Good riddance to bad rubbish.

"He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword"  He had it coming...

Celebrating the execution of a wanted man, guilty of killing thousands worldwide, and leader of an organization that declared war on the United States is against our ideologies? Since when? I'm not sure all of those words mean what you think they do.

And truly, it's a symbol more than celebration of his death. The Statue of Liberty has no strategic value at all, but if destroyed would take a heavy toll none the less. Osama is the symbol of how many Americans view terrorists, and with his death it is a victory worth celebrating against terrorism.

There's a lot possible to comment on, and a lot of opinions that can soar to new heights of internet debauchery on the subject, but you can't scold us for it not being a Christian thing to do like everything else we do is perfectly in line with Christian ideology.

The death of a man that would gladly kill you, me, and take away everything everyone I love holds dear is okay with me. I'm not banging pots up and down the street, but the world is better off, no matter your religion or lack there of.

It is a good day. 

It's a shame that his people are just going to spin his death into martyrdom. But I suppose we at least dropped the bomb in the right hole this time.

The street celebrations were a little off-putting, given how offended & distressed I was at the way the 'Arab street' celebrated 9-11.  I've had no sense of excitement at this news, no urge to celebrate at all, just relief and gratitude.

At least they weren't firing Kalashnikovs into the air.

The leader, and perhaps some victims can find closure to his atrocities of the past.

[Updated 11:16 am. ET] A DNA match confirms Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. operation, a senior administration official told CNN Monday.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/02/obama-to-make-statment-tonight-subject-unknown/?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

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The following article says it all as far as I'm concerned.

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/05/02/osama_and_chants_of_usa



Not that I'm trying to defend the crowds or anything but I think this editorial is reading a bit too much into it. Honestly I think the recent USA demonstrations are closer to their counterparts after the moon landings than anything else. People are just happy that their country has finally completed a goal which it had set for itself a decade ago, that the goal happened to be the death of a man instead of a scientific endeavor is just a sign of the times I'm afraid.

"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy."

            - MLK, Jr

Thrown off a boat  .

Someone is waggin' the dog again .

Quoting GoaFan77, 
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Not that I'm trying to defend the crowds or anything but I think this editorial is reading a bit too much into it. Honestly I think the recent USA demonstrations are closer to their counterparts after the moon landings than anything else. People are just happy that their country has finally completed a goal which it had set for itself a decade ago, that the goal happened to be the death of a man instead of a scientific endeavor is just a sign of the times I'm afraid.

I think even that's reading too much into it - people weren't celebrating anything more than a chance to get drunk on a Sunday night.

Edit: Weird. The forums decided that my post would look better in monospace.