Osama Bin laden is killed, killed finally after 10 yrs of waiting for “The justice”…
The killing of Osama Bin laden is celebrated enthusiastically throughout America and also in the other parts of world. But if someone says that the merriment is out of order will it sound heresy ??
Nonetheless I am saying..Because I am wanting to say to get a grip celebrators..Have we lost all decency ?
I do understand how those who have suffered from the events of 9/11 may feel relieved, happy, for the justice -- and I don't quarrel with such feelings and emotions .We can do nothing about fellings. feelings are feelings. If you feel joyful, you feel joyful.
But celebration is not in order, no matter what your feelings of elation are.
"Celebrating" the killing of any member of our species ,to celebrate the killing of a life, any life, is a failure to honor life's inherent holiness.
But people will argue that Osama bin Laden did not respect the sanctity of others' lives.
But does it matter ?
One aspect of being human is our ability to choose our own behavior; more specifically, our capacity to return good for evil, love for hate, dignity for indignity. A response to his killing can be many more tragedies , as well as the violent deaths of thousands in the attempt to eliminate him from the face of the Earth
It is hard not to think that some of the impulse to celebrate "justice being done" also contain a certain pleasure in revenge .The world is not safer with Osama bin Laden's violent demise ast e threat levels are going up, not down, so no cause for celebration there; as violence and evil has not been finally removed from the Earth, so no reason for jubilation on that count. The War on Terror goes on, so there is no closure in that regard.
The truth is that "celebrating justice" when one person is killed -- only incites further desire for revenge, which, from "the other side's" viewpoint, is usually called "justice."
Think of it. We will only have peace when we stop the cycle of jubilation over acts of violence.
Who will stop the cycle? If not us, who? If not you and I, who will it be ?
The killing of Osama Bin laden is celebrated enthusiastically throughout America and also in the other parts of world. But if someone says that the merriment is out of order will it sound heresy ??
Nonetheless I am saying..Because I am wanting to say to get a grip celebrators..Have we lost all decency ?
I do understand how those who have suffered from the events of 9/11 may feel relieved, happy, for the justice -- and I don't quarrel with such feelings and emotions .We can do nothing about fellings. feelings are feelings. If you feel joyful, you feel joyful.
But celebration is not in order, no matter what your feelings of elation are.
"Celebrating" the killing of any member of our species ,to celebrate the killing of a life, any life, is a failure to honor life's inherent holiness.
But people will argue that Osama bin Laden did not respect the sanctity of others' lives.
But does it matter ?
One aspect of being human is our ability to choose our own behavior; more specifically, our capacity to return good for evil, love for hate, dignity for indignity. A response to his killing can be many more tragedies , as well as the violent deaths of thousands in the attempt to eliminate him from the face of the Earth
It is hard not to think that some of the impulse to celebrate "justice being done" also contain a certain pleasure in revenge .The world is not safer with Osama bin Laden's violent demise ast e threat levels are going up, not down, so no cause for celebration there; as violence and evil has not been finally removed from the Earth, so no reason for jubilation on that count. The War on Terror goes on, so there is no closure in that regard.
The truth is that "celebrating justice" when one person is killed -- only incites further desire for revenge, which, from "the other side's" viewpoint, is usually called "justice."
Think of it. We will only have peace when we stop the cycle of jubilation over acts of violence.
Who will stop the cycle? If not us, who? If not you and I, who will it be ?
great thinking, specifically different way of thinking. At one place u have said, feelings are feelings. as we r human beings, we have different taste of feelings. And this celebration fr this criminal's death s another way of expressing their feelings. Actually, i am taking their celebration in this way. Can I ask u a question? when a person killed another or one beast raped a girl, or a husband beat his wife, why do we files an affair at police station?..Why do we go to court fr their punishment? Why we often pray to God fr giving them death punishment. If these activities r bad then yes nw all americans r doing bad. When a criminal gets its punishment, automatically a sigh of relief come out from us. is that bad? may be according to you.
ReplyDeleteThis is my view.I think that justice have been better served by allowing him to face accountability for his actions in the courts,.... what ever may be it seems preposterous to you :)
ReplyDeleteAnyway thanks for sharing your view on that.
@ Debajit :- No offense, but I said just whatever I felt :)
ReplyDeleteAnyway I think that i think that Justice have been better served by allowing him to face accountability for his actions in the courts.
Thanks for your view :)