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Osama Bin Laden Gets What He Gives

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05-02-2011 3:05 PM 		Reply to: Message 10 by Briterican
05-02-2011 1:53 PM

Re: Grrrr @ the polarising nature of this issue
Briterican writes:
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I know he was a monster...
I don't even think of him as a monster. He was an enemy and killing him may be justifiable but his biggest crime was being on the "other side". Paul Tibbets probably killed more innocent people.
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05-02-2011 3:46 PM 		Reply to: Message 13 by kjsimons
05-02-2011 3:31 PM

Re: Grrrr @ the polarising nature of this issue
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Blaming an individual for an event only made possible by the work and direction of tens of thousands is a bit of a cheap shot.
Bingo.
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05-02-2011 4:09 PM 		Reply to: Message 22 by kjsimons
05-02-2011 4:02 PM

Re: Grrrr @ the polarising nature of this issue
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Tibbets wasn't the leader like Osama was, it's not a valid comparison.
"I was only following orders," is not a valid excuse. My point is that bin Laden was just another enemy. There's no need to embellish how evil he was.
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05-03-2011 11:08 AM 		Reply to: Message 35 by DevilsAdvocate
05-03-2011 4:33 AM

Re: Regarding Rhetoric, Emotions, Irony and Healing
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How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
You can't bite him to death, though.
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