Thursday, May 12, 2011
Killing Bin Laden
Last week, the U.S. rejoiced with the news of the death of public enemy number one, Osama Bin Laden. People flowed into city streets and cheered, sports arenas celebrated with "God Bless America" and even here at AHS, students and staff marched onto the front lawn to say the Pledge of Allegience. Yes, he was number one on the FBI's most wanted list, but even after news of Hitler's suicide in 1945, people didn't celebrate in the same manner as we did last week. Do you think it was right to celebrate the death of Bin Laden in the way we did in the U.S.?
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I dont think it was right to celebrate his death but I still think it was neccesary that he was killed. He was a major threat to the United States. With everyone knowing was assasinated people will hesitate to step in his shoes knowing that could happen to them too.
ReplyDeleteNo I don't think so even though i think it was right to kill him because a man died and we shouldn't celebrate it like we did. It should have been more solemn. So that's why we shouldn't have celebrated his death like we did.
ReplyDeleteI dont think it was completly right because death shouldnt be a celebrated thing. Even though he was public enemy number one we shouldnt have been people rejocing in the streets. I also think it was nesessary to the sequrity of the middle east but it might not have been the best idea because i believe it will spark some kind of counter aggression by al queda.
ReplyDeleteI believe that maybe the way we celebrated his death was a little much but at the same time we had the right to celebrate. Celebrating his death was a form of closure to the people affected by 9/11. Although it isn't right to celebrate the death of someone, it also wasn't right for him to kill a lot more Americans.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it was quite right. Death isn't a celebration. Yes, he was number one on the FBI's list, but it's not something we should've celebrated.
ReplyDeleteI think we should have celebrated with less enthusiasm, but it wasn't wrong to do so. Osama Bin Laden harmed many people throughout his rule. America is happy,and they can express it however they want to.
ReplyDeleteI don't think we should have celebrated as much as we did. Although he was public enemy number one, i don't think a death should't be celebrated in any circumstances. The way we celebrated here in the U.S could defiantly spark a counter aggression form al queda. By celebrating, Osama Bin Laden's death, his followers would probably want to avenge him. Although, for the time being we do have to worry as much. It will be sooner or later that they take action against us though.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the United States was very happy and it seemed like everyone was rejoicing, I do not think that we should have celebrated as much as we did. I don't think so because although he was the most wanted, it was still the death of a human being. Lots of people were happy throughout the U.S., but it could have been shown a little differently.
ReplyDeleteIt isn't right to celebrate the death of any human being, what Bin Laden did was wrong but that doesnt justify a whole country rejoicing because of a death even if he was number one on the FBI's most wanted list.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't right the way the US celebrated the death of Bin Laden. Yes, what he did was horrible and wrong but that does not give us, the American people, the right to just run into the streets and thank God for his death. Bin Laden may have a terrorist but he was also human just like you and me and he had family and he had people who he loved and cared for. He had feelings. It is probably a good thing that he is gone but i think it is unexeptable the way we reacted.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it was right the way we celebrated because he was a human being and he did have a right to live and have his own oppion. But it was a relief to us that he was killed because he was behind the killing of so many Americans. I don't believe that we should have been so excited that he had died, but more rejoyceful that the person that killed so many people and hurt deeply all their families.
ReplyDeleteEven though Osama Bin Laden was public enemy number one, and he killed many innocent people in the U.S.A, I don't think it was right for us to celebrate the way we did. Obviously it was a big deal, because we had been looking for him for over 10 years, but there was no need for people to run out into the streets waving American flags and such. Death, even that of an enemy, is not something to be celebrated so publicly. Overall, I think it was very dishonorable for the majority of Americans to act the way they did on that day.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, Osama Bin Laden having been public enemy number one was not a good reason to celebrate his death like many people did. It's obviously good that he was killed, but celebrating his death is somewhat disrespectful to the memories of the people who were killed in the terrorist attacks.
ReplyDeleteI do not think that we should have celebrated the way we did. It's alright for people to feel relief or something, but we, as the people of America, should not have rejoiced over someone's death. Honestly, it's sort of hypocritical, because we scold AL Qaeda for killing people and being happy about it, but now we are doing the same. Really, how would we feel in America if someone were to kill our president or just a large public figure. I'm not saying that Osama Bin Laden is the has as much political power as the president, but he definitely has power. Also, by being happy and celebrating, we may be making the situation worse. Even though we killed the leader of Al Qaeda, we didn't get rid of the other members, nor did we get rid of the beliefs and opinions of these members. Now they are even more mad at America and they have already made and attack without Bin Laden leading them. Even though it was not an attack on the U.S.A., it was an attack nonetheless and it proves that someone is still organizing Al Qaeda. Overall, we should not be celebrating because it does not show good morals and it may make the situation worse.
ReplyDeleteDeath, even for a wanted criminal, isn't something to rejoice publicly. Although this man was someone we had been chasing, it was not necessary to be in as much elation as was represented by the US. The celebrating could have been toned down or even eliminated, but the way we had done it was overall too much and somewhat inappropriate.
ReplyDeleteI think the way we celebrated Ossama Bin Ladens death was the right way to celebrate it. He killed alot of innocent people. His whole life revolved around killing others. And he caused 9/11. American's feel relieved now that Osama Bin Laden is gone.
ReplyDeleteI don't it's ever right to celebrate a death, but you do have to relize it was completely nessicary to eleminate bin laden. After all its much better to take one life then 500 lives. Perhaps some of the reasoning behind the lack of celebration around hitlers death, was that it was a suicide and that it may not have been talked up as it was with bin laden.
ReplyDeleteI do not think that us Americans should have celebrated the way we did. We definitely had a right to be happy and rejoice in this event, but to go all out like we did was not practical or humane. We all, in a way, stooped down to his level. We celebrated the death of human being. Yes, he was a bad man, but he was still human. When we rejoiced, we almost, in a small sense, became as inhumane as him. We still had a right to be happy but not to rub it in the faces of those who supported him.
ReplyDeleteI don't think they way we celebrated was necessarily correct, but I do think it's justified. bin Laden killed thousands of people, and there's nothing any one can do to make up for that. But going out into the streets and celebrating is taking it over the top. There's no doubt about it, any time someone who directly negatively affects you, dies your going to be happy. The extent to which it was taken may have been unncessary. As for Hitler, I don't think people rejoiced like this because Hitler was directly hurting us, and at the time, the U.S. had a very narrow view of anyone but white people. Had Hitler been elimintaing white people instead of Jews, I think a similar reaction would have happened.
ReplyDeleteI think that Bin Laden's death was not something to go in the streets and celebrate but i do think that i what partially a good thing for the U.S.. The fact that we killed the Alkida leader might spark a rebellion in the rest of the Alkidas. The fact that he was killed did bring up the level of security a ton so if there was a rebellion we would be all set. Over all i think it was necessary to kill Alkida.
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