To think...

[bananasinpjamas]

That now Bin Ladens dead, and both the US and UK have been put on high alert because of the risk of revenge attacks from the taliban that:

A) Now is not the time to be waving placards and congregating together at iconic public places celebrating 'justice'.

B) That it wasn't UR that Bin Laden was killed despite not being armed as:

A) He was a known terrorist and he could of been wearing a suicide vest, and they were right to shoot unless nakkked

B) That he shouldn't of been imprisoned as:

A) The above

B) Many more bombings and threats/assasinations would of happened until he was released

and despite all this, and Bin Laden was an awful human being and no doubt the victims and everyone will be relieved that he is dead and he cant commit acts of terror because of this...to still feel uncomfortable that we are celebrating someones death?! Fair enough be relieved, but to be going out in the streets screaming....

And to think they weren't BU to dump the body at sea as the alternative would risk to be a shrine to extremists?

[Gooseberrybushes]

It is a terrible thing to celebrate.

I would not consider it done in revenge but to save future lives.

It's still no reason to celebrate. Too much tragedy, too sordid, a man had to kill another man.

[Gooseberrybushes]

I mean, it's not terrible that he's dead. It is something to make us remember and to think of our humanity and our safety. It is just not something to celebrate, is what I mean. It is too serious.

[madhattershouse]

Sorry Gooseberry but he ended many peoples lives..he will not be missed! Live by the sword die by the sword!! No celebration though...they will retaliate!!

[madhattershouse]

X posted...you are right..still feel better that he's gone though!

[bananasinpjamas]

Thanks, I feel weird as instinctively its wrong to celebrate someones death, but at the same time, it was the best thing to happen in this scenario and will make , not unreasonably most people relieved, but to be worried about revenge attacks.

[Cloudydays]

A. YANBU and I agree with all of your points

B. It's important to remember that the graceless celebrations in the street have been mainly large groups of college students. The immaturity shown by people in some of those scenes is to do with their age, not their nationality. Also, there were reportedly a few thousand (mostly very young) people celebrating in New York and Washington, out of a nation of hundreds of millions. They just happen to be the scenes that the sensationalist media have seized on.

[bananasinpjamas]

A) Thanks

B) I am a uni student ;)

[Cloudydays]

[izzywhizzyletsgetbusy]

I'm not actively celebrating bin Laden's death and there's certainly no street parties planned where I live, but my sympathy is reserved solely for his entirely innocent victims.

Someone on this site referred to the old adage 'Live by the sword, die by the sword'. To paraphrase; Bin Laden lived by the bomb and died by the gun. It's the same difference.

The world now has one less fanatical Jihadist oxygen thief but, as a direct result of bin Laden's incitement of religious and racial hatred, it has gained countless other deluded extremists on both sides of that particular divide.

So there's no cause for celebration of his death but, equally, no cause for regret. It is as it is, which is possibly how it's meant to be.

BTW, you might want to check out some of the other recent posts on this subject as they contain a variety of opinions and some powerful statements that I wish I'd written.