I don't think releasing it is a very big deal, but I support his decision
Isaac Send a noteboard - 04/05/2011 11:21:04 PM
Is it barbaric and beneath us? Or necessary?
It's hardly barbaric, we're not planning to drag him around Ground Zero behind a chariot or something, though the idea has some appeal. I find the president's comments, that we don't need to spike the football, to be quite reasonable, as are concerns over inciting violence though I think worrying about trying to appease the people who would do violence over this to be wasted effort. Whichever, if the photo were released I'd click on the link and I'm sure I'd derive some grim satisfaction in seeing him dead, I doubt I'd be alone in that feeling, and I see no reason to feel bad about it. However, it was the president's call to make, and we can always leak it a few months down the road, it seems a reasonable decision, at worst he is erring to heavily on the side of caution and good taste, there's no overriding need to release the photos, so this decision not to is okay by me.
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This message last edited by Isaac on 04/05/2011 at 11:30:11 PM
His head on a spike?
04/05/2011 06:51:25 PM
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They'll probably leak out and be all over the internet regardless of what he does
04/05/2011 07:56:22 PM
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No.
04/05/2011 08:31:47 PM
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Damn I posted as excalibur again
04/05/2011 08:32:43 PM
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But how do we know you're not excalibur pretending to be Avienda?
04/05/2011 08:40:17 PM
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Or me, pretending to be you?
04/05/2011 09:56:06 PM
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Sorry, I'm such a jerkface for doing that *NM*
04/05/2011 10:06:15 PM
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I vote yes. We should have release the pictures.
04/05/2011 09:38:37 PM
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Is it about us?
04/05/2011 09:48:41 PM
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If the photo exists, it should be released. Period.
04/05/2011 10:31:09 PM
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I'm not sure that tells me why.
04/05/2011 10:41:15 PM
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I don't believe in censorship of anything that doesn't need to be censored. Period. *NM*
05/05/2011 03:50:28 PM
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That isn't the statement I saw from Obama,
04/05/2011 10:55:57 PM
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He always gives a bullshit reason for what he does. *NM*
05/05/2011 03:17:28 AM
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So, you think "you're too delicate" is a less-bullshit reason?
05/05/2011 03:22:16 AM
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No. It's even more bullshit. There is no good reason to keep the photos confidential. *NM*
05/05/2011 03:51:08 PM
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Heh. Ok. So says you, so it must be. *NM*
05/05/2011 05:12:33 PM
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Is it that you think there is no risk of increased attacks against Western soldiers/ innocent
05/05/2011 09:54:42 AM
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Due to showing the picture? No. Due to killing bin Laden? Yes. *NM*
05/05/2011 02:20:55 PM
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That is exactly how I feel. I have found it disturbing how many people want to see those pictures.
05/05/2011 04:05:22 AM
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If it exists, you should be able to consume it?
05/05/2011 05:59:51 PM
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It is a government document and we know of its existence, so YES, as a citizen I have a right to it.
05/05/2011 06:21:00 PM
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I think that is the answer that people were looking for from you. I may not like it still, but it
10/05/2011 03:44:14 AM
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I don't think releasing it is a very big deal, but I support his decision
04/05/2011 11:21:04 PM
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For a complete sense of closure, to say it's done and move on without looking back, I say yea.
05/05/2011 05:33:31 AM
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