UPDATE: Thoughts on the Bin Laden Kill

It has been a good 18 hours since the story first broke that Osama has died, and the reaction that I’ve been seeing is disturbing. One particular newspaper has a rather inflammatory headline that exemplifies how f_cked up all of this is. Hit the jump to learn my thoughts on all this.

•  I commend the U.S. military’s decision to give Osama a respectful burial at sea. The corpse, as per Islamic tradition, was washed three times and wrapped in a white cloth before being buried.
•  During Obama’s speech, Twitter saw its greatest ever traffic at 5000 tweets per second
•  This will only complicate things further as Al-Qaeda and other extremist organizations seek retaliation. I come to question whether or not the world is better off with bin Laden dead.
•  Again, the reaction of celebratory revenge enrages me. Despite Osama’s evil and detestable actions, that does not qualify that we deny him basic human dignity and respect.
•  The saying that anyone “deserves to die” is just plain disgusting.

And that’s my two cents. How about yours?