[LINK] bin Laden is dead

[Kim Holburn]

On 2011/May/02, at 8:01 PM, Roger Clarke wrote:

> At 13:55 +1000 2/5/11, Jan Whitaker wrote:
>> Osama bin Laden is dead. ...
> 
> Am I the only person appalled at Gillard's gloating over what looks 
> prettymuch like cold-blooded murder or a gangland execution? 
> Particularly when it's been dressed up as 'justice'?

I find it horrifying that thousands of Americans are celebrating the death of one person.  A person they executed.  Why does this make me think of the sopranos?  

> I thought Obama's speech was delicately balanced between the 
> realities of US politics and the ethics of killing killers.

Justice is done?  I don't think so.

At 8:13 -0300 2/5/11, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> Yet, one would think that the capture of him alive would have ended in
> a month-long trial and, ultimately, execution. Besides, I don´t think
> that if he was armed, that he would have allowed that to happen.

You don't give justice up because it's hard or because you're frightened of the person or the outcome....  

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