. That seems like a decent reason to celebrate to me.

With that said, anybody celebrating because "the war was worth it" or because they think we accomplished our objective hasn't really been paying attention for the last nine years. Did we want the guy? Sure. Are we going to do anything different because we got him? Not a chance. Nobody is coming home because of this, and the jobs we have to do in Iraq and Afghanistan aren't done yet. This stopped being about taking out a bunch of terrorists on playing cards a long time ago. Hell, it probably won't even affect the drone program in Pakistan.

So now I wonder, are we finally acknowledging our presence in Pakistan? Seems a bit weird to admit that we're conducting on-the-ground military operations and not admit that we've been blowing people up with drones for a few years, especially when everyone already knows we're doing it. Also, I have to wonder if it really wasn't possible to take him alive. With all political trouble capturing him would have caused, I have to wonder if he wasn't, at least in part, killed because it'd be more convenient than taking him back for trial.

That's become a question I find myself asking all to often these days - indeed, the entire drone program seems designed around the notion that we'd rather just blow them up than capture them. I don't mourn the individuals, but not even making an effort to capture them when they could have valuable intelligence indicates that we're letting political concerns for convenience dictate policy in this matter. When killing is done for convenience, I do start to worry. But anyway, yeah, celebrate all you want, so long as you know we ain't done over there.

 

[zHellas]

because you don't know what death brings. anyone who dances on someone's grave like you do should receive same punishment as he did.

I did not dance on his grave.

All I said that was if the person in question was somehow mean, cruel, evil, etc. in life, being dead shouldn't affect how we view him.

And just because I called him an asshole, I should suffer death as well?

 

[DudeistBelieve]

Ill admit the irony isn't lossed on me.

Still, homeboy is dead, and I'm happy about it.

I'm totally watching Team America tonight. Fuck yeah.

 

[Soods]

WHAT??? Are they celebrating his death in the States??? HA! Now who's evil?