Osama is dead

Hi all,

What a strange day, quite surreal. My morning habits are quite good, if i may be a little modest, which includes checking the news. You know that you're old if the first thing that you do is to check the news. So today, i checked the news and what do i see? "Osama Bin Laden Dead." Is that not the strangest thing? It's good that he is, but it caught me off guard.

It's hard to believe that what happened actually happened. Shot in the head, no photos or videos, burial at sea?! I believe this could have been averted, especially the last bit. Was Mr Bin Laden a real Muslim, did he have the rights of a real Muslim (i.e. burial within 24 hours of passing away)? I guess I'm just too ignorant to the whole situation, and the religion. The US government must know best, after all it does comprise of ivy league alumni.

Initially I thought that the young (student) population of the US reacted very badly to the news, the street celebrations that is. Doesn't Christianity teach "If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also," is this fair to say? I guess not. I can't say for sure, but there's a good chance that I might have been celebrating on the streets if the war and 9/11 had affected me as much as it has affected them.