Bin Laden

[kathygnome]

So I woke up Monday and Osama was dead. I do have friends who are engaging in some introspection about it, but I can't join them. Good riddance to the son of a bitch. Nor am I particularly aggrieved that there was probably no intention to capture him and may have summarily executed him or that lives were risked rather than bombing. To me, this was handled in the best possible way. He's dead. There's no relics to pass around. No trial at which he can spout his rhetoric. No tapes coming out of some prison. Mr. Obama is not going to release gory photos for the idiots to revel in. Bin Laden is just gone. Gone past and done other than a few deathers.

I'm sorry that this is some level of hypocrisy for me, but oh well. Robert Ebert put it well "I am against the Death Penalty. I rejoice that Bin Laden was killed. 'Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself.' (Whitman)"

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[kathygnome.livejournal.com]

I am as well. It's a complex book on several levels and I'll just find myself randomly speculating on what something means or mulling over situations. Just really a work of brilliance. I have to thank my friend Anna for giving it to us as a gift.