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On Celebrating His Death
Brian Dunbar (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bdunbar) and others take some issue with celebrating the death of Osama Bin Laden. I do tend to agree that celebrating a death is unseemly, but there is a moral distinction here. Bin Laden killed thousands of innocent people, while those that celebrated 9/11 were celebrating the death of innocents.
By any standard of justice, Bin Laden deserved to die. Celebrating his death is celebrating justice being done. It's unseemly but not immoral.
The "Law Enforcement" Approach to Terrorism
The operation that killed Bin Laden is exactly the kind of operation we should pursue with other terrorists. It's the "pirate Bin Laden" approach. We go try to get the bad guy with whatever appropriate force needed. If he survives the getting process, we try him in a court. If he doesn't survive, we bury him.
Brian Dunbar (
bdunbar) and others take some issue with celebrating the death of Osama Bin Laden. I do tend to agree that celebrating a death is unseemly, but there is a moral distinction here. Bin Laden killed thousands of innocent people, while those that celebrated 9/11 were celebrating the death of innocents. By any standard of justice, Bin Laden deserved to die. Celebrating his death is celebrating justice being done. It's unseemly but not immoral.
The "Law Enforcement" Approach to Terrorism
The operation that killed Bin Laden is exactly the kind of operation we should pursue with other terrorists. It's the "pirate Bin Laden" approach. We go try to get the bad guy with whatever appropriate force needed. If he survives the getting process, we try him in a court. If he doesn't survive, we bury him.
