on the killing of an Islamist extremist

Why are people so happy about this?!

Or am I the crazy one because I do not believe an eye for an eye is the way to operate in the era of universal human rights? Did we learn nothing from the Holocaust? Are we really content to spread HATE and malice around the world?

I read a fascinating post online through a facebook friend. It was a speech from a fundraising event, spoken by Chris Hedges, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of al-Quaida for the New York Times. This writer stated he knows al-Quaida intimately, and he is terrified by this organization... even more so now that bin Laden has been killed. Hedges stated bin Laden had absolutely no operational role in al-Quaida, and killing him will not stop this organization.

Yet so many are jubilant. So many feel this is an end to al-Quaida.
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Also on facebook, I have seen the following posted over and over and over:

"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thank goodness for compassion!