Now that the questionable celebration has died down, the new conversation seems to be about the legality of Osama Bin Laden's death. Leafirkins has covered this better than I can. IANAL, but Osama was a civilian operating in an ICRC continuous combat function which caused him to lose his protection against direct attack, making him a legitimate ( Read more... )

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A few weeks ago I tried to explain the difference between a bigot who spends his life reveling in the deaths of the heroic and blameless, and one day celebrating the death of that bigot. I feel much the same way about the recent death of Bin Laden. Some have argued that " monsters take pleasure in the deaths of their enemies", or that that from a ( Read more... )

Yesterday and today I've been talking more with my conservative godfather about politics. His latest reason why I should support Bush is that Osama Bin Laden is threatening to attack any states that support Bush. The article cites a "new translation" which clarifies that when Osama says "every state that doesn't play with our security has ( Read more... )