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Old 05-02-2011, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by novakjr View Post
I don't know if I can really agree with Curt on this one. While Bin Laden may not have been deserving of a Muslim burial, the fact remains that he was still Muslim. A radical Muslim sure, but a Muslim nonetheless. Now as Americans we are taught to respect the religions of any individual regardless of their actions, even if those actions are somehow religiously based. His radical actions should not have been tolerated, and they weren't. He payed with his life for it. The man still deserved a proper muslim burial based on the core of his faith, not his actions. 99% of the people in this country(myself included) would've rather set the guy on fire and pissed it out over and over again until there was nothing left, but that is not our decision to make...We did the right thing giving him a proper Muslim burial. It shows that we as a nation can think and act rationally no matter how much hatred we may have for an individual.
Agreed...we are supposed to be better than the terrorists and we do that with our actions. We did not drag Timothy McVeigh through the streets...it's not about offending or trying not to offend..it's about doing the right thing. we killed him...we can't make him any more dead than he already is.
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