Over at Connexion I was glad to see I wasnt the ONLY one who posted their belief that Josh was being inappropriate, and more seriously the impression (since corrected by Josh) that he was rejoicing over a death.

But I am surprised by the request for both me and theconnexion to 'correct' our posts. Actually Josh goes onto say he WAS glad that the man had died, and so I think that we were not too far off the mark.

By all means make the comparison, but the whole tone of the post is in my view inappropriate.

There is all the difference in the world between killing your enemy when trying to capture them (eg Sadaam's sons), and using a helicopter gunship to take out someone who may not even have had guards with him.

I am just so glad that the Americans didnt do what the whole world expected them to do and blast Sadaam out of the ground when they found him.

Justice is best served by capturing criminals and trying them. I know a life in prison seems to many too weak a punishment, but I am sure many would prefer to die than experience that.

I am not 'weak', but I draw the line and condoning this kind of violence without even an attempt at capture.

Gutless pacifistpointed out that: "Israel shot a missle into a crowd killing a paraplegic holy man in palestine along with seven bystanders. Witnesses say the missle hit the man in the chest and destroyed him and his wheelchair." He also cites the many other bystanders that Israel has also killed in assasination attempts. Can we really support this kind of action?

Put it this way, would you crack a joke at a funeral for eight people? Would you talk about people rejoicing? If you did do that, would you think it was reasonable for people to assume you were at least happy about the death (something Josh admits he was). Might some people make the assumption that you were rejoicing over the death (which Josh insists he wasnt- so I accept he wasnt)