Reply #11: of course not

[Vehl]

There is no way anyone could lower themselves to the level of OBL Hitler and others, and I agree that I should have worded my post better..as it seems to come off as if I equated the actions of OBL with that of AV...I did not mean to. I was merely trying to express my personal belief that the more agitated/violent we might turn at the actions of despicable individuals like OBL, the more we might unknowingly serve their eventual goal of shifting us away from what we have always stood for.

My personals views were shaped partly due to my childhood in a country ravaged by civil war....so It was common for me to encounter exceptionally gracious people who would surprisingly turn vindictive and angry at the mention of certain subjects. I used to be like that, but in my 20s i realized that having a conviction/ideals about certain things need not necessarily mean that we have to loath those who stand for the opposite camp.Of course I would dislike them..and in the case of Osama, If I had the opportunity and a gun; I would have certainly shot him without a second thought if I had run into him one day...but I would not wish certain things to be done to him...just because I have come to notice the transitory nature of things in this world...especially the joys/sadness we gain from certain actions. Killing him in a brutal manner would imho given me joy for a few moments..but would have created a dent in my self image/ideal. However, as I said at the beginning of this post..this is but my personal view and would probably only apply to myself.

Cheers.