Civilized Savagery
If you were up late Sunday evening you may have heard that the evil Osama bin Laden was found and killed in a shootout in Pakistan. And assuming you haven't been hiding under a rock for the past two days, you may have also noticed that not only has this event been at the forefront of everyone's conversation, but news programs have been picking apart and talking about the event in great length.
Personally, I could care less for Osama bin Laden. It's not that I don't believe that he was actually hiding and hadn't been killed previously. Or the conspiracy theories that he was a scapegoat for the 9/11 attacks in America, he was still easily the most wanted man in the world, he was bound to be picked-off at some point or another.
Prefacing aside, I wanted to bluntly say that I'm just a bit beyond disgusted with the general (American) public. If you take pride in you country, that's fine, I understand that you love your civil liberties, and you'd die for the basic freedoms that you have in your homeland, but I can't help but take issue with the assholes chanting "USA!" while waving the American flag and offering me high-fives because we killed some dickface who lives in a cave. Don't misunderstand, anyone who commits a crime should have to pay his debt to society, however, it was the general public who's at fault for behaving no better than the savages who'll drag a corpse through a city street to make an example.
Pardon the cliche, but I don't think that it could have happened to a nicer guy, but just like the terrorist acts, the fact that we were so driven to need this man killed is shameful. I really question whether or not Americans truly believe that the quality of their life is better or if somehow this has even brought closure to the past decade of fear and lies.
Bin Laden was a really easy guy to hate, but for once why don't people think about the message that their actions send to the rest of the world. I truly believe that regardless of how we handled the bin Laden situation, he would have ended up on the chopping block one way or another, but what right do we have to cheer at his demise?
Personally, I could care less for Osama bin Laden. It's not that I don't believe that he was actually hiding and hadn't been killed previously. Or the conspiracy theories that he was a scapegoat for the 9/11 attacks in America, he was still easily the most wanted man in the world, he was bound to be picked-off at some point or another.
Prefacing aside, I wanted to bluntly say that I'm just a bit beyond disgusted with the general (American) public. If you take pride in you country, that's fine, I understand that you love your civil liberties, and you'd die for the basic freedoms that you have in your homeland, but I can't help but take issue with the assholes chanting "USA!" while waving the American flag and offering me high-fives because we killed some dickface who lives in a cave. Don't misunderstand, anyone who commits a crime should have to pay his debt to society, however, it was the general public who's at fault for behaving no better than the savages who'll drag a corpse through a city street to make an example.
Pardon the cliche, but I don't think that it could have happened to a nicer guy, but just like the terrorist acts, the fact that we were so driven to need this man killed is shameful. I really question whether or not Americans truly believe that the quality of their life is better or if somehow this has even brought closure to the past decade of fear and lies.
Bin Laden was a really easy guy to hate, but for once why don't people think about the message that their actions send to the rest of the world. I truly believe that regardless of how we handled the bin Laden situation, he would have ended up on the chopping block one way or another, but what right do we have to cheer at his demise?
posted by Tom, Not Jesus at 10:42 PM
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