It’s a good season for it apparently.
I know some people are feeling conflicted about killing bin Laden. We are a culture of peace, etc etc.
But the reality is: we live in an empire. Our entire way of life is predicated on this. Some people don’t like it and decide to kill us for it. They know we will fight back, they accept it. If bin Laden thought he would get away forever, he was just stupid or crazy, and he was not a stupid guy. Crazy, maybe.
If we as citizens are so upset that we ordered someone killed, why aren’t we upset BEFORE we devoted billions and billions of dollars and tens of thousands of lives to execute? Or for that matter, why aren’t we mindful of the exploitation necessary to run our air conditioning on a hot day, or the air conditioning in the server rooms required to run the internet? That’s a lot of under-market oil right there.
I find you can avoid a lot of angst if you just tell the truth to yourself. Just feeling guilty about it doesn’t help anyone.
I suppose this might wake some consumers up and they’ll come around to being more mindful of the sacrifices of others required to maintain their lifestyle.
But I doubt it.