# bin Laden is dead? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 2, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436 "2011-05-02T02:46:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436/1 "2011-05-02T02:46:11Z")
Apparently Obama is about to announce it. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436/2 "2011-05-02T02:49:07Z")
Usa! Usa! Usa! ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436/3 "2011-05-02T02:50:01Z")
I hope he didn’t die peacefully in his sleep. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436/4 "2011-05-02T02:51:31Z")
He died 10 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436/5 "2011-05-02T02:52:15Z")
Frankly, if anyone, if anybody, deserved killing, he’s one of 'em. I’d have rather he been tried in a court of law and sentenced to life, but that’s not the way it happened. The USA chanting is irrelevant. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436/6 "2011-05-02T02:55:56Z")
Why is this in the pit? Is it because we don’t have a celebration forum? ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436/7 "2011-05-02T02:57:03Z")
See the threads in MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436/8 "2011-05-02T02:58:47Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Why is this in the pit? Is it because we don’t have a celebration forum? **Commissar** will be in to commiserate. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436/9 "2011-05-02T03:02:13Z")
> [@feppytweed](#): > > See the threads in MPSIMS. You know, one of the things that really grates on my nerves about where the SDMB is going lately is the thought that if a subject is posted on in one forum, that no other forums are appropriate to post in. I, personally, have no doubt that some posters may wish to make comments that are by no means appropriate for MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436/10 "2011-05-02T03:04:48Z")
Perhaps **feppytweed** merely wanted to let us know additional information/posts could be found elsewhere? ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436/11 "2011-05-02T03:07:05Z")
Motherfucking, cocksucking, shit-eating Osama Bin Laden…fuck him, fuck him in the ass with a red hot poker, fuck him and ignore him. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436/12 "2011-05-02T03:07:06Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Perhaps **feppytweed** merely wanted to let us know additional information/posts could be found elsewhere? Precisely. The subtitle for the forum says it’s for life changing announcements. I agree we should have a new forum for serious announcements, or maybe just rename this one, but that’s where the news threads go. Don’t hate on the messenger! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436/13 "2011-05-02T03:07:17Z")
This is excellent news for the Obama campaign. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436/14 "2011-05-02T03:08:25Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Perhaps **feppytweed** merely wanted to let us know additional information/posts could be found elsewhere? Perhaps. There are also, as of this moment, two GD threads. I’m only wondering why there isn’t a GQ thread asking, “Is bin Laden dead?” ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436/15 "2011-05-02T03:10:43Z")
Obama’s dead? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436/16 "2011-05-02T03:13:30Z")
I thought he was dead years ago. Can we hope that this will mean withdrawal, partial or full, from Afghanistan and Iraq? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436/17 "2011-05-02T03:16:51Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Motherfucking, cocksucking, shit-eating Osama Bin Laden…fuck him, fuck him in the ass with a red hot poker, fuck him and ignore him. Say what you really feel. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436/18 "2011-05-02T03:21:57Z")
Obama announcing bin Laden’s dead? Very clever. I suppose some people will maybe start to think Obama’s not a muslim after all, but we know better, don’t we? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436/19 "2011-05-02T03:23:53Z")
I knew that Obama being a foreigner world pay off eventually. It’s about time he leveraged those African contacts. I kid. Too soon? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436/20 "2011-05-02T03:29:53Z")
> [@L. G. Butts](#): > > I knew that Obama being a foreigner world pay off eventually. It’s about time he leveraged those African contacts. Now, if only he could do something really important…either stop the Nigerian emails or at least fund them so if I respond I’ll be set for life… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bin-laden-is-dead/580436.md?page=2)