Re: bin laden is dead?
Paul Christian Glenn <[email protected]>
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Been reading the reactions of Facebook, and I don't think I've ever been more ashamed to be human. Seriously, it's making me sick to my stomach. On May 1, 2011, at 11:05 PM, Johne Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > Had my own Jeff Overstreet encounter tonight. > > @Jeff_Overstreet <http://twitter.com/#%21/Jeff_Overstreet> Jeffrey >> Overstreet >> A human life has ended. Not an occasion for punchlines or boasting. No >> matter who it is. >> > > That didn't sit well with me, so I fired off the tweet that most accurately > reflected my mind at the moment. > > theskypirate <http://twitter.com/#%21/theskypirate> Johne Cook >> Bah! After 9/11, glad he's dead. @Jeff_Overstreet<http://twitter.com/Jeff_Overstreet>A human life has ended. Not an occasion for punchlines or boasting. No >> matter who it is. >> > > He then quoted Proverbs 24:17 at me in a tweet that he has apparently since > deleted. I looked up the verse, and indeed, it suggests not to gloat when an > enemy falls. But, nuts to that. I would have celebrated Hitler's death as > well, and I am who I am, warts and all. So I responded in this fashion: > > @Jeff_Overstreet <http://twitter.com/Jeff_Overstreet> I'm not yet perfect. >> Perhaps when I am, I will be able to be as stoic as you. Honestly, tonight, >> I'm celebrating. >> > > Johne Cook > | http://raygunrevival.com | http://authorculture.blogspot.com |* > * > > > On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Andrew Irwin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't think there will be much difference. >> >> Some of his followers may get discouraged, some may want to fight due to >> his >> "martyrdom". >> >> Will this cause the US to withdraw from Afganistan? Doubt it. >> >> Although please help curb my ignorance. Why after 10 years are we still >> there?(I say we as NZ troops are there) And I'm not asking for the "It's >> for >> oil" arguments or other conjecture but the *official* reasons to justify >> it. >> ----------------------- >> Andrew Irwin >> >> >> >> >> On 2 May 2011 15:05, Karl Swenson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Apparently. >>> >>> >>> >>> Now.does it matter anymore? Will this be a good thing or a bad thing? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> dadl-ot mailing list >>> http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us >>> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot >>> >> -- >> dadl-ot mailing list >> http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us >> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot >> > -- > dadl-ot mailing list > http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot