Thread: Osama Bin Laden is Dead

Yeah this thread is getting a little crazy. Shooting Bin Laden was a decision already made regardless of whether or not he was armed. Considering he's responsible for about 3,000 lives lost on 9/11 by having his buddies fly airplanes into some of the worlds tallest buildings, I could honestly give a rats ass about shooting this man unarmed (IMO). They also had to consider the possibility of him getting away.

About dumping his body, I'm not even going to get into because none of us seem to know for sure.

Originally Posted by louie54

Yeah this thread is getting a little crazy. Shooting Bin Laden was a decision already made regardless of whether or not he was armed. Considering he's responsible for about 3,000 lives lost on 9/11 by having his buddies fly airplanes into some of the worlds tallest buildings, I could honestly give a rats ass about shooting this man unarmed (IMO). They also had to consider the possibility of him getting away.

You would want a trial if you were accused of something similar. A trial could have easily decided his death sentence, not a soldier executing him with a pistol. So, I disagree, except that I'd probably shoot him too as long as I was sure he was guilty. A lot tidier.

But I'm not convinced of anything anyone says. People want good for themselves, with the good of everyone else coming in a far trailing second. Politicians and martyrs definitely not excluded.

Pakinstan now pulling even more unbelievable shit by blaming the rest of the world for failing to find Bin Laden. This being the country where Bin Laden was hiding in a massive fuck-off concrete bunker next to their fucking military academy.

Originally Posted by Xei

Pakinstan now pulling even more unbelievable shit by blaming the rest of the world for failing to find Bin Laden. This being the country where Bin Laden was hiding in a massive fuck-off concrete bunker next to their fucking military academy.

He didn't even buy his mansion, he had it built for him. I mean it's not like he would have signed his name of the check, but still.

I feel some mass hatred towards Pakistan coming on.

True; that's why they should do themselves a favour and stop making utterly imbecilic statements like the above.

A good, balanced article about the White House's actions in particular from the BBC's US correspondent Mark Mardell:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereport...e_has_had.html

Originally Posted by Xei

True; that's why they should do themselves a favour and stop making utterly imbecilic statements like the above.

Or how about you just have a nice big mug of chamomile tea and chill the fuck out.

Originally Posted by tommo

Or how about you just have a nice big mug of chamomile tea and chill the fuck out.

It doesn't bother you that our supposed ally was harbouring the most dangerous man in the world?

Ohhhhhh GOD! Yep, Pakistan is next.... You dumb fucks.

Timothy Leary was once coined the most dangerous man in america. Never know how they measure that..

Originally Posted by tommo

Ohhhhhh GOD! Yep, Pakistan is next.... You dumb fucks.

Your maturity shows yet again, tommo.

Originally Posted by dajo

Timothy Leary was once coined the most dangerous man in america. Never know how they measure that..

How many people did he kill?

From: Brown admits he was fooled by fake pictures of bin Laden body

US Senator Scott Brown is retracting statements he made earlier today, when he told several news outlets that he had seen photos of Osama bin Laden’s dead body as part of an official briefing.

Brown made that assertion in an interview with NECN today to bolster his argument that the photos should not be released to the public.

“Let me assure you that he is dead, that bin Laden is dead,” Brown said. “I have seen the photos and, in fact, we’ve received the briefing and we’ll continue to get the briefings.”

Brown echoed the sentiment in a separate interview with Fox-25 TV.

“Listen, I've seen the picture," Brown said. “He’s definitely dead. And if there’s any conspiracy theories out there, you should put them to rest.”

He added that the photos were bloody and could enflame jihadists. “Anytime you have somebody who’s shot, certainly, it is gruesome,” he said.

Shortly after the interviews, Brown’s office sought to correct the senator’s statements.

NECN posted a statement on its website, saying, “Senator Brown's office tells NECN this afternoon that the bin Laden photos the senator mentions seeing about 2 minutes into the clip here were not authentic."

Fox 25 posted an update on its website, saying Brown had told the station that, “the photo that I saw and that a lot of other people saw is not authentic.”

Brown's office is declining to explain who showed him the fake photos, why he would believe photos that didn't come directly from the administration, and why he had suggested he had seen them as part of an official briefing. Instead, Brown's office responded by releasing a one-sentence statement.

"The photo that I saw and that a lot of other people saw is not authentic," the senator said in the statement.

What kind of question is that?

Also, how can people be fooled by that picture? Seriously. Especially people who are supposed to be smart.
It's the most ridiculous attempt at photoshop I've ever seen. I doubt it was even supposed to be a real attempt.

Well to be labeled "most dangerous man" you'd probably at least have to kill a few people right? People who kill people are usually dangerous, and Bin Laden set the bar pretty high...

Originally Posted by Spartiate

Well to be labeled "most dangerous man" you'd probably at least have to kill a few people right? People who kill people are usually dangerous, and Bin Laden set the bar pretty high...

Timothy Leary didn't kill anyone.
American government has killed more people than any other country.

EDIT: As Dannon said, dangerous to them is someone with differing beliefs. Because it makes their power uncertain.

Leary didn't kill anyone. That's the point.

I nominate Henry Kissinger for most dangerous man. I'd say he's ahead of Bin Laden.

(There is a vote, right?)

Originally Posted by tommo

Timothy Leary didn't kill anyone.
American government has killed more people than any other country.

Any sources for this?

Originally Posted by Dannon Oneironaut

From: Brown admits he was fooled by fake pictures of bin Laden body

Thanks for making the point that most conspiracy theorists wouldn't be convinced by the pictures anyway.

I think Obama made a good and noble call here.

Originally Posted by Xei

I think Obama made a good and noble call here.

lol noble

Originally Posted by Spartiate

Well to be labeled "most dangerous man" you'd probably at least have to kill a few people right? People who kill people are usually dangerous, and Bin Laden set the bar pretty high...

Thomas Midgley, Jr. invented CFCs and leaded gasoline.
He has been labeled as the most destructive life-form that ever lived.

Or destructive to society in some way. Destructive to the status quo, changing minds. Advocating an unknown and mysterious powerful drug that seems to drive people crazy or liberate them from accepted norms depending on how you look at it, causing people to demand peace and equal rights, etc. can be very dangerous to the powers that be. A possibly crazy man on drugs who is influential to a whole generation of young people would be scarier than someone everybody hates. Having an enemy unites people together for a cause, but if a crazy man starts getting kids to take drugs so that the younger generation becomes the enemy of society is very dangerous. Or at least it was feared by the paranoid powers that be at the time.

I wouldn't be surprised if the pictures get leaked over the course of time. They could release the DNA test, but people would claim that's faked as well.

Wikileaks to the rescue!

Alphacat is a genius, as well as the best Obama impersonator ever:

I heard this guy on Joe Rogan's podcast and he's way better. Might be Freddy Lockhart, but not 100% sure.
That video is pretty funny though lol

Originally Posted by Xei

Any sources for this?

Nup, I just made a huge guess. I might be wrong, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was true.

Originally Posted by tommo

Nup, I just made a huge guess. I might be wrong, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was true.

You're the reason I want to punch people in the face when they tell me 'facts.' But just you.