OT:Osama Is Dead

[dstraate]

Curt probably wanted me to post this here:

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...uslim-burial/1

[autograf]

Press conference said earlier the female was Osama's wife. Would not elaborate on how she wound up in front of Osama.......

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Curt Schilling

"I'm p----- because I can't fathom why we would honor the Muslim traditions for a guy who Muslims have been telling us for 10 years doesn't represent the true Muslim faith," said Schilling. "And our government has been telling us the same thing."

"Who were they worried about offending? Radical Muslims? Because any true Muslim has told us for the last 10 years that the radicals like Osama bin Laden don't represent them. It's like calling Adolf Hitler a Christian."

Amen, Curt!

[novakjr]

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.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by novakjr

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.

[howard38]

Bin Laden didn't deserve a proper burial for the simple fact that he perverted the tenets of islam and thus was not a true muslim. Disposing of him properly, however, gives the rest of the radical nutcakes one less reason to kill a few innocent people. They kill for simple cartoons so who knows how many would have to die to satisfy their anger at an improper burial?

Howard Rosen

[vintagetoppsguy]

As a nation, when did we start respecting the burial customs of our enemies? We've killed tens of thousands of Muslims in the war on terror. Are you telling me that our government ensured that they each received a proper Muslim burial?

This was done for pure political reasons so that we would not ruffle any feathers in the Muslim world. Otherwise, why even announce how he was buried? Is it important?

And to anybody that thinks he deserved a proper Muslim burial, I have a question for you. Had we captured him alive instead, should he have received a proper Muslim trial?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

This was done for pure political reasons so that we would not ruffle any feathers in the Muslim world. Otherwise, why even announce how he was buried? Is it important?

I understand your thinking David but let me ask you this question. It goes hand in hand with Howard's view right above. Had they not done a proper Muslim burial, and it gave further cause for the radical jihadists to kill innocent people, would it still be worth it not to give a proper Muslim burial? No, he absolutely didn't deserve one for what he did, however that is not the question to me. The evil person is already dead. He got exactly what he deserved.

Also, I am in agreement with those that have said that we Americans should try to take the high road on these matters and show the rest of the world we are above the terrorists lunacy. Just my half cent......

[iwantitiwinit]

Today, assets of the United States killed Osama Bin Laden and took custody of his body. God Bless America!!

[JeremyW]

I'm satisfied with the way things ended for Osama. If he had been taken alive it would have been a complete nightmare. He's gone & I'm very comfortable with that.

[calvindog]

We're better than those savage animals, period, whether we gave that pig a Muslim burial or not. I could care less what they did with his body as long as it was a dead body.

As for the handwringing over some celebration of UBL's death -- that's the first death that America has celebrated in 10 years -- and he killed 3000 innocent Americans. Muslims in the Middle East dance in the streets and hand out candy every time an American plane crashes, a head is cut off or Lara Logan is raped. Or when an entire Israeli family was murdered in Itamar -- including a 3 month old baby whose head was nearly severed with a knife. Lots of celebrating by Muslims then. Direct all consternation about gruesome displays of celebration to them, not us.

[Section103]

Curt is a pure, unfiltered idiot. Im glad we got our guy.

[Rickyy]

Originally Posted by novakjr

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.

+1 well said...

Originally Posted by novakjr

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

+1