Comparing the restrained BBC TV coverage of Bin Laden’s death with the jubilant American TV coverage, I much preferred BBC.
The celebrations reminded me of those in the Middle East … after 911.
I understand spontaneous revelry. And don’t blame the kids in the photo above. But be clear that the world is a less peaceful place after Geraldo Rivera found himself in the international spotlight, again.
Those turned off by the jingoism passed on this quote:
”I will mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy.”
~ MLK Jr.
I like it too. Martin Luther King did not actually say that, though. The source is still not attributed.
Some are saying it was started by Penn Jillette of Penn and Teller.
Longer version:
“I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
I’ve got mixed feelings.
It’s OK with me that Bin Laden was killed. Hopefully we can more easily move forward now. Troops can be brought home more quickly, for example. There are some pluses.
But as a symbol, Osama will live on, now a Martyr to many. Likely the world will be less safe during the coming months. Zealous celebrating and mockery can only inflame.
Rick McCharles 
Agreed Rick. Dead or alive his legacy of airport check-in nightmares and other freedoms being lost forever will live on. And I agree that at least to the radicals he may ultimately be just as important dead as he was alive. And his legacy much longer lived. Time will tell. As for me the murder of thousands of innocent people (as the americans so eloquently keep putting it) or the murder of one evil man are not really any different. Are they?
I really don’t get this sense of jubilation. Isn’t the American way supposed to be the rule of law? Where in the American constitution does it say that justice is served with a double tap?
The USA has just lost another fabulous chance to show the world they really do walk the walk, and they have failed miserably. Very disappointing to this friend of the USA.