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wrist and bin Laden
May. 2nd, 2011 01:14 pmWell, it's official--I have a badly sprained wrist. The same wrist with a ganglion cyst already. I slipped on the stairs, grabbed the railing to keep from falling, and tried to baby my already weak wrist. And twisted it funny, and now this. Yay. I guess the good news is that it isn't broken. And I do have drugs and a splint. It's hard to type with one hand, though, and as I express myself best through writing, it's a little frustrating.
So the news about bin Laden--I think it's...a little weird to celebrate someone's death. I hope Al Qaeda takes a hit because of it, but I'm sure in the short term, there will be retaliation attempts. I can understand people feeling like justice has been served, and I certainly want terrorists stopped. But I guess I don't feel partyish over someone's death. What I feel instead is sad at how this man wasted his life and ruined the lives of so many others. Here is someone with unique gifts of leadership, charisma, intelligence, and determination--but instead of choosing to build up the world, he chose to warp and hate and destroy. Like Voldemort, he created his own enemies--enemies who killed him to stop him. He could have lived in peace, but chose violence and thus had to live on the run. In addition to whatever justice we may or may not receive on earth, I believe someday in the afterlife we will be fairly judged as well, according to what we actually understood and what we did about it. So I'm not worried about him getting his just rewards. Just sad that he would waste his chance at life--and a lot of other people's lives--in such a horrible way.
So the news about bin Laden--I think it's...a little weird to celebrate someone's death. I hope Al Qaeda takes a hit because of it, but I'm sure in the short term, there will be retaliation attempts. I can understand people feeling like justice has been served, and I certainly want terrorists stopped. But I guess I don't feel partyish over someone's death. What I feel instead is sad at how this man wasted his life and ruined the lives of so many others. Here is someone with unique gifts of leadership, charisma, intelligence, and determination--but instead of choosing to build up the world, he chose to warp and hate and destroy. Like Voldemort, he created his own enemies--enemies who killed him to stop him. He could have lived in peace, but chose violence and thus had to live on the run. In addition to whatever justice we may or may not receive on earth, I believe someday in the afterlife we will be fairly judged as well, according to what we actually understood and what we did about it. So I'm not worried about him getting his just rewards. Just sad that he would waste his chance at life--and a lot of other people's lives--in such a horrible way.
