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Celebrating Death

After reflecting on the events of last night I have come to a personal moral conclusion with how I feel about the death of Osama bin Laden. I had mixed feelings about my fellow Americans celebrating in the streets of D.C. and Ground Zero. Were these people celebrating the death of a person or the end of terror and tyranny by that person? If it was the latter then I was grateful to see rejoicing! Every man, woman and child should rejoice when evil is stopped and justice is served, but if these people were celebrating the killing of a man I'm saddened and ashamed. Do we have the right as an individual or as a nation to celebrate the death of anyone?
I believe everyone who watched or read about the announcement  thought back to 9-11 and where they were that day. I can almost remember every detail of that morning. I also remember in the days after the attacks seeing footage of some people and terror groups in middle eastern nations celebrating in the streets about the death that had just been brought to our shores. Many were glad to see the United States was no longer untouchable and that the "sleeping giant" would bleed when pricked. This begs the question: Are we not the same as our enemy when we celebrate the death of another human being, no matter who this person was?
So celebrate the end of evil, tyranny, terror, or even our brave men and women who carry out these brave missions but never celebrate the death of a person.
And that's how I feel...I think.