The official Sampsonist position on the death of Bin Laden:
While we do not advocate for or against assassinations, the death penalty, etc, we do advocate for that which is necessary. Bin Laden demanded a war and when it reached his doorstep he fought and died. He did not beg for forgiveness, he did not beg for mercy, and thus died fighting for what he believed in.
His beliefs may have had merit, little merit possibly, but merit nevertheless. His process for seeking redress of his semi-legitimate grievances was misguided, wrongheaded, morally corrupt if not morally bankrupt, illegal, unethical, lawless, and ineffective thus rendering him a scourge to all but the like-minded.
His death is not a cause for outright celebration, though celebrating it is understandable. It is not a time to reflect and honor the man, though some will try. It is a time to repudiate his methods. Those who seek illegitimate and violent redress to their concerns need to run, need to hide, need to be shunned by the rest of humanity, and in some cases, need to hunted to the very ends of the earth.
What he did, you cannot do.
So it is written.
While we do not advocate for or against assassinations, the death penalty, etc, we do advocate for that which is necessary. Bin Laden demanded a war and when it reached his doorstep he fought and died. He did not beg for forgiveness, he did not beg for mercy, and thus died fighting for what he believed in.
His beliefs may have had merit, little merit possibly, but merit nevertheless. His process for seeking redress of his semi-legitimate grievances was misguided, wrongheaded, morally corrupt if not morally bankrupt, illegal, unethical, lawless, and ineffective thus rendering him a scourge to all but the like-minded.
His death is not a cause for outright celebration, though celebrating it is understandable. It is not a time to reflect and honor the man, though some will try. It is a time to repudiate his methods. Those who seek illegitimate and violent redress to their concerns need to run, need to hide, need to be shunned by the rest of humanity, and in some cases, need to hunted to the very ends of the earth.
What he did, you cannot do.
So it is written.
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