Just a note to everyone who wonders why I care so much about Osama being taken down: he authorized the 7/7/05 bombing attacks in London, which, had it not been for a series of random coincidences, could have very nearly killed my sister and which results I saw firsthand. So yes, I give a shit, and I'm not going to mourn him.
Hell, had those attacks happened 24 hours later than they did, I very well could have been on the bus that was bombed -- it was right next to the hotel I was supposed to be staying at that weekend. It's a little personal to me.
And I still remember coming across the makeshift memorial at one of the tube stations that had been hit about a week after the attack and seeing someone crying while laying down a picture. Is revenge justice? No. Does it bring back anyone or take away things you wish you could un-see? No. But sometimes it's all we get, so I'm not going to lie and be all self-righteous and say I don't feel a certain sense of elation at the knowledge that at least someone finally had to answer for some of these things.
Hell, had those attacks happened 24 hours later than they did, I very well could have been on the bus that was bombed -- it was right next to the hotel I was supposed to be staying at that weekend. It's a little personal to me.
And I still remember coming across the makeshift memorial at one of the tube stations that had been hit about a week after the attack and seeing someone crying while laying down a picture. Is revenge justice? No. Does it bring back anyone or take away things you wish you could un-see? No. But sometimes it's all we get, so I'm not going to lie and be all self-righteous and say I don't feel a certain sense of elation at the knowledge that at least someone finally had to answer for some of these things.
wsoxfan:
Do you believe what Rashard Mendenhall said?
