Killing Osama morally justifiable?

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In summary: The White House released a statement on Osama Bin Laden's death:In summary, the US killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and terrorist responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children.
  • #36
AlephZero said:
But judging from the posts so far, I don't see any evidence that anybody actually took the time to listen to it.

Regardless of the issue, my posts regarding morality stand.
 
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  • #37
AlephZero said:
I guess the intent was to start a discussion of some of the issures raised in the broadcast.

But judging from the posts so far, I don't see any evidence that anybody actually took the time to listen to it.

Admittedly, we've strayed a bit - would you care to guide us back on-track?
 
  • #38
AlephZero said:
But judging from the posts so far, I don't see any evidence that anybody actually took the time to listen to it.
You can't reasonably expect someone to spend 45 minutes of their life without even knowing what topic you are actually interested in!

As for me personally, there's an extra factor: I despise listening to recordings (especially videos) for these sorts of things -- I would feel like I've wasted 45 minutes of my life receiving content that I could have (more easily and clearly!) gotten through 5-10 minutes of reading if it was presented as such.

Also, since you didn't provide direction at the beginning, the thread did as threads naturally do -- people supply their own topics. It was clear from the opening post that was going to happen, which is why I tried to prompt you to to provide that direction.
 
  • #39
I'm still waiting for an answer from the OP regarding whose morals we are using and why it should be those ones, and thus answering the question by itself.

Or does the thread title have nothing to do with the content of that video?
 
  • #40
This is not productive. Closed.
 

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