Posted by thunder1008 on 5/4/2011 4:51:00 AM (view original):
I noticed that.  Assassination has a negative connotation, and it means murder rather than killing.  I don't think of Bin Laden as murdered.  He was a terrorist who was shot and killed.  You wouldn't say, "In heavy fighting along the Rhine at the end of World War II, Allied troops murdered a hundred German soldiers and assassinated their generals."
 
Talk about the banal face of evil and the difference between perception and reality.  Whatever theories were floating around about Bin Laden holed up in a cave or wherever, not too many people would have guessed that he was living in a gated suburban mansion outside Islamabad with nine women, 23 children, a flock of pet rabbits and a driveway full of expensive SUV's.  The neighbors' main complaint seemed to be that they didn't donate to local charities.  Wonder if they mowed the lawn and had Sunday barbecues.

So true- and just a few blocks from the Pakistani military academy.  The only residence in town with 12 ft concrete walls with barbed wire rolls along the top.  And the Pakistani government had no idea.  No idea at all. Yeah right. 

Did someone in here really call this man brilliant?  You gotta be F'n kidding me....your a joke

You're* a joke if you don't understand that someone can be brilliant and also really awful.

"Your a joke" is a statement that doesn't mean anything.

There are many examples of what we call "evil geniuses" throughout history. Hitler and Stalin are two prime examples. OBL was not a raving maniac on a killing spree who needed to be put into a rubber room. He was a cold, calculating organizer of terror all under the guise of religious fervor. Considering the amount of resources spent by the major world powers, don't think for one second these gov't.'s didn't hold a "grudging" respect for his ability to build a world wide network that succeeded time and again in committing acts of atrocity and for many years his elusiveness in avoiding capture. This guy was evil from his toes to the top of his head, and whether you call it assassination, murder, killing, or whatever, there is no need to split hairs, the sane world wanted him dead, period.

Posted by jmcraven74 on 5/3/2011 11:51:00 PM (view original):

Posted by zubinsum on 5/3/2011 11:14:00 PM (view original):

Posted by bklynborn on 5/3/2011 8:52:00 PM (view original):
 If we are not permitted to celebrate a victory over those that would seek to destroy our nation and our loved ones, then that's carrying the PC thing a little too far.


Well said.

It is a free country no one id denied permission to celebrate.  What we debate is a personnal choice and or feelings about celebrating or not.

Zing!  haha

I figure most people know that I am using "permitted" in regard to what celebratory feelings are socially acceptable or socially permissable. 

However, many people are denied permission to celebrate in this country.  It depends on the time, place and manner in which you choose to do so.

I think in this country most any celebration would be socially acceptable.  Again a personal choice IMHO