After coming to terms with what happened yesterday, I think I'm feeling much better that I was feeling yesterday... We'll put that aside. The thing is, Osama is dead. And well, I don't think I'm very happy about it. Well, not because I like him or anything, but because I don't think we should be celebrating his death. So I was reading this article, and I do agree with it. This is just part of the article...
"And yet, there are two troubling aspects that linger. The first is the open celebration in the streets. While we should all be glad that this significant threat is now removed, death in itself is never to be celebrated. Such celebration points to the danger of revenge as a powerful human emotion. Revenge has no place among those who honor justice. Retributive justice is sober justice. The reason for this is simple — God is capable of vengeance, which is perfectly true to his own righteousness and perfection — but human beings are not. We tend toward the mismeasure of justice when it comes to settling our own claims. All people of good will should be pleased that bin Laden is no longer a personal threat, and that his death may further weaken terrorist plans and aspirations. But revenge is not a worthy motivation for justice, and celebration in the streets is not a worthy response.
Should we be glad that forces of the United States military have the means, the will, and the opportunity to remove this threat? Of course we should. Should we be hopeful that such an action will serve as a warning to others who might plan similar actions? Of course. Should we find some degree of moral satisfaction in the fact that bin Laden did not die a natural death outside the reach of human justice? Yes, of course.
But open patriotic celebration in the streets? That looks far more like revenge in the eyes of a watching world, and it looks far more like we are simply taking satisfaction in the death of an enemy. That kind of revenge just produces greater numbers of enemies.
The second troubling aspect is just part of what it means to live in a world in which true justice is always elusive. Osama bin Laden is dead, but we never had the satisfaction of seeing him arrested, tried, convicted, and sentenced. We were robbed of the satisfaction of seeing the evidence against him laid out, and seeing him have to answer the world about his murderous actions and plans. We were robbed of the moral satisfaction that comes by means of a fair and clear verdict, followed by a just and appropriate sentence.
We have been robbed before. History is filled with examples of opportunities lost because events did not allow. Bin Laden said he would never be taken alive. He was true to his words, and he died in the midst of a firefight. It was the best we could hope for under these circumstances, and there was more than adequate justification for his death. But we still should feel the loss of the greater satisfaction of human justice."
10.41am
I'm feeling so so much better than yesterday! I realize I could just get myself down sometimes. For no apparent reason. Nandu is currently making me laugh! LOL! I really miss school! And yes, my FRIENDS! :P
11.23am
I saw this quote on facebook "The smile does not always mean that you're happy. Sometimes it means that you're strong enough to smile when you're sad." Not bad uh. Everything is coming together for me I guess. I'm not saying that its going well. I'm definitely not happy with the way things are turning out, but I know that someone greater is in control of everything and all I can do now is to hold on to him :)
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. "Romans 8:28".
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