tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634997253969708453.post793173046170463215..comments2023-08-09T09:03:14.662-04:00Comments on Agora Metaphora: The Execution of bin Laden, or The end of moralityBilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05290564225942316006noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634997253969708453.post-73434464685967461602011-05-04T00:16:24.378-04:002011-05-04T00:16:24.378-04:00Thank you for the link. Quite right about the mar...Thank you for the link. Quite right about the martyrdom, there will be other unforeseen consequences, most notably how haphazard and masochistic the US looks after chasing one guy for more than ten years only to kill him while he is unarmed. It's a strange world.Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05290564225942316006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6634997253969708453.post-3454709594712202232011-05-03T19:37:55.305-04:002011-05-03T19:37:55.305-04:00You put your finger right on it. I too have been d...You put your finger right on it. I too have been disturbed by the images of celebration veering too closely to unthinking, jingoistic bloodlust, similar to what exploded right after the attacks 10 years ago. However, I don't entirely agree that the only major consequence of this will be bin Laden's subsequent martyrization--after all, there are revolutions happening all across the Middle East at this very moment showing how much the people want to break away from ObL's legacy, ideology, and terrorist acts, so many of which were committed against his own people in faith. Only time will tell, but I truly hope that what Fareed Zakaria wrote today<br />(http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/02/al-qaeda-is-dead/?hpt=T2) will come to bear fruit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com