What does the world and your face have in common?

Not that much, but some stuff. (Still working on the insulting punch line.)

Osama Bin Laden is dead. America celebrated like it was a royal wedding. Australia has been divided on the celebration issue. Our PM said it was ok to rejoice in the death of Bin Laden.

The whole thing has got me wondering tho, although I believe he did it, there was never any trial. He was essentially hunted and executed without being found guilty of anything according to the Americans. What's more, I wonder about the differentiation between soldier and non-combatant/civillian that many people are touting as justification for our crusade against him.

Many claims of "if it were Australian innocents that had died in the twin towers" suggest that we am more sceptical because it was americans who where targeted, not australians. But i wonder, what are they innocent of? If you believe that America has won its freedoms and liberties at the expense of other nations, then aren't all the people of america guilty of exploitation? Even if they dont explicitly condone exploitation, the fact they continue to engage in the society that is purpertrating it is implicit condolence or even lazy involvement. At least some could argue the point as such.

And then, if they are all guilty of being part of the "exploitative regime of America", is there a difference between killing American citizens and killing beurocratic elements of an enemy army? Civilians may not do the killing, but they empower the machine.

Anyway, i think im just annoyed at the emotive tone of the arguements used to date. War is war, death is death, people are people. Is this war worst than most because one side hides from the militarily superior oposition? Was killing Osama justice, despite there being no trial? Are civilians that benifit from wealth inequality excempt from responsibility of their governments actions that produce/perpetuate that inequality?

I dont know what I think about it all...