Osama Bin Laden is dead.
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@ Card Slinger, I was being sarcastic, sorry bout that 
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@bennyg, I agree with you, someone will take his place and what's worst is that no one will know this person, so he can just walk about the streets casually and plot freely, whilst Bin Laden was confined to his fortress and was in isolation and cut off from the outside world to a certain extent.
. @bennyg, I agree with you, someone will take his place and what's worst is that no one will know this person, so he can just walk about the streets casually and plot freely, whilst Bin Laden was confined to his fortress and was in isolation and cut off from the outside world to a certain extent.
I heard the news from a bunch of friends and ended up being the one to let my family know and they wouldn't really believe me until they looked at the news on TV. And it's true, that was all over the place.
Then they were curious about the same thing others mentioned.
The question: Why are we so happy about a death?
It seemed wrong to them. I didn't really care much for the news but according to them it's a good thing for the President.
The first question someone else asked though: Does this mean we can lower oil prices now? T_T
Made me laugh a little but I'm not really going to celebrate some person's death. I hear many people are excited and happy but it doesn't phase me much.
Then they were curious about the same thing others mentioned.
The question: Why are we so happy about a death?
It seemed wrong to them. I didn't really care much for the news but according to them it's a good thing for the President.
The first question someone else asked though: Does this mean we can lower oil prices now? T_T
Made me laugh a little but I'm not really going to celebrate some person's death. I hear many people are excited and happy but it doesn't phase me much.
If they are reporting it in a good fashion, they didn't exactly want to kill him. It wasn't an execution, where they stormed in, put a gun to his head, and said "DIE!". If it was indeed a firefight, one could speculate that they stormed in, got shot at, shot back, and ended up killing him (though, it was probably their goal to stop him from shooting and to bring him back. Also, it was a "Capture him if you can, kill him if you can't" kind of attitude). It could be speculated that if they indeed captured him, there could have been a crazy amount of resistance from others, and possibly the death or capture of the ones who killed him. Though, that sort of confusion still would have probably resulted in bin Laden's death. Something to think about, I guess.Darkvoid57 said:
They are making a big deal about having the body. Though, it could be a fake, for all anyone knows.Emeralds Hold No Hope said:
Quentin said:
Yeah, no one really believed me until I showed them the headlines. And yeah, celebrating a death is a little weird. After hearing that the crowd at started singing the Star Spangled Banner, it was "OK, that's all right for a death, especially of this caliber". Then they started singing "We Are the Champions". >.>
^ But they had 4 helicopters of Spec Ops, surely they could have brought him back alive. It would have benefited greatly towards the fight on terror and this is exactly what the terrorist wanted. You kill their leader and now they have an incentive to attack. Also because you killed him, you can't get any info. Its a win/win for Al-Qaeda. Oh well, whats done is done, hopefully they can interrogate the people they did capture.
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It's kind of pathetic that people are cheering IMO. I don't care who he is or what he did, you don't cheer about someone dying.
If you look at it from a religious point of view, God made him, and loves him just as much as he loves all of us. One of his "Children" was shot today.
He's a person too, don't cheer. I don't expect anyone to be teary eyed or anything lol, but he had brother sisters friends counsins uncles etc etc who all loved him.
Not to mention killing him is totally not going to put us in a position to get attacked.
And Obama saying that "Justice has been done" Why is our government making this kind of comment. They're the last people who should be celebrating in this kind of situation. Be professional peoplez.
*JaySee steals Prides Flame Suit and puts it on*
If you look at it from a religious point of view, God made him, and loves him just as much as he loves all of us. One of his "Children" was shot today.
He's a person too, don't cheer. I don't expect anyone to be teary eyed or anything lol, but he had brother sisters friends counsins uncles etc etc who all loved him.
Not to mention killing him is totally not going to put us in a position to get attacked.
And Obama saying that "Justice has been done" Why is our government making this kind of comment. They're the last people who should be celebrating in this kind of situation. Be professional peoplez.
*JaySee steals Prides Flame Suit and puts it on*
Osama Bin Laden:
Hide and Seek world Champion 2001-2011
Hide and Seek world Champion 2001-2011
When I awake this mornign and saw this, I thought it said Obama and I was thought, "Why are people cheering?" I quickly found out I didn't read it right. I feel it is just sad that we are celebrating a death. I mean, I can see that the guy is really reall horrible but we shouldn't be cheering and bragging about killing someone.
RIP The Worlds Best Hide and Seeker 2001-2011
(I got ninja'd by Kyroid xD)
RIP The Worlds Best Hide and Seeker 2001-2011
(I got ninja'd by Kyroid xD)
Like a few others, I didn't find out the news until I woke up for work this morning. I'm interested to hear what Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will say tonight on their shows.
It feels weird to be able to say he's not around anymore. For the longest time it felt like he would never be found, and that he'd just eventually die with age.
As far as the people celebrating goes, I have mixed emotions. On one hand, I can understand how such an event would trigger that kind of emotion in people - I've heard people liken the emotion to the one people felt after World War 2. Not as powerful, but definitely in the same vein. On the other hand, I can see how the people celebrating can be likened to the effigy burnings, etc. seen in other nations.
Ultimately, I feel both sides are right - it's simply a matter of opinion. Some people celebrate because they feel "justice" has been served in some way (whether big or small), and some people frown on the celebrating because they feel even someone as "bad" as Osama Bin Laden doesn't deserve that. As far as where I stand: I'm not celebrating, but I don't condemn the celebrating, either.
As far as the inevitable conspiracy theories go - and all the people who say "LOL I can't believe you guys are falling for this!" - I think it's just a sign of the times. (Conspiracy theorists have been around since the dawn of time, but we're able to hear from so many of them now thanks to the advances in technology.) More and more people, it seems, don't believe it unless they see it with their own eyes. They'll doubt it ever existed down to the last breath they breathe no matter what. "Pics or it didn't happen" and everyday trolling are simply internet versions of opinions and motives people have in real life, so while they may be easy to shrug off if you see them online, it's important to remember there are at least a few people who actually mean what they type.
So to all of the people who don't think it happened, that's good - believe what you want. To those who think it did happen - that's good, too. I don't think one should waste their time trying to change peoples' minds on something like this - only more evidence will make the nonbelievers believe (and even then it may just deepen conspiracy theories), and only an amazing revelation will make the believers doubt what they're being told.
In my opinion, I believe Osama Bin Laden is actually dead and what we're being told is true. Even if it was false, it wouldn't directly affect my life that much, so I'm not going to waste my time and energy plotting conspiracy theories.
It feels weird to be able to say he's not around anymore. For the longest time it felt like he would never be found, and that he'd just eventually die with age.
As far as the people celebrating goes, I have mixed emotions. On one hand, I can understand how such an event would trigger that kind of emotion in people - I've heard people liken the emotion to the one people felt after World War 2. Not as powerful, but definitely in the same vein. On the other hand, I can see how the people celebrating can be likened to the effigy burnings, etc. seen in other nations.
Ultimately, I feel both sides are right - it's simply a matter of opinion. Some people celebrate because they feel "justice" has been served in some way (whether big or small), and some people frown on the celebrating because they feel even someone as "bad" as Osama Bin Laden doesn't deserve that. As far as where I stand: I'm not celebrating, but I don't condemn the celebrating, either.
As far as the inevitable conspiracy theories go - and all the people who say "LOL I can't believe you guys are falling for this!" - I think it's just a sign of the times. (Conspiracy theorists have been around since the dawn of time, but we're able to hear from so many of them now thanks to the advances in technology.) More and more people, it seems, don't believe it unless they see it with their own eyes. They'll doubt it ever existed down to the last breath they breathe no matter what. "Pics or it didn't happen" and everyday trolling are simply internet versions of opinions and motives people have in real life, so while they may be easy to shrug off if you see them online, it's important to remember there are at least a few people who actually mean what they type.
So to all of the people who don't think it happened, that's good - believe what you want. To those who think it did happen - that's good, too. I don't think one should waste their time trying to change peoples' minds on something like this - only more evidence will make the nonbelievers believe (and even then it may just deepen conspiracy theories), and only an amazing revelation will make the believers doubt what they're being told.
In my opinion, I believe Osama Bin Laden is actually dead and what we're being told is true. Even if it was false, it wouldn't directly affect my life that much, so I'm not going to waste my time and energy plotting conspiracy theories.
@ Greenmonkeydump, I'm pretty sure he isn't in heaven regardless of what religion he is a part of. If a religion condones terrorism, then that religion needs to be eradicated from society.
Funny how it probably wouldn't have made much of a difference had they done the deed a day earlier or later, seeing as they were confirming it for 8 months. Maybe it was just a coincidence though.
Really quick, does anyone know who really killed him? I've heard reports of the SEAL's and of the CIA...
And both deaths were announced one day later.TheDarkLucario said:
The team that actually killed him trained for a few months in a replica of the compound he was in.
I don't have a good feeling about any of this. It's actually making me feel uneasy. I don't understand why we killed him, we should have captured Bin Laden instead, as it would've been much more effective.
And no one should be celebrating, because yet another life was lost. When will humans stop killing each other off and being destructive? Stop the hating amongst ourselves, we are all the same.
Brace yourselves for more terrorist attacks...
And no one should be celebrating, because yet another life was lost. When will humans stop killing each other off and being destructive? Stop the hating amongst ourselves, we are all the same.
Brace yourselves for more terrorist attacks...
Darkvoid57 said:
Ahh okay. Well then, I think you mean SEAL Team 6, (Sorry for correcting you; I'm very picky) A.K.A. arguably the best Military Force the world has ever seen.
Edit: ^^I believe the SEAL's (if they did kill him) asked him to surrender. After he didn't, well, they lit him up.
Edit 2: I did some research and it has been confirmed that Navy SEAL Team 6 is responsible for his death.
PikachewTofu said:
I suppose the fact that we killed him in Pakistan doesn't help.... especially since we weren't supposed to be in Pakistan.
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