Re: Osama Bin Laden Dead 5/01/2011
Heh, I was just coming to post this after seeing it on twitter. I read the linked Atlantic article yesterday, but in the comments they were debating if MLK actually did say that at a speech or in a book, or was it a first draft of something similar he said, and so on, so I didn't know what to make of it in the end. (Although I did find the first thread of comments on the Atlantic article pretty funny. )
I guess this is why I never put much stock in quotes...
So in my own words? He's dead, and to be honest? I just... don't care. No, his death isn't going to magically fix everything and make it all right - but if it makes people happy, and they want to celebrate, and it makes them feel better in some cathartic way, or if it helps them to move on? So what? I don't think now is the best time to be telling people that no, actually their feelings are wrong or bad or whatever. Sometimes it is okay to feel relief, or even happiness over someone's death, so if that's how some people are taking the news? Fine with me.
(It's not to say I haven't seen some things that, I find, are - well, in bad taste? But...)
Originally posted by thalassa
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I guess this is why I never put much stock in quotes...
So in my own words? He's dead, and to be honest? I just... don't care. No, his death isn't going to magically fix everything and make it all right - but if it makes people happy, and they want to celebrate, and it makes them feel better in some cathartic way, or if it helps them to move on? So what? I don't think now is the best time to be telling people that no, actually their feelings are wrong or bad or whatever. Sometimes it is okay to feel relief, or even happiness over someone's death, so if that's how some people are taking the news? Fine with me.
(It's not to say I haven't seen some things that, I find, are - well, in bad taste? But...)
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