Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead...
It is very sad to me to watch the celebration going on right now.
I hoped we were a people who could have risen above this.
Yes he was responsible for great death and pain.
How does celebrating his death elevate those people he killed?
Killing, killing and more killing.
All of this makes us
more like him rather than less.
I watch this and while I understand the emotion (governments should not run on emotion, BTW)
I am saddened that at the end of the day all of our cheering over the death of an individual reduces us.
Right now is a chance to think globally instead of "locally" and we are turning it down.
It is a chance to show class and we are totally missing it once again.
The world is turning us off and tuning in to other channels.
So sad for America.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIFY9h8DImg
AMEN WOO!
We can celebrate when Scott Peterson is found guilty, but we can't celebrate when a guy kills thousands of people.
I hope so! I do! I pray for each and every victim (except for the evil thang). I hope we can all hang our American flags proudly tomorrow.
What I hope NOT to see is anyone berating any peaceful muslims in the US. Women and children especially. This can't be easy on them.
God Bless America!
MOO
Mel - who is nothing like HIM!
Yes, and that was painful to watch. We need to realize we are in that same position now. Our celebrating can be perceived as "painful to watch"
You never end killing with more killing. Basic101
I understand your sentiments, Glow. My mom had a slightly similar reaction after awhile. We turned on the t.v. and saw the announcement and sat there stunned. I then called everyone I knew. But the scenes of people celebrating wildly in the street gave my mom pause. She did wonder if we were acting kind of like "them" meaning those who celebrated after 911.
My mom is a saint who was sent straight down to heaven to us. She has a deep respect for life and has instilled in me the feeling that we should never celebrate death, even when the death is necessary.
That being said, I did tell my mom that we are not celebrating the deaths of innocents, like some did after 911, but rather, we are celebrating the end of one very evil and dangerous person. I asked her how she felt when Hitler was killed. Did they celebrate? My mom is from Holland and went through WWII. She saw little Jewish friends disappear and never come back to school again. She saw dead bodies in the streets of Amsterdam, dead from starvation. She saw Nazi's come to the house and question her about what her parents were up to (they were underground members). So yes, they celebrated. And when I reminded her of that, she understood.
I agree that we should always try to act with dignity. And I don't feel joy when an evil person is executed. I won't feel joy when scott peterson or, if she should be sentenced to death, when casey anthony is executed. Those deaths won't bring back the people they murdered. And I don't glory in death. In fact, I'm essentially against the death penalty. But this was totally necessary. There would have been no way to bring osama to trial and had we been able to do so, he'd be a martyr in prison still probably finding a way to give out orders. And, he would have been sentenced to death anyway. No, there was really no other way I can think of to get him without more grief.
So, I do feel great relief that an incredible evil has been wiped off the face of the earth. And while quiet displays of humility might be the ultimate expression of humanity, it's been 10 long years of pain and living under a cloud of fear and despair - and the feeling that these terrorists cannot be stopped - so the wild celebrations are certainly understandable. osama's death will be unlikely to prevent all terrorism from here on in, but the head of the snake has been cut off - at least one of the snakes. So joy and relief are evident.
Thus, I had a beer, thought about those we lost on 911 and felt amazed that this beast had finally been found and destroyed. I am relieved and while I don't feel joy, exactly, I do feel satisfaction and pride that our intelligence succeeded despite the odds.
Nevertheless, your thoughts on the matter are very worthy of consideration, IMO. Ghandi and MLK got a lot done with a similar attitude. They used quiet resistance, passivity and expressions of love in their protests.
Yet, how many more lives would have been lost had we taken that tack against Hitler?
So, although I can't say I agree with you, your thoughts are valid ones and worthy of consideration.
