I stated earlier today that I had no comment on the events dominating the media today.
I lied.
Something just doesn’t feel right about this moment in American history. I’m disturbed and concerned.
Aaron Sorkin via
The West Wing episode Isaac and Ishmael
Regarding his desired fate for terrorists, Josh Lyman says, “I'd put 'em in a small cell and make them watch home movies of the birthdays and baptisms and weddings of every single person they killed over and over everyday for the rest of their lives. And then they'd get punched in the mouth every night at bedtime.”
Watching the coverage regarding the death of Osama bin Laden, I was struck by b-roll shot outside the White House. It looked like a frat party to celebrate the execution. Ten years ago radicals danced in the streets to celebrate the thousands of deaths orchestrated by Osama bin Laden. Today Americans are dancing in the streets like zealots.
This doesn't compute. I understand that Aaron Sorkin's solution isn't nearly as psychically satisfying as Osama's head on pike. But I do think that death was too simple a punishment for bin Laden; conversely, I have a hard time accepting hate into my heart.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."
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