Oh go on, then.

It turns out that King never actually said this. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13265368

Or rather, that he said part of it, and not the part that connects best to the circumstances.

Apologies for my having gotten caught up in a viral phenomenon, but not for my sentiments about celebration as a response to the event.

Apparently, a 24-year-old ESL teacher in Japan combined her sentiments on the situation with her favourite MLK quotation, almost everyone (including all of us) didn't see it was a cut-and-shut, and it rolled all over the world in less than a day. Wow.

I agree with your sentiments. And the Japanese teacher's.

Meanwhile, in West Virginia...

(Having just six weeks ago been in West Virginia, and met some truly lovely, admirable people, I need to add that they're not all like this there!)

Thanks,

Bill

Of our three main parties only the Lib Dems opposed it, and I feel quite justified in saying that they might have had other motivations. (R.Waterman)

Such as?

It seems that even the Dalai Lama may be cool with the killing of Bin Laden.

The Great British Popularity Contest. Most of the public were against involvement in the illegal war, and so were most of our politicians, probably; but the Lib Dems didn't have to worry about anything beyond rhetoric because they stood no chance of getting elected into government. And their popularity grew a fair bit at the time, too.

And look at them now: dazzling beacons of how to uphold election promises.

And Bill, as well as T-shirts it never takes long for the jokes to start doing the rounds. I've received two so far:

Elton John has decided to release a tribute song to Osama Bin Laden. It's called "Sandals in the Bin".

There was shock in Pakistan at the news of his demise. Everyone knows you don't take bins out on a Bank Holiday.

(I'm only passing these on; I'm not contributing to any political debate!)

I agree with much of what I've read here.
But it might be wise to recall that America (via Carter, Reagan & Gw Bush) made bin Laden and alQaeda who they were. For a good cause of course - to fight the Soviets. And later, certain parties wanted to have a little Gulf
War which brought thousands of US troops onto Saudi soil. Saudis being Wahhabis, a fundamentalist sect. Little conflict there which turned OBL's attention to America, his former backer. Oops.
So the US took out their own Frankenstein. Just like another Frankenstein, Saddam Hussein.
Of course, it would have been better to bring him to justice alive, but I don't see how that could have been done realistically given the hype, the fear, and the fact he was in Pakistan.
It's good he's gone too. Hopefully it will speed up the lesson that terrorism is a failed strategy.