Dvergar wrote:
In the same paragraph you complain because you shouldn't burn a Quran, and then claim we're such a religiously tolerant nation.
I'm not saying you can't burn a Quran, Bible or anything else. It's an expression and I think you can do what you want with your book/possessions. If I want to burn my Quran that doesn't give Muhammed Muhammed the right to go destroy someone elses property or kill people. There is a big difference. I hope you see it.
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There's a cost to being a moral superior country. Part of that is realizing it's not worth stirring shit up with nothing to gain. It's even less worth it when stirring shit up leads to DEAD AMERICAN SOLDIERS. Apparently you don't give two shits, it's more important to you that we really rub this in their noses, and if someone doesn't want to run the risk of further deaths, you claim they're pussifying America? You threw a bitchfit when I suggested that a few American losses were acceptable to stop a genocide, but now you think a few American losses are acceptable for no benefit.
Let me get this straight. The world is supposed to just 'believe' that OBL is dead without any images to prove the governments claim. An absence of, at the very least, photographic evidence is good enough to prove that Osama bin Laden is dead. If the absence of evidence is enough proof of a dead man then why do you think the same absence of evidence is enough to not encite riots over a dead man? My point is this - They're going to rage, regardless, if we show the picture or not. Before the assassination of Osama bin Laden, patrols, convoys and bases set up in the middle east have been targeted by Islamic extremists. A friend of mine (retired Gunnery Sergeant) has been in many wars and in his post military career would often get deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan by my old company. He's had no shortage of stories where in the dead of night he'd hear mortars firing off and landing near his base, or locals getting brave with the perimeter/gate guards with explosives and firearms. I'm sure Dotzilla has a couple stories of his own that he can share. Remember that they're at war with our soldiers and they've been at war with them for a long time...
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isn't in line with Islamic law.
Yes it was.
As I understand it (from reading a couple websites), sea burials are allowable in very specific conditions - one being that the death occurs at sea and the vessel can't make it to land for a proper burial. In the event of a sea burial, the body should be completely protected from predators and weighted to sink to the bottom of the ocean. Normally, burials are supposed to be on land and the corpse should be buried about five or six feet deep with the head facing Mecca. A large stone or concrete object should be placed on the casket to prevent people/animals from digging up the remains.
If the concern was that people would memorialize the grave site I'd ask if the exact burial location is needed to set up any monument in memory of the dead? I'd argue not - look at Washington DC; Lincoln, Jefferson, Vietnam Memorial, etc. Chances are OBL memorials will be set up all over; his compound, birthplace, hometown, etc. will likely be the place people visit to pay homage to that scum.
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If the picture's release could cause even one casualty I vote no. Not worth it, there will be nay-sayers no matter what so there's really no point. If you are arguing for it without considering that there could be even more consequences, then you are just being selfish.
The whole out-of-sight-out-of-mind thing rings a bell.
If someone murdered our President, as long as you didn't see a picture then it didn't happen? Would you only feel hate and rage if (and only if) you saw the picture, or would you have those feelings regardless? Also, like I said before, Americans have been attacked in the USA and Abroad by some nutty Muslims. The picture isn't going to be a giant starting-gun for the 'Race to Blow Up Americathon'
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What idiot thinks that stopping a fire (or making it a smaller fire) before it starts is a bad thing? What, think you're some hard-ass because you think you can handle a bigger fire? Grow up for fuck's sake.
That fire has been burning for a couple decades. The picture isn't going to make the fire any smaller because we killed the leader of Al Qaeda. That's kind of a big deal...
PS: LOL @ U 4 TELIN ME 2 GRO UP BRAH GUD 1