Stooping Low

So the news informs us that Osama Bin Laden has been killed. Special Forces have evidently completed a mission that has taken many years to come to fruition.

The Gorse Fox thinks that there is a propensity for some form of triumphalism at this outcome – however he does not believe that we should ever rejoice in the death of another human being, however wicked he appears to have been. Rejoicing at this would mean stooping to level of barbarism and mob mentality that we witnessed in the Middle East on 9/11. This is no way for intelligent, educated, and civilised people to behave.

Now, this is not to say that we should not allow ourselves to feel a certain relief, or even satisfaction that he is no longer a threat, but ultimately he was but one man at the core of web of evil. There is still much to do before the threat is eradicated.