Death cry

We are bloodthirsty, there is no sugar coating it. It doesn't matter how far we have come in our evolution whether that is spiritual, psychological or emotional, we still want blood. Eye for an eye.

This is demonstrated by our love of violence in movies and music, our perpetuation of war-like behavior in other countries, our rubber-necking at accident scenes, our gleeful desire to the humiliation of a public person, and so on. And now the nation-wide laugh to the death of Osama bin Laden.

I love technology and how a thought, story or idea can just fly across our world in a few short minutes. And all I see right now is how people are happy at the death of a man. Granted, he is an evil man, killing thousands in a heinous attack. But to rejoice in his demise, that is where we enter the twilight zone.

I understand the need for retribution, but does it truly bring peace? Are we a better nation because OBL is dead? Does it ease the suffering of those who were devastated at the twin tower bombing? This I will never know, but it truly saddens me when other are gladden at the killing of another. How are they different?

Part of me wonders if the story is really true, but that is a story for another day.