Murdered
deltadays
15 Posts
I just heard on the news that Johnson has been beheaded. While I, and I think everyone, knew this would happed, I am devasted.
deltadays
15 Posts
I just heard on the news that Johnson has been beheaded. While I, and I think everyone, knew this would happed, I am devasted.
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Too bad they couldn't find him before the execution and free him. However, I do agree with the Saudis - regardless of the circumstances, never negotiate with these people. Period.
>beheading because many in the world believe
>these terrorists to be exercising a moral
>imperative and acting within the scope of what
>they perceive to be just according to their
>beliefs.
In your sentence above, change the word 'world' to the letters 'U.S.'. That's precisely the opinion of the Michael Moore's of the country and half the left.
Comparing me to the vitriolic, sputtering, holier-than-thou, cantankerous, self-important, jerk Michael Moore is a real blow below the belt! I hate that guy!
Edit:
No Beag, I don't equate you with Michael Moore, but his philosophies are gaining way too much acceptance. Look at the French, they idolize him.
>but his philosophies are gaining way too much
>acceptance. Look at the French, they idolize
>him.
They idolize Jerry Lewis, too. So much for taste. x;-)
I agree with your points, Ray. No question. But I'm tellin' you, at some point, Americans are going to become just as jaded over American hostages being executed and American soldiers being killed as we did during Vietnam, or, more recently, in just the same fashion as we became jaded over kids dying on the streets of our inner cities in driveby shootings and gang violence.
Americans have notoriously short attention spans and little patience for too much pain and suffering. At some point, they tune out and reach for the Haagen Dazs and the remote.
I just realized I'm being VERY cynical today, for some reason.
I'll have you know, Raymond, that I have very strong, unshakeable convictions about most things except those that I am flexible about. x;-)
Though I can't afford (physically or monitarily) to be eating Haagen Dazs and I couldn't find the remote anyway, I watch very little TV. I choose not to BECAUSE of all the killing, bombing and shameful acts that are being pushed in our faces every single day and night. It's not that I don't care, I truly do, but it's getting to be too much for me. All I can do is hope and pray someone comes up with a bright idea soon of how to end it all.
I broke into tears. I did not know Johnson or any of his family members (though his son lives in my old neighborhood). But I work for a government contractor and maybe that's why I feel such a bond with the private employees working for contractors in the Middle East. I know they aren't forced to go work there, but most go out of the same sense of loyalty to their country as our servicemen and women, pride in what the US is doing, and drive to do the right thing.
If my company had a contract over there I don't know if I could sleep at night. How do you tell a wife that her husband (or vice versa) has been kidnapped/tortured/murdered by terrorists?!?! I know it's usually the government that gets that job, even for private citizens, but still, it's not something I want to have to think about.
I know, for me, Friday night was sleepless as I faced the reality of what we all knew would happen to Mr. Johnson. It is unimaginable that there are beasts like the ones who do this, but they are there and and there are very many of them.
Good, bad, or indifferent, we as Americans need to realize and make a choice in this war, we stop them over there, or we stop them within our borders as they behead us, our children, our friends, etc. right here in America.
I know which choice I prefer.