Continuing to find inspiration in the form of a status message on Facebook, shared by a recently befriended friend:
"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
One New York Times headline describes the situation as such: "A Mix of Emotion Stored for a Decade." I'm not sure how to react to the news of Osama bin Laden's death, which was broadcast across the world late last night. It's not quite the same response I had to Saddam Hussein's capture and public hanging many years ago, which I thought was in poor taste. As usual, there is an element of surreality that settles like a fog over my entire understanding of the significance of this momentous occasion. But for the most part, my gut reaction is one of indifference.
People will continue to be born, to live, and to die. There will be war and there will be peace. And at the end of the day... life goes on.
Business as usual.
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