Osama Bin Laden is still dead, and we're still celebrating like we those hollow point bullets scored a touchdown on his face, so not much has developed since last I addressed this topic.
I'll try to be new and interesting though.
Bin Laden should have been tried as a criminal, not shot like a dog.
I have two good reasons
1. Killing Osama Bin Laden makes this a U.S. victory and cheats the world of its closure, furthermore, it serves no function of justice, only a function of revenge. Yanking Bin Laden out of his compound and whipping him like the dog he was on national television would have been a moment of vindication for the families of 9/11, a time to share their stories, and a time to show the eastern hemisphere that the western hemisphere's initial beef with Bin Laden was entirely legitimate, if not the wars that followed. Instead he was shot twice in the head by a covert team and his end was catharsis before justice. Just like every other death, it was a waste.
2. Osama Bin Laden probably enjoyed breathing and eating fudge as much as you do. That means that he's entitled to the same basic semblance of dignity, respect, and mercy that you enjoy regardless of his crimes. Saddam Hussein was a bastard coated bastard with bastard filling, but his treatment upset me. That's not because I'm a bleeding heart, it's because we share basic human similarities, and nobody likes to watch a person who shares their basic human similarities be hung by the neck until dead on Youtube. A general rule that would prevent acts of terrorism and cruelty: treat people like people, even if you don't like them very much. Blood and brain matter are clear signs that hollow point bullets and human beings don't mesh well.
Killing people, even nasty ones, is bad. Feel free to disagree, but it won't change my opinion unless you do it loudly (even then, good luck).
Nick, zombies fall into the same category as vampires, demons, and corporeal ghouls, they're no longer human and this has been well established on the federal level in The Undead People of New York v. Dawn of the Dead, GrrArgh v. George A. Romero, and the landmark case of Racoon City v. Wesker. Zombies may be killed with any available blunt or sharp object, and though it is frowned upon they may also be kept as pets and fed little pieces of humans that are already dead. I hope this helps.
ReplyDeleteOh, don't even bother with those corporeal ghouls. They're the scum on the foot of America's vampire population. I don't see the fascination they get by eating the un-dead. I just don't. I get tired when they're always in the news, too. There's nothing wrong with policing them, but at some point you just need to let them do their thing. Can't Anderson Cooper lay off 'em a bit?
ReplyDeleteWhy don't we just lay off crack dealers and hooker shooters too, Nick? Why dont we just let America go completely to seed while those tangible/intangible layabouts steal the brains and the jobs of the hard working middle class? The buck stops here, I'm not paying a cent more in taxes until Obama puts together a real plan to end the Ghoul menace.
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