Osama Bin Laden Is Dead

Just turned on CNN because my friend got a text, and it turns out that Osama Bin Laden's death has just been confirmed. I'm surprised that 5 minutes after the announcement that nobody's posted this yet. Couldn't easily find any text-based story about it, so no link, but it's breaking news on all of the big news sites and tv stations.

I'm sure all of your Facebook news feeds are blowing up with statuses about it by now.

[Oscar]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/01/us ... y-sources/

[Oscar]

Maybe now we can finally get out of Afghanistan and spend the money where it is needed most like edumacation!

My condolences go to his family and loved ones.

Originally posted by Oscar

Maybe now we can finally get out of Afghanistan and spend the money where it is needed most like edumacation!

You are a wise character

Osama Bin Laden: No longer hide and seek champion of the world

Originally posted by Oscar

Maybe now we can finally get out of Afghanistan and spend the money where it is needed most like edumacation!

yeah smart choice. next year school days are gonna be 4 days long (YES!!!)

Originally posted by Oscar

Maybe now we can finally get out of Afghanistan and spend the money where it is needed most like edumacation!

Well need it rebuilding after the crazies who worship him go on another jihad.

Originally posted by SNJ

My condolences go to his family and loved ones.

You cant be serious.....

@ Oscar, dont count on the US getting out of there anytime soon. If bin Laden is indeed dead, at the hands of the USA, he is now a myter. If anything, this war is about to get more serious.

I love the comments on this story:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... 1&iref=BN1

Those people saying that Obama is going to win the 2012 election because of this must be smoking some good poop.

I can see the conspiracy theorists minds' churning already.

[Metazoanhaddock]

imagine if you were the soldier who fired the shot...

[Oscar]

I would be happy if I was one who tipped off the location. That's $50 million reward, plus $2 million from the UN! Awesome money.

Originally posted by thrillsentertainment

I can see the conspiracy theorists minds' churning already.

Obviously a monkey dressed in a turban and dish rags.

Originally posted by thrillsentertainment

I can see the conspiracy theorists minds' churning already.

like this?

hmm...

Conspiracy Theorists just need to drop dead. This is love ridiculous.

Suck it tea party!

Originally posted by boneplaya

I'm sure all of your Facebook news feeds are blowing up with statuses about it by now.

Haha, I read this last night, woke up this morning, logged into Facebook, and whaddaya know? [:P]

I also was watching Fox this morning and I saw all the chanting people outsite White House...I think it's kind-of funny TBH! I started cracking up...it's just crazy that people are so happy that someone died. Then again, I can't say I'm complaining either... [:P]

Originally posted by boneplaya

Originally posted by thrillsentertainment

I can see the conspiracy theorists minds' churning already.

like this?

hmm...

Seriously? SERIOUSLY!? people really need something to do.

[gouldy]

I wonder, seeing as they were an American squad, if they messed about with him before they killed him, as revenge

A couple of shots to the groin perhaps? nice.

Originally posted by gouldy

I wonder, seeing as they were an American squad, if they messed about with him before they killed him, as revenge

A couple of shots to the groin perhaps? nice.

probably. But i thought he was already dead then they dragged him out?

Well its shown that extremist terrorists can be brought down, even after 10 years. Terrorism wont ever be stopped though, you'll have to wipe out every single extremest person (and NOT their religion).

And...

Originally posted by Tetsu

Originally posted by SNJ

My condolences go to his family and loved ones.

You cant be serious.....

He may have taken the lives of thousands of people by his own doing, but he's still a person, he still has a family and people who love him. He deserves just as much respect as any other dead person.

I dont celebrate his death for various reasons. Not going to really send condolances to his family per say, but I'm not celebrating like everyone else.

Add on top of that now the threat of retaliation is basically imminent.

I'm not so sure that we're celebrating his death, per se, but more of what it represents. I mean, he was pretty much a symbol for global terrorism for 20 years, and now that symbol is destroyed. No doubt people were celebrating long before they really absorbed it and realized that the rest of Al Qaeda is now really pissed off, but I think they were right to celebrated the symbolic achievement of it all. I know I, along with my fellow students, celebrated by jumping into a pond on campus - perhaps you've heard of the Mirror Lake Jump?

No, I am pretty sure the celebration is of his death. I have too many FB statuses addressing it...

Also what Haz said is still true. Respect for a dead person is universal. If its not, then we have become like gods, judging who is worthy and who is not. Very dangerous territory. (note the small g for gods...not turning this into religious)

I dont agree with anything Osama did but Ive come to learn I cannot wish death on my enemies. Its just not right.

Perhaps so. I suppose I was out of line to assume society as a whole is as rational as a few very rational people.