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Originally Posted by zamler
I quoted your entire post, just because I find it so incomprehensible.
So let me get this straight, you equate the cheering when the Twin Towers fell, to the celebrations when Bin Laden was killed? The people cheering when the World Trade Center towers collapsed were cheering as thousand of people died, innocent people that were victumized by a madman. The people cheering the death of Bin Laden were celebrating the death of one man, the same madman that inflicted not only devastating human casualties, but massive financial loss, both in the structures and surrounding areas, and subsequently the financial markets as well.
You are so far off in your comparison, it's staggering.
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The comparison is different, but not entirely unfair.
Let me be clear on my position on this before I get jumped on. I don't look down my nose at those celebrating and partying. I don't think it is a terribly bad thing. I understand why some would find it necessary and why some would get caught up in it.
But I also do not believe it is the right thing to do. It doesn't honor the memory of those Bin Laden did kill. It cheapens the whole thing. It's not about celebrating his death, its about remembering what it all meant. And it's still a horrible situation.
The funny thing is, it appears most of those partying were those who didn't lose too much, in fact some of them were just looking for a place to revel and get drunk. Those that lost the most seem to be the first ones to speak out against it.
As the one woman said, why cheapen the hallowed ground of Ground Zero with spilled champagne and beer?