Shame on the US public, Champion sportswear

[scabzzzz]

Turf - Im 100% behind you and I feel exactly the same.

[Be30mer]

I'm not arguing that he wasn't guilty - but his death is no cause for celebration. There is no victory - only loss.

How is his death a loss and not a victory? Osama Bin Laden was a threat to our country. If killing him means that further terrorist attacks can be avoided and American lives can be saved, then you can damn well bet that I will celebrate his "neutralization".

[Rsully70sev]

Good news everyone: Al-Qaeda has vowed retaliation and the US is struggling to diffuse terror plots. Let's dance in the street!

Proof? Or is this just something your atheist friends told you?

[mrsleeve]

Wow have not read all the thread but I can see the bleeding hearts are out in force in this one.

Dancing in the streets is ok when you over throw your govt and kill women children and civilians in the protest, while installing radical new leadership.

But when the man responsible for over 3k peoples death in a little over 3 hours, all for a fanatical religious view answerer's for his actions is not ok???? You really dont get it do you.

That said though are we Better than that YES WE ARE, and the vast majority are. What I find even more disturbing is the teenagers now a days dont even know who this guy was or why this is a big deal.

[Rsully70sev]

I'm far more american than most. I feel that I would fit in better with the builders of our constitution than the bone headed hypocrites that litter the internet, though.

Elaborate. I'd love to hear this.

ahhh, so this whole thread was meant to stroke your ego about how enlightened you are?

Got it.

Yes!

[gwb72tii]

I can't even begin to express how disappointed I am with the US public and the media regarding the attitude towards Bin Laden's death. It's no mystery why the world hates us. My faith in the moral and ethical integrity of this country as a whole has diminished significantly. How is it that so few people recognize the hypocracy that we have collectively demonstrated? Moreover, how can people claim to be religious while behaving as they have? Everything that I have observed has been void of morality and in disagreement with our constitution. This has been a sad, sad week.

Additionally, I am boycotting Champion as a result of their severed ties with Rashard Mendenhall. Shame on them for cutting him for practicing his religion and standing up for his beliefs.

It is moral
and is ethical
to celebrate the death of evil
that is what happened
and if you can't see it from that lens than i feel sorry for you

but please 'splain what part of the US Constitution we ran afoul of?

as far as mendenhall, it has NOTHING to do with freedom of speech
its called marketing
mendenhall exercised his freedom of being a fucking bonehead and for actually believing anyone values his opinion
champion doesn't have to agree and its well within their rights to fire his black ass for saying what he did

[A Sucked Orange]

I can't even begin to express how disappointed I am with the US public and the media regarding the attitude towards Bin Laden's death. It's no mystery why the world hates us. My faith in the moral and ethical integrity of this country as a whole has diminished significantly. How is it that so few people recognize the hypocracy that we have collectively demonstrated? Moreover, how can people claim to be religious while behaving as they have? Everything that I have observed has been void of morality and in disagreement with our constitution. This has been a sad, sad week.

Additionally, I am boycotting Champion as a result of their severed ties with Rashard Mendenhall. Shame on them for cutting him for practicing his religion and standing up for his beliefs.

God I hate altruistic idiots.

I hope for the day when you actually have to acknowledge reality.

[Fusion]

I can understand both sides here.
The problem is imo that noone, no army, no government should be above the law. We live in a world where laws and facts are twisted and manipulated to accomodate certain needs and there's no independant judge/authority above the US gvmt, therefore noone can ensure the public is getting facts.
The 'eye for an eye' way of dealing with things is something that shouldn't be a part of any civilized country, not celebrated either.

[Sailor37]

Hippies....like frogs in in heated water...don't know what's good for them.

From Houston no doubt...must a californian transplant

[mrsleeve]

Hippies....like frogs in in heated water...don't know what's good for them.

From Houston no doubt...must a californian transplant

hahahahahaha Yeah IIRC he is

[Rsully70sev]

[LBJefferies]

I can understand both sides here.
The problem is imo that noone, no army, no government should be above the law. We live in a world where laws and facts are twisted and manipulated to accomodate certain needs and there's no independant judge/authority above the US gvmt, therefore noone can ensure the public is getting facts.
The 'eye for an eye' way of dealing with things is something that shouldn't be a part of any civilized country, not celebrated either.

You're wrong. It's one thing to make that argument when it comes to dealing with domestic issues. In that case I absolutely agree, the government should never be above the law. But when you are dealing with people who are themselves acting outside of the law, in secluded and hostile places such as Afghanistan and Pakistan, you sometimes have to bend the rules to get the job done. Regardless, international law is pretty ambiguous to begin with so to say that we acted outside of the law to get Bin Laden is a bit of a stretch.

[HarryPotter]

Somebodies been listening to Michael Moore very recently. Michael Moore is deeply saddened with Osamas death. What we should have done was sent our MP's over there made visual confirmation that it was in fact bin laden, gained a search warrant, and read him his rights. I love Michael Moore so much. He really is the most down to earth guy I have ever seen.

[Turf1600]

Ahhh, so this whole thread was meant to stroke your ego about how enlightened you are?

Got it.

I wouldn't say so. As I said earlier I'm seeking alternative perspectives that I may not have considered. As of right now no one has made a rational, ethical argument that differs from my own. It's all emotionally charged, vengeful sentiment.

[Turf1600]

Mendenhall’s response to Peterson’s comments: “@AdrianPeterson is correct in his anology of this game. It is a lot deeper than most people understand. Anyone with knowledge of the slave trade and the NFL could say that these two parallel eachother.”

There's another special comment from the guy.

I don't know what Peterson's comments were.