Bin Laden is dead.

Padraic wrote: I actually like this reaction from the Canadian PM:  we received the news of Bin Laden's death with "sober satisfaction".

I don't want Stephen Harper in office, and will not be voting Conservative today (think the news will get the Conservatives more votes), but I also liked the way he phrased that.  Much better than Obama's brought to justice rhetoric.  I would have liked to see bin Laden captured and brought to justice (tried), but understand that trying to capture him would be very difficult and dangerous (and might have led to a hostage situation).

CPicard wrote: While I will not exactly mourn his death, because I tend to think he was not a sensitive guy and I could even go to say he was some kind of stark raving mad extremist b*****d, I would have to complaint about the French TV channel TF1 which seemed to think that it was a good idea to show pictures of his blasted face at 7:45 IN THE MORNING AND AT THE USUAL HOUR WHERE THEY BROADCAST CARTOONS FOR CHILDREN!!! TF1, you are sick.

Even worse, that's an amateur editing job that's over 2 years old, so there was no reason to air it at all. The US is still considering whether or not to release the actual photos because they're so graphic. 
 

The T wrote: No they aren't. But you still fail to grasp the deeper concept behind "celebrating death" do you? Whoseever death it is, celebrating it is nothing to be proud about. I said I understand it and have nothing bad to say about the people who relatives died that day but it still seems sad... Anyway why are you celebrating then? You were not personally affected from what I know....

Actually, I lived in DC during that time period and rode the Metro every day. There was a Hummer with Patriot missiles fairly close to my house for a while afterwards and on every Fourth of July because it's the highest point in DC. And I flew to Italy that Thanksgiving because of the cheap airfare. I was never very much afraid, to be honest, as I took a very, uh, rational views of risk assessment even then. 

I'm not celebrating, I'm just tired of everyone on the internet getting on their moral high horse about this. 

The T wrote: CPicard wrote: While I will not exactly mourn his death, because I tend to think he was not a sensitive guy and I could even go to say he was some kind of stark raving mad extremist b*****d, I would have to complaint about the French TV channel TF1 which seemed to think that it was a good idea to show pictures of his blasted face at 7:45 IN THE MORNING AND AT THE USUAL HOUR WHERE THEY BROADCAST CARTOONS FOR CHILDREN!!! TF1, you are sick. Do they have images of his blasted face?

 

Interesting.

Why is it not appropriate to celebrate the death of someone who if alive would be planning the death of some poor innocent? I am not being disingenuous about this, I am bloody delighted he's dead. Not so sure about the means but there you go.

manofmystery wrote: Hawkwise wrote: Osama is not really dead. It was a lookalike. He's living quietly in rural Wisconsin, sharing a flat with Marilyn Monroe. Meanwhile Elvis is flipping burgers in a roadside cafe on route 66. conspiracy theories dream this will be.     Actually, Bin Laden slipped away to Argentina to live with a 122 year old Hitler, whose his new robotic heart has him gearing up for a comeback.

I'm rearing him and nourishing him in my basement sort of like a makeshift bunker.. The rehabilitation is not complete as of yet. Eva is doing well. But I can assure everyone Hitler will be ready for complete domination of the world soon. We are weaning him on games of Risk. But we got worried when he lost Poland. So the the therapy is still on the go. His appetite is returning and the surrogate German sheherd that we bought for him named Wolf he seems to like more than Eva.

Henry Plainview wrote:   Actually, I lived in DC during that time period and rode the Metro every day. There was a Hummer with Patriot missiles fairly close to my house for a while afterwards and on every Fourth of July because it's the highest point in DC. And I flew to Italy that Thanksgiving because of the cheap airfare. I was never very much afraid, to be honest, as I took a very, uh, rational views of risk assessment even then.  I'm not celebrating, I'm just tired of everyone on the internet getting on their moral high horse about this.

Polo wrote: That pic was (very poorly) forged.

The guy in the forged picture looks better.

Tony R wrote: The T wrote: Tony R wrote: No they have a poorly photoshopped image. The "tension" between Mr T and Mr HP is getting a tad boring. Please take it to PM. I don't really feel any tension Tony (and you know I've been in discussions full of tension) It's actually a rational discussion Rational, you mean your witty retort every other post about the report button?

Teo, I've told you at least a million times about this...

Back on topic.

I hope someone brings all the murdering buggers to justice!

Bush, Blair, Obama, Peres, Cameron, Ghadaffi, Mugabe, etc, why stop at Bin Laden?