I had to say something about this brouhaha over the reported death of Osama bin Laden, which includes loud crying about "Americans celebrating the murder of a fellow human being." Frankly, I find it reprehensible that anyone would weep and wail over the death of a mass-murdering, misogynistic child abuser. It seems much of the world has completely lost its morality. Moreover, many of the children shrieking about this subject have not been alive long enough to suffer themselves, apparently, at the hands of such abusers, and they appear to have little sympathy for the victims.
In the meantime, it is not America that's the problem on this planet. The fact that we even have a global internet where our free speech can be expressed without police knocking on our doors is largely because of America. The American Constitution is one of the greatest creations ever devised by the human mind. Perhaps it's time to read it.
This blanket attack on "America" as if it is some monolithic cult based on a book of violence is erroneous and fallacious. America is made up of people from all over the world who want to live in relative liberty. That includes whites, blacks, yellows, reds, browns and all shades in between from practically every extant culture known to mankind.
America equals freedom
Those who have escaped fascistic regimes, such as my Persian ex-Muslim friend Amil Imani, would be appalled by such attacks on "America." Indeed, I suspect he would become quite angry that his beloved adopted home is being denigrated in this manner. Amil has several Master's degrees and a PhD, and he has studied the Constitution, as well as much history, including that of his homeland Persia. He knows very well that America is one of the greatest countries in history. Amil's Persian people have suffered horribly under the tyranny of Islamic fundamentalism for decades, and, I am told, millions of Iranians are sick to their very souls of being enslaved under Islamist domination. Amil - who is a secularist - has not only welcomed the death of OBL, he has called for action against the many more "Osamas" out there waiting in the wings:
Now, one murderer is dead. Yet, regrettably the ideology and forces that inflicted the world with one Osama Bin Laden are busily producing thousands of other Osamas in Islamic madrasas, mosques, Islamic front organizations such as Council on American-Islamic Relations and even academic institutions with madrasas in places such as Pakistan; mosques preaching hatred of the infidels to the very young; front organizations such as the Brotherhood, academic centers, and so forth.
My hardworking and courageous friend Amil is a great American. He would probably not exist if it were not for the American Constitution, as he would likely have been killed by the Islamic Republic of Iran long ago.
Americans to the rescue
Americans do not ignore the suffering of others worldwide, as is suggested by this latest anti-American derogation. On the contrary, Americans are often the first to donate their time, energy and money to helping others all over the world, including and especially during times of disaster. Indeed, America gives massive amounts of foreign aid - even to its worst enemies!
Again, America is made up of people from all over the world, and these individuals are given the chance to develop themselves to the fullest, because of the American Constitution and all that the U.S. stands for in its foundation. Many people come to this country and attend university, so that they can then go back to their homelands and bring their skills and other assistance to their fellow countrymen - this happens every day. America is viewed as the great hope of the world in this regard. (See the story of escaped slave Simon Deng for another example among many of individuals coming to the United States and being able to speak out on behalf of their suffering people.)
Anti-Constitutionalism
If a citizen is behaving against the U.S. Constitution, he or she is anti-American and should be treated as such, as corrupt and treasonous. If the U.S. government's actions are anti-Constitutional, they should be challenged, especially legally, which actually happens every day - because we can do such a thing, since we are protected under the American Constitution. That's all there is to it. It is part of the greatness of America that we can actually challenge our federal government, which by principle should not hold much centralized power. That public oversight and governmental transparency is what the Founding Fathers such as Thomas Jefferson intended, and if we are not availing ourselves of it, then we are not using our rights as Americans. The only real problem with the American ideal is that it provides so much freedom and license that unscrupulous and immoral individuals take advantage of this liberty to commit crimes; yet, these are crimes, and they will be prosecuted if detected and can be proved to an appropriate degree.
Being relieved at the death of a mass-murdering in-human child abuser is a sign of mental health, while weeping and wailing over this in-human being's death is a sign of depravity. There is always room for improvement in any governing system, especially one made up of cultures from around the world - where have all these different cultures ever gotten along this well at any other time in history? - but to raise up this demented person's death as an indictment against all America is shortsighted and self-defeating.
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