Good Essay About Why We Should Not Celebrate Killing

The killing of Osama Bin Laden was received with mixed reactions where some people though it should call for celebration while others thought celebrating over the death of a human being is wrong. The way the death of Osama was celebrated by many Americans is wrong despite the fact that he had committed so many acts of terrorism including 9/11and killed so many people. There was neither patriotism nor civilization. You need to know the difference between justice and vengeance. Justice is done in order for the whole society to be safe but this does not mean that cruelty and insensitivity should be exercised. Death is accompanied with feelings of emotional deep loss. The lack of emotional concern and feeling of revenge in the death of another human being is brought about by prejudice, hatred and lack of sensitivity.
Jonathan Haidt mentions that joyful celebration that happen after Osama’s death are a sign of patriotism which unites all the American people to protect their country. On the contrary celebrations of Osama’s death are a sign of hatred and not a sign of nationalism. If people could have love and compassion, which are the major traits that differentiate us from any other species, the actions of that day could be viewed as dehumanization rather that patriotism. Any noble man, a man with a developed sense of love for humanity and compassion, is supposed to view the world as one big country. Such a man, despite the fact that he/she respects justice, may not be pleased by the death of another human being regardless of the race, religion, gender, color or even the harm inflicted on him.
Haidt argues that, “You can’t just scale up your ideas about morality at the individual level and apply them to groups and nations. If you do, you’ll miss all that was good, healthy and even altruistic about last week’s celebrations.” He does not address whether or not it would be right for groups of victims to have a party at the gates of prison on the eve of an execution. The argument is that there could be a feeling of satisfaction, justice, patriotism, relief and even happiness during the death of Osama but all this could have been different in a way that could show humanity and not an ugly scene of psychological remnants of the tribal era. Consider this, if a leader of our country was killed in the same way which Osama was killed, as a way of delivering justice for his act of terrorism and those in support of that death start singing and shouting their country name and singing their national anthem as a sign of victory and demonstrating in the streets. You could feel very emotionally disturbed and filled with sorrow. This is because the person is from your country even if you don’t know the person. Hence Osama should be treated as a human and his death should not be celebrated regardless of his actions or the harm he has caused.
Noble human beings should respond to the feeling of love, self discipline and compassion in order to be able to fight the feeling of hatred and the tendency to find revenge for every action. You should not be deprived of the most important and essential feeling of humanity and sensitiveness. Celebration of Osama’s death was an indication of the most spread disease of humans that needs healing.