Goodbye Osama

Okay. Controversy. Don’t hate. It’s just another way of looking at things.

The debate over Osama bin Laden’s death (execution) continues to rage on. 

I have to say, I found the celebrations over the man’s death a little offensive (I am not a lone voice here – back off). 

Yes, he was – without a doubt - a very bad man. And sure, the world is better off without him.

But to watch American’s cheering in the street, it just makes me wonder what value that we, the western world, actually place on human life ourselves. Isn’t it hypocritical to cheer the death of a human being, when it was the deaths of other human beings that made him so wanted in the first place? 

Weren’t we all horrified when in Iraq, we watched insurgents cheer at the death of American soldiers, and then drag their bodies through the streets? How are we different if we celebrate the death of Osama? 

Death of an enemy, sure. But the ENEMY is relative, isn’t it, depending on where and how you grew up, and which government’s propaganda you are listening to? Don't forget, Osama was America's friend when the CIA trained him and supplied him with weapons and funds.

Personally, I would have liked to have seen him rot in jail. 

And one more thing… with the ‘ENEMY’ watching all that cheering, do you think that will make them think twice before attacking again – or will that incite them to plan more revenge? 

Just think about who the civilised world is, and what human life means to you.