Comments on: Point: You Cheering In The Streets Is No Different Than When They Do It

By: Jeff Molby

Jeff Molby — Wed, 04 May 2011 12:23:31 +0000

@ Dondad, I don’t see where the masses were celebrating those killings.

@ Coltrane, I don’t see how fire is a meaningful differentiator. It’s the underlying emotions I’m trying to compare, not the manifestation. The burial is irrelevant to this conversation because that was performed by the government; the masses generally opposed of the quick burial. Besides, the government’s decision was purely tactical. They’ve demonstrated in the past that they’ll gladly ignore Islamic burial traditions whenever it suits their purposes.

@ Seriously, thanks for stopping by. Have a good one.

By: Seriously

Seriously — Wed, 04 May 2011 12:07:22 +0000

Comment deleted for blatant violation of The Liberty Papers’ comment policy.
–Brad

By: B. Coltrane

B. Coltrane — Wed, 04 May 2011 08:48:50 +0000

What’s the difference? Fire. As in, we weren’t burning anything. A quick Google search shows we didn’t even burn a picture of the guy. We even tried to give him a proper burial. This is a superficial comparison in every sense of the word.

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By: dondad

dondad — Wed, 04 May 2011 03:03:28 +0000

For Jeff Molby
Sorry, I figured that you would be familiar with current events.

http://www.statebrief.com/briefblog/2011/03/18/the-muslim-terrorist-war-against-israeli-families/

By: Jeff Molby

Jeff Molby — Wed, 04 May 2011 01:48:02 +0000

Most drone missions serve only mundane purposes, so the general public rarely even takes notices, let alone cares enough to celebrate them.

Try a thought experiment, though. Do you think the emotional reaction would have been any different if Osama had been killed by a missile attack that also wiped out two neighboring family homes?

I don’t think anyone on either side cheers things like, “Yeah! We blasted that punk 5 year old!”, but I think both signs show a consistent willingness to tolerate such atrocities in pursuit of their overall objectives.

By: procopius

procopius — Wed, 04 May 2011 00:58:40 +0000

He’s referring to all the US/NATO operated drones murdering families in their sleep. And I think *you know that*

By: Jeff Molby

Jeff Molby — Wed, 04 May 2011 00:43:45 +0000

I have a real problem equating dancing in the streets for the death of Bin Ladin, and doing it for the deaths of a family killed in their sleep, including a baby.

Were there families sleeping in the towers? I have no idea what you’re referring to.

By: procopius

procopius — Wed, 04 May 2011 00:03:45 +0000

And to say he’s not alive to answer any questions, stand any kind of trial, and was *off-camera* just thrown into the ocean. that is closure, eh?

By: dondad

dondad — Tue, 03 May 2011 23:27:11 +0000

Somehow, I have a real problem equating dancing in the streets for the death of Bin Ladin, and doing it for the deaths of a family killed in their sleep, including a baby. I see those that would do the latter no better than animals.