From a former soldier...Yes, I had to quell my initial urge to be happy about this news of bin Laden and then once I did that, I felt peace because I realized how wrong that happiness was. I was conflicted until I understood that no murder should be heralded.
When I first got out of the Army, a weapons enthusiast friend showed me a video he found of two American soldiers laughing behind a camera as they were filming a man with a turban on, running away over a sandy hill - unarmed. Another soldier carrying an RPG pointed it, aimed and disintegrated the man running away. I laughed. ...I actually laughed.
And then, I felt like I was going to throw up for laughing at this man. I truly felt sick to my stomach for feeling joy at seeing an unarmed man running through the desert, becoming pink mist before my eyes. That was a pivotal moment in my life. One I will never forget.
One that made me realize the conditioning for survival I went through and how it was just that, a necessary conditioning, and not reality.
I fought the urge all day to scream:
Oh goodie!!! One more distraction to keep us from questioning, $4.00 average price of gas, 14 trillion dollar debt, 9% unemployment rate, 15 million children in the world dying of hunger each year, 7.6 million dying from cancer each year, countless wars and poverty levels, massive credit card debt, tornado disasters, wild fires, earthquakes...shall I continue?
Hey, what is Sheen doing these days?
Oops! Back on track earthling… WARNING: these DISTRACTIONS ARE A NECESSARY CONDITIONING to keep you from seeing the reality. This system is broken. Lets move on now.
Said in love…
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