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So, Bin Laden is dead.
In announcing it, Obama said: "And on nights like this one, we can say to those families who have lost loved ones to Al Qaeda’s terror, justice has been done."
I have to ask, though, is this justice? It's better than nothing, I'm sure, but the literal interpretation of lex talionis started going out of style more than 2000 years ago (IIRC). It's not a legal theory that I particularly want to live under.
In any case, dead with or without trial is still dead. Bin Laden is said to have doted on his children and grandchildren before going into hiding, and I can't help but wonder what they think of all this.
For my own part? Good riddance to him.
I have to ask, though, is this justice? It's better than nothing, I'm sure, but the literal interpretation of lex talionis started going out of style more than 2000 years ago (IIRC). It's not a legal theory that I particularly want to live under.
In any case, dead with or without trial is still dead. Bin Laden is said to have doted on his children and grandchildren before going into hiding, and I can't help but wonder what they think of all this.
For my own part? Good riddance to him.