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bamacre

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Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Originally posted by: bamacre
I find it discomforting that 10% of people said, "Pat him on the back and say "well played, sir!""

Do you think that reflects their opinion of bin laden or the question?

I don't know anymore.
 

The Linuxator

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Originally posted by: bamacre
Originally posted by: The Linuxator
I have never seen a muslim defiling a Bible,

No, just forced conversions in the Sudan.


So you would show how civilized you are to those Sudannies, by doing hypothetically the same thing , GOTTCHA :thumbsup:
 
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Originally posted by: Whaspe
Yes, but if the U.S is a democracy, the will of the president mirrors the will of the people. And if it doesn't, why are you just sitting there letting some "monarch" rule over you.

No, the will of a politician doesn't necessarily mirror the will of the people. The people of the US are not a hive mind.
 

bamacre

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Originally posted by: The Linuxator
Originally posted by: bamacre
Originally posted by: The Linuxator
I have never seen a muslim defiling a Bible,

No, just forced conversions in the Sudan.


So you would show how civilized you are to those Sudannies, by doing hypothetically the same thing , GOTTCHA :thumbsup:

Never said that, and don't see it that way, at all. Just correcting your statement. Hatred has no borders.
 

JackStorm

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Originally posted by: The Linuxator
I have never seen a muslim defiling a Bible

Maybe you haven't. But I'm pretty sure both christians and muslims have defiled each others holy books and places while forcing religion on people in the past. Just because YOU don't see it happening now, doesn't mean it hasn't happened in the past.

would you like to see them doing the same thing to the Bible, I am not sure if you do really care.

Could care less what someone does to the bible(Or Koran for that matter), they could proclaim their undying devotion or wipe their ass with it for all I care. It's up to each person to decide if religion plays a part in their day to day life or not.

But this topic isn't about my opinion of religion, and it isn't about the bible or religion. It's about what we'd do to Bin Laden. And what better way to make him suffer then to defile what he considers his holy book?

I would just call my Muslim friends , they would come and decapetate him for what he did to them, plain and simple.

*shrugs*

I guess I just prefer a more 'creative' way of making someone pay for their crimes.
 

Red Dawn

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Originally posted by: CycloWizard
Originally posted by: judasmachine
i still think this is an incredibly silly question. the easy answer is to turn him in for the money. the rest is just childish revenge.
My original question was going to be slightly different. What if you saw him riding down the street on a bike? Would you chase him down or just let him go? Then I realized that this question might require someone to think, which is a bannable offense in this forum.
How about this for thought, I'd figure it was just a look-a-like because never in anybodies wildest imagination could they fathom OBL riding a bike anywhere in the USA therefore this is a stupid question.

 

ahurtt

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I would as quickly and quietly as possible end his miserable existence. Then I would call the police anonymously from a pay phone or something. . ."I think I saw a dead guy in an alley while I was walking home from a bar." Give them the location of the body, hang up.

[Edit] This assumes that there is no ambiguity about his true identity. (Whether it is an imposter or something)

Go home watch the news.

Profit.
 

judasmachine

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Originally posted by: bamacre
I find it discomforting that 10% of people said, "Pat him on the back and say "well played, sir!""


i'd bet coldhard cash that is the facetious vote. i didn't vote due to my lighthearted approach to this thread, and i didn't want to have to explain it.....d'oh.

i'd also like to add that after initially reading the title, i cannot get the :music:What would you do-ooo for a Klondike Bar? song out of my head
 

0marTheZealot

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Originally posted by: raildogg
Originally posted by: EatSpam
Originally posted by: Rainsford
Police, not for the obvious reason (I think I could take him :D), but because I think the best way to deal with the "jihad" type is arrest, public trial, and jail/death row. He's a criminal, that's how we should treat him. Maybe he's killed a lot of people, but that just makes him a worse criminal, no need to elevate him.

:thumbsup: These people calling for blood and revenge are so primitive.

That is right, calling for blood of a man who has killed thousands of innocent people, spawned a new era of youth that has been brainwashed, is very primitive.

I suggest giving Osama the key to the city! And shower him with a ticker-tape parade!

Err you should realize that the US gov't basically let 9-11 happen. Investigations into Atta were railroaded repeatedly, wargames took place on 9-11 that mimicked the exact events taking place, confusing first responders, hundreds of millions of dollars were made on stock options on United and American airlines, the list goes on and on.
 

imported_Aelius

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I would ask him nicely to spill the beans about his accomplices, if there were any foreign ones.

If he choose to not answer I would cut off his head with my trusty Tanto, bag it, and drop it off at the nearest law enforcement facility to claim my $$$.

If he choose to spill the beans I would turn him over, live, to local law enforcement and use the cash to hunt down his accomplices and attempt to gather intel to find out if they are responsible or not. If responsible I would take further steps to ensure they also spill the beans about their accomplices, so on and so forth until the house of cards falls down.

In reality any proof, if any did ever exist, has long been destroyed or made sure it was dead but you never know. People tend to be careless.
 

Orsorum

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I would put him to a public trial in an American court and imprison him for life if a guilty verdict were reached.
 

KRandor

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Me, well - I'd get my friends to tie him up then torture him for a few months with Leonard Cohen and maybe Slim Whitman records - and then some out-of-tune banjo music at high volume... He should be pretty easy to interrogate after that :)

What? You meant you wanted a SERIOUS answer?

I guess I'd just hand him in and get the reward then - but there wouldn't be much fun in that, now would there? ;)
 

judasmachine

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Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
I'd probalby let him go, for fear that it wasn't him, but some other, similiar-looking man of arab descent, which could end up in a viscous lawsuit in which I am accused of being a racist for prior usage of the phrase "camel-jockey."


[Sigh] Ain't that the truth.
 

Moonbeam

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I would have myself committed to a mental institution. Hello, officer, this is Moonbeam here, down at 3rd and Howard and I just spotted Bin Laden lying next to the dumpster. No, I haven't been drinking. No I'm not on drugs. No I didn't knife him and drag him here, look it's really Bin Laden. Yes, yes, thanks, please send a squad car and an ambulance to pick him up. Yes yes, I will wait right here, sure I will.
 

YoshiSato

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1st) I'd beat the crap out of him with a lead pipe, tire iron or any other blunt object I can find.

2nd) I would serve his head in the tradditaionl fassion to some governmenet agency(not sure which one yet)

3rd) I would collect my 25 million dollar reward

 

Moonbeam

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I bin laden with so many burdens, Lord, Lord, and ain't maken nutten but a cotten picken dime, Lord, Lord, bin Laden with so many burdens Lord Oh Lordy Lord.

Gonna pick up my hatchet, Lordy, Lord, and chop them blues away.
 

PatboyX

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Originally posted by: judasmachine
Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
I'd probalby let him go, for fear that it wasn't him, but some other, similiar-looking man of arab descent, which could end up in a viscous lawsuit in which I am accused of being a racist for prior usage of the phrase "camel-jockey."


[Sigh] Ain't that the truth.

well, my big problem would be IDing him to begin with.
his face hasnt come across my screen very often at all.
i think the last time i saw anything close was during a re-run of south park.


 

wchou

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Bin Laden is a friend of bush, infact it is his benefactor. Thought they blame it on him it is nothing more then smoke and mirrors to cover up who really did it. Ya notice that the airport was closed for 3 days after this incident which is not to catch the real criminals but as a means for their get away. This topic goes to show how clueless most Americans are, what would you do? So you believe what the media says and you react to it even if it's not a fact.

The people in power irritates me the most, their is no justice ever. It's just one scam after another.. I would ask that your spend time doing research then listening to what your peers tell you from the news they saw.
 

SleepWalkerX

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I voted Kill Him without really thinking about it. I'd like to change my vote to law enforcement. I'd only shoot him in the leg to make sure he doesn't get away... Maybe twice. Then send him to jail and collect teh monies.
 

cwjerome

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Originally posted by: wchou
Bin Laden is a friend of bush, infact it is his benefactor. Thought they blame it on him it is nothing more then smoke and mirror to cover up who really did it. Ya notice that the airport was closed for 3 days after this incident which is not to catch the real criminals but as a means for their get away.

This topic goes to show how idiotic most Americans are, what would you do? So you believe what the media says and you react to it even if it's not a fact.
The people in power irritates me the most, their is no justice ever. It's just one scandal after another.. I would ask that your spend time doing research then listening to what your peers tell you from the news they saw.

Your guys cannot even touch him with a 100 foot pole stick because he is protected under the bush adminstration as a friend and for doing him a big favor.
btw, their laughing their socks off how easy it is to deceive a bunch of no brainers who will take anything as facts whatever they throw at you.
:D


Forget to take your meds?

You better watch out, you know if the evil cabal in power overhears you saying these things, the goon squad will be coming soon...