I'd be joyful if Bin Ladin was captured or killed because it would make the world safer. Not because I find any joy in death, not even his. If I prayed about him at all, it would be that he found God and repented of his sins before he dies.
Interesting that ALL human life is equal to you.
I'm sure that it's a fascinating concept, but saddened that it's an unfamiliar one.
Are you praying every night that al-Zarqawi is "arrested" rather than blown to pieces so that he can live a long life?
I haven't prayed about him at all, but I if were to pray for him, see Bin Laden above.
Violence is an ugly thing, even when it's necessary. If you break into my house, I'll kill you. I won't try to run, I won't play nice, I won't offer you the silverware and I won't hesitate. I'll kill you on the spot because it's what I have to do to ensure my family's safety. It's the reason I have guns readily available at both my desk, and my bedside where I spend most of my time.
However, it would be a somber thing, a sad thing, a tragic thing. You wouldn't be the better for being dead, and I wouldn't be the better for taking your life, no matter how justified the shooting. Sometimes it falls upon a man to take life-altering actions like killing, but only a sick personality would wish it on either pary.
I have the greatest admiration for our young men and women in Iraq, and I wish they didn't have to be there. It saddens me greatly that some have to die, and to a lesser degree that some have to kill. Just because these things are unavoidable, doesn't mean they're preferable.
You make some very legitimate points. I still don't agree with you about all human life but I will agree to disagree when it comes to Americans who go to Iraq and work against the goals of our country. I shed no tears