These people who died were Christians. I am a Christian and I consider them to be my brothers and sisters in the Lord. I do have a sense of humor its just that this story was/is incredibly painful to read and learn about. I think it deserved a respectful response.
To die is gain, we should mourn at a birth and rejoice at a death. Some peoples sense of humor is just different....just thank God they have one, regardless of where you think it should be applied.
I agree that to die is to gain and I don't mourn that they are now in heaven. That is not what the disagreement is about. My heart was/is heavy at the brutality of those savages and that others will die at their hands. It is a very serious situation as you may well know. I found the coarse jesting to be in bad taste on this thread. It started out as a harmless post about a dream and another turned it into an opportunity to flex their humor. The thread then became more about them than the article. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why the Bible speaks against coase joking as it can indicate a lack of compassion to brutality.
I think this argument is more about pride. In the real world of grown ups, people who offend with their coaseness, even if unknowingly; try to be gracious and make attempts not to do so anylonger. After all, that is one of the differences between liberals and conservatives.
I've had my say and I'll stay out of it from here.