I have to ask, how do you feel about the Osama news??

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  • MissKim
    MissKim Posts: 2,853 Member
    I don't believe anything the government tells us. Someone always has their own agenda. I am completely against the death penalty b/c I think every life is valuable to God. but at the same time, if he is dead, I can't say I'm really sad. I know it's wrong, but can't help that I don't feel any sadness there.

    Don't believe everything you see on tv. that's what my grandmother told me, and i will always believe that!
  • Nysie5
    Nysie5 Posts: 215 Member
    while i am releaved and super proud of our troops... this doesnt solve a thing! Justice was served... YES, i hope the families affected by Osama can find some comfort knowing that he paid for what he has done .. However, an eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind... i think everyone celebrating this is no different from Osama, of course him and his followers rejoiced to see out citizens and the towers fall.. now we go and do the same thing.. how are we different? Now whats next?? no one knows, think his followers are just gonna stand by? of course not!

    again, i am an american and i love my country, but do not confuse patriotism with inhumanity...

    we didnt lose one eye.. we lost a few thousand. He had to be stopped before thousands more were taken.

    i agree he had to be stopped.. thats a given... but this could have been the trigger to the thousands more that may die... im just sick at how ppl celebrated this, like if the war was gonna stop, as if the troops, my friends, were gonna come back.. this solves nothing,
  • aset132
    aset132 Posts: 91
    I think how you feel about it really depends on how old you were on 9/11, what you remember of your feelings on that day, and how it affected your life. I know that morally I shouldn't be celebrating a death of any human, but I can't help it. I am celebrating. I remember sitting there with my kids who were babies at the time and all I could think about was the tragic loss of life and how scared I was to be raising young children in this changed world. It was terrifying. Yes I'm sure there will be hard times to come and it is still scary, but I slept a little better last night night knowing he was gone.
  • KayakAngel
    KayakAngel Posts: 397 Member
    Glad he's gone, but don't understand the kids cheering at the White House gates like we just won the Super Bowl. Somehow, watching our soldiers celebrate felt good and appropriate (you guys in service rock), but watching the kids climbings trees and fist pumping USA, USA just gave me the creeps. The man was indeed a mass murderer who needed to be taken out, but, guys, your government just executed a man. I just feel more solemn about it.
  • Naomi91
    Naomi91 Posts: 892 Member
    I don't believe anything the government tells us. Someone always has their own agenda. I am completely against the death penalty b/c I think every life is valuable to God. but at the same time, if he is dead, I can't say I'm really sad. I know it's wrong, but can't help that I don't feel any sadness there.

    Don't believe everything you see on tv. that's what my grandmother told me, and i will always believe that!

    Have you seen the death pics yet?
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
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  • eellis2000
    eellis2000 Posts: 465 Member
    I think Al Qaeda is a hydra, and 3 heads will grow back where one was cut off.

    I think celebrating death is inhumane, no matter whose death that is. I am not sad he's dead, but I am sickened by street parties celebrating it. It's still death, and I can't ever find joy in death, be that human or animal.

    I fear the retribution.



    I should add I am much more disturbed by the news of the death of Gaddaffi's son and grandchildren. That really upset me. They were innocent, no matter what a monster their father/grandfather is.

    yea people are celebrating his death, but i believe that america would be celebrating in the streets just as much if he had been captured alive. this man lead the group that cost america over 3000 innocent lives including children. If they had attacked a military base or something of that nature it might have been different but really what could a 2mo or 2yr old child have done to them.

    as for the Gaddaffi issue i think this might have been done as a smoke screen because they missed him and got his children and grandchildren.
  • MissKim
    MissKim Posts: 2,853 Member
    and while i'm venting...and offering my opinion. why do we as people feel the need to have someone pay for crimes? alot of innocent people get blamed b/c we think the only way something is justified is if someone is punished or killed. we always have to have somone to blame. I'm not saying that osama wasn't to blame and that he didn't deserve punishment, but i'm saying people that lost family in 9/11 should already of had peace. someone paying for a crime doesn't take that crime away. so all these tornadoes that came in and killed all kinds of people in alabama (where i am), who's going to die to justify all these innocent lives taken?? sometimes bad things just happen and there is no one to blame. Just b/c this one man is dead doesn't mean the war on terroism is over. who's to even say he was the real leader? he could of just been one of many. I'm not sure if I'm making complete sense, but it's making sense in my head :)
  • Sonofabiscuit2
    Sonofabiscuit2 Posts: 323 Member
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  • MissKim
    MissKim Posts: 2,853 Member
    I don't believe anything the government tells us. Someone always has their own agenda. I am completely against the death penalty b/c I think every life is valuable to God. but at the same time, if he is dead, I can't say I'm really sad. I know it's wrong, but can't help that I don't feel any sadness there.

    Don't believe everything you see on tv. that's what my grandmother told me, and i will always believe that!

    Have you seen the death pics yet?

    nope, didn't know they had any. i thought his body was lost at sea? or something like that? that's the last i heard. seemed suspicious to me. I just don't believe everything i hear. so i try not to make any judgement on things like this. I just hope everything works out for the best, regardless of what really went down.
  • GinaSmash
    GinaSmash Posts: 37 Member
    How many times in history has a group of people followed an evil leader simply based on fear? We do not know if it is over, but I think we have a better chance of it being over now that he is dead. Do you think arresting him was an option?
  • writtenINthestars
    writtenINthestars Posts: 1,933 Member
    I hear Osama's body was buried at sea or lost at sea (haven't read all the details) I hate when the US gov't does something but has no proof, not cool.

    Either way this will probably help Obama win the next election.

    Agreed...which makes me suspicious.

    However, either way I'm scared to death also of what's to come from all of this. Now he is gone and someone new will take over...it's hard to be overjoyed when you know you are dealing with mentally crazy people..
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    I fear for the saftey of our troops,my thoughts are with them.
  • Naomi91
    Naomi91 Posts: 892 Member
    I don't believe anything the government tells us. Someone always has their own agenda. I am completely against the death penalty b/c I think every life is valuable to God. but at the same time, if he is dead, I can't say I'm really sad. I know it's wrong, but can't help that I don't feel any sadness there.

    Don't believe everything you see on tv. that's what my grandmother told me, and i will always believe that!

    Have you seen the death pics yet?

    nope, didn't know they had any. i thought his body was lost at sea? or something like that? that's the last i heard. seemed suspicious to me. I just don't believe everything i hear. so i try not to make any judgement on things like this. I just hope everything works out for the best, regardless of what really went down.

    haha nah... you just have to know where to look on the internet ;D
    clean shot to the head

    I dont believe everything I hear either... but if I know where to look if I want to find out :D stuff gets leaked haha
  • jsarrington
    jsarrington Posts: 8
    To all of you who are scared at what's coming next.....That's what the terrorists want...you're allowing them to win.

    Don't be affraid
  • bmontgomery87
    bmontgomery87 Posts: 1,260 Member
    ^^^agreed.
    Americans let fear run their lives. It's sad.
  • MNLopez
    MNLopez Posts: 355 Member
    As a mother of a US Army soldier currently serving in Afghanistan, I am extremely proud! My son was 11 years old when 9/11 happened and he told me when he joined the Army that he knew then that one day he would be a soldier! You never really think of a kid having these feelings, but he loves his country! Like alot of other Americans he wanted to get Osama bin Laden! It is a great day to be alive! It is a great day to be an American!!
  • coxy1968
    coxy1968 Posts: 77
    The UK has a severe terror attack threat now and I am a bit scared of what may happen next.
    I am glad he has been killed but someone will take over the reins so to speak as this must have come up in conversation before he died.

    The americans shot him in the head and took custody of his body and buried it at sea to avoid a "shrine" forming at his burial place.
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/05/osama-bin-laden-death-photo-a-hoax


    if this is the photo people have seen its a hoax supposdly
  • bmontgomery87
    bmontgomery87 Posts: 1,260 Member
    Folks,

    This is a very charged topic, I'm going to leave it up, but I must ask that we keep it in the form of a general discussion, please refrain from making religious or political statements and/or taunts on this, or any MFP thread. Lets all remember that MyFitnessPal is composed of individuals from all walks of life, nationalities, belief systems, religions, and political viewpoints. As such we request that you make your best attempt to comment in a productive and inoffensive manner.

    thank you,

    SHBoss1673
    MyFitnessPal Moderator

    MFP would be a lot more interesting if discussion was allowed. I understand that threads have to be locked/removed in the event of racism, or heated discussion. But no reason to suck the fun out of having a good discussion.
    I can have a heated debate with someone over nutrition and it can get uglier than a discussion of politics. haha
  • Breckgirl
    Breckgirl Posts: 606 Member
    I think they pulled the three threads from last night when it was anounced. Too bad, it was history as it happened.

    I love the pic of the NY firemen looking up at the tickertape billboard anouncing his death....priceless!
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    ^^^agreed.
    Americans let fear run their lives. It's sad.

    There is a diffrance between being afraid and being aware that there might be repercussins from this.There are many many people who belive in what Osama stood for.Do you really think they wont try to get there own revenge
  • HoLLyZ82
    HoLLyZ82 Posts: 467 Member
    "I have never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure" -Mark Twain

    IM PROUD to be an AMERICAN. Im a marine wife and a lot of my family and friends are in the military. My brother in law was injured and horribly disfigured by a suicide bomber. this IS justice for all who have lost their lives or been injured in the line of duty starting with 911.
  • bmontgomery87
    bmontgomery87 Posts: 1,260 Member
    There is a diffrance between being afraid and being aware that there might be repercussins from this.There are many many people who belive in what Osama stood for.Do you really think they wont try to get there own revenge

    It's not like they've been sitting back peacefully this whole time and will suddenly retaliate. It takes them time to plan an attack, and they'd be coming for us regardless of last night's events.
  • Naomi91
    Naomi91 Posts: 892 Member
    http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/05/osama-bin-laden-death-photo-a-hoax


    if this is the photo people have seen its a hoax supposdly

    yeah saw that one too, not the one i was talking about xD
  • tgh1914
    tgh1914 Posts: 1,036 Member
    Don't believe everything you see on tv.

    I heard that quote on TV; I'm so confused.
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    I think how you feel about it really depends on how old you were on 9/11, what you remember of your feelings on that day, and how it affected your life. I know that morally I shouldn't be celebrating a death of any human, but I can't help it. I am celebrating. I remember sitting there with my kids who were babies at the time and all I could think about was the tragic loss of life and how scared I was to be raising young children in this changed world. It was terrifying. Yes I'm sure there will be hard times to come and it is still scary, but I slept a little better last night night knowing he was gone.

    I had recently got married and was living in London when 9/11 happened. I had an audition in Central London that evening, and the place was like a ghost town, everyone had been evacuated. My friend was working in the MOD that day and heard about it before it hit mainstream news, so rang me, and in my husband's office someone was on the phone to their sister in the WTC when the first plane hit. Even in London it was a big deal.

    When our 7/7 bombings happened, I was due to give birth the next day. It was my parents wedding anniversary, and my father had called me from a train on the way into Waterloo to say he was going in for a meeting. We didn't hear from him for a few hours after that as all the phone networks went down. I had several friends on trains that were blown up, luckily none killed, but some injured badly. The hospital I was meant to be giving birth in was closed to all but burns victims, and we had sirens going all night past the house transporting people from other hospitals.

    I remember with absolute clarity both days, but I can't celebrate death.
  • Losing2Live69
    Losing2Live69 Posts: 743 Member
    My son is serving in Afghanistan at the Pakistan border. It scares me as to what is coming next. I am glad Osama is dead, but I feel like we just stirred a hornet's nest.
  • brewingaz
    brewingaz Posts: 1,136 Member
    His death is a relief to the entire world, and a blow to Al Qaeda of tremendous proportions. The amount of death this one man is repsonsible for WORLD WIDE is incredible. That kind of power that Bin Laden had is not something just any evil person can obtain. With his death, this massive dark and evil energy has literally been lifted from the face of the world. While retaliations can and probably will happen, the whole world is going to benefit long term.

    Reportedly, it was OUR bullets that killed him, going against his wishes of having his guards kill him versus the United States. That makes his death even sweeter!
  • bmontgomery87
    bmontgomery87 Posts: 1,260 Member


    Reportedly, it was OUR bullets that killed him, going against his wishes of having his guards kill him versus the United States. That makes his death even sweeter!


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    I don't get how funny pics get removed but people can say stuff like this and it's okay.
    Pretty sick in my opinion.
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