"We feel blessed that he's dead"

[Stinky The Clown]

No link. I heard this on one of the reports on CBS this evening. It was a woman's voice as she was being interviewed by one of the crack reporters at the scene of the burnt cabin.

Somehow terming a violent death a blessing stikes me as wrong.








NB: This is NOT a commentary on any aspect whatsoever of the Dorner saga. It is a commentary on what I heard on the news on CBS this evening, and nothing more.

[BainsBane]

1. was it someone from the area where he was hiding?

and took hostages? How do you suppose you would have felt if your family had been in danger?

[Stinky The Clown]

3. Relieved.

Not blessed. If the word blessed held special menaing for me, I can't imagine feeling blessed at the death of another human.

YMMV

[BainsBane]

8. I agree

though frightened people don't always choose the best words. Few of us do in normal circumstances. Still, I see your meaning. Blessed conveys a religious meaning, and I can't see invoking God's name to justify murder.

[tblue]

9. No. I never feel blessed and I would not even want to

feel blessed by someone's death. Maybe that's not quite what she meant. Maybe she feels relieved and saved. How sad. The whole thing is just really sad.

[Stinky The Clown]

28. Maybe any or all of that is true.

And then I am caused to wonder about the teeveenooz editor who chose to run that particular clip. I'd bet *everyone* in that area was expressing relief at the guy's carbonization. Yet "blessed" made it to the nooz.

[Ian Iam]

26. What of Dick Cheney?

Or Donald Rumsfeld? Or Fred Phelps?

[Light House]

2. The only blessing is that this murdering monster is no longer a threat to society.

[Happyhippychick]

4. I live in DC. When the sniper was shooting at random people, and children, I have to

admit I probably would have felt relief and celebration if they had been killed. I'm a very peaceful person but its a different ball game when your personal safety, and the safety of your children, is at risk.

[bigwillq]

15. I like this opinion

better than the ones saying it was an odd reaction by woman on news.

[Happyhippychick]

17. :). And I'm a New Yawkah Yankee fan too!

[bigwillq]

20. I am sure someone will call us evil now!

[Happyhippychick]

25. But we know the truth. And those Met fans don't scare me!

[bigwillq]

27. HA!

[Light House]

22. Oh no.

not another one.
I'm a huge LA Angels fan, more like a fanatical fan. I hate the Dodgers.

[Happyhippychick]

23. You mean the Brooklyn Dodgers :)

Okay, I'm not that old. Am I?

[Light House]

29. Unfortunately, I am that old.

And yes, I meant the Brooklyn Dodgers.
The Dodgers have taken a back seat to the LA Angels for the past few years as the Angels have played pretty darn well.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. People are odd at times.

[d_r]

6. I'll rec it

because I think I understand what you're saying.
We don't have to support what he as doing to think that holy cow that was a questionable reaction.

[BlueStreak]

7. But you are OK with the guy terrorizing a whole region and murdering 4 people?

I don't give a damn how he died, but I bet we will learn he took his own life before the fire. It was his choice either way. At any point, he could have surrendered and he'd be receiving due process.

Defending a serial killer and terrorist doesn't bring any honor to anybody here.

[Stinky The Clown]

10. Quite the leap, there, Sherlock.

Very poor sleuthing, eh, what?

Take another toke on that calabash, dood.

[BlueStreak]

18. Why do you guys need to have 500 threads all saying the same thing?

Yeah, we get it. You think the guy was mistreated and was justified in going on a killing spree. Most of us disagree with that. You have made your views known. Time to move on. Stop wasting everybody's time with these ridiculous threads.

[Stinky The Clown]

24. I'd like to congratulate you as the latest winner of Totally Missed The Point Award

I'm glad the guy's dead. I have no idea what you're on about.

[BlueStreak]

34. Then why waste everybody's time commenting about another person who is also glad he's dead.

At this instant, there are 20 threads on the "Latest" list from you guys who want to rationalize this guy's actions. Can't you all get together and form a fan club or something and stop creating 50 posts a day -- every one of them saying the same damn thing? Or at least, just agree on one big thread where you can all repeat this nonsense to your heart's content/

The guy was a psychopath. A mass murderer. His rights were not violated. He had every opportunity to surrender and use the justice system. It was his choice to die the way he died. End of story.

[Stinky The Clown]

40. Okay. I am certain you know my initial point and now you're doubling down.

That's good. Keep kicking my thread.

[kestrel91316]

30. NO ONE has said he was "justified" in going on this killing spree.

SOME of us prefer due process to mob rule and lynchings. LAPD and many other LE agencies have a sordid track record of behavior resembling the latter.

And don't you DARE attack Stinky for posting this.

[kas125]

35. Looks as if you need a few lessons in reading comprehension. How on earth

did you get "defending a serial killer" from the OP?!!? He didn't say any such thing.

[BlueStreak]

38. He criticized a woman for commenting she was glad the guy was dead

That seems clear enough.

Give it a rest, people. You are trying to manufacture an injustice where there is none. You are tiresome.

[Renew Deal]

41. You missed the point

[Cali_Democrat]

11. Be prepared

Some will now label you as a Dorner sympathizer and fling shit your way.

Duck

[Stinky The Clown]

14. See above ^^

[RandiFan1290]

12. This country has very dark days in it's future. nt

[kestrel91316]

31. It sure does, when even Democrats decide we do't need due process

for a select group of people.

[lonestarnot]

36. My hair may be on fire.

[kestrel91316]

39. I don't understand your point.

[lonestarnot]

42. Point that anyone thinks that we should be doing away with due process.

[kestrel91316]

43. PLENTY of people on DU were thrilled that he was killed

rather than captured and tried, and said he didn't deserve his day in court. It was disgusting. Please don't tell me you are one of them.

[lonestarnot]

44. No, I did not say that I thought that due process should be scrubbed/splashed.

Just the opposite. However I did say I did not want to see that crap, the act of removal of due process. The discussion about due process is another matter.

[kestrel91316]

45. Oh, ok. Whew!

[lonestarnot]

46. :)

[arthritisR_US]

13. I understand what you are commenting on

completely. Such a tragedy all the way around and to feel "blessed" at another's demise just strikes me hollow.

[magical thyme]

16. I worked as a professional writer for nearly 20 years

But I won't criticize anybody's choice of words in such a situation.

I don't think she intended to call his violent death a blessing, so much as the relief from fear and danger as a blessing.

[graham4anything]

19. I remember the Son of Sam. OBL. The mass asssasssin who killed Gianni Versace.

I remember the Son of Sam. Thank God he was caught.
Didn't care how they caught him either
one couldn't go on the street without being scared.
And I didn't give 2 spits how they would catch him.
Just when.
I remember the day he was captured, and the collective sigh of NYC cleared the last cloud out of the sky. Thank God he was no longer a threat.

I remember OBL.
I didn't give 2 spits how they would catch him, nor what methods.
Just that he was gone.
I remember the day he was captured, and the collective sigh of NYC cleared the last cloud out of the sky. Thank God he was no longer a threat.

I remember when Gianni Versace and many others were asssassinated and the fear, harking back fear of the early 1980s.
I didn't give 2 spits how his asssassin who targeted Gays was removed from the streets.
I remember the day he was no longer on the street, and the collective sigh of the nation cleared the last cloud out of the sky. Thank God he was no longer a threat.

terrorists all 4 of them.
I remember the day they were no longer on the street, and the collective sigh of the nation cleared the last cloud out of the sky. Thank God they were no longer a threat.

I remember when the 'thrx was being mailed all over the nation.
The fear just going to the post office or taking in mail.
(and one of the focal points was in NJ if one recalls.)
Every single day, fear.
Didn't care how they caught or ended the situation. Breathed a sigh of relief and said Thank God it's no longer a problem when it ended.

These type of long term events are more scary than any single asssasssination.
After all, they quickly caught the killers of Lennon, JFK, RFK, MLK. there was no longterm
manhunt. No manifestos, no taunting of the nation or police.

(btw, never once did I ever think of getting a gun or a bullet. Never once. Never occured to me, nor would I. )
Would rather have a way that these things would be guaranteed not to happen.

In all of the above, terrorists took away our freedom.

It's so odd some think stopping these things (hopefully before it happens),takes away our freedom.
It's so backwards in logic.

just my opinion. there are ways of stopping all of the above.
but especially ways to rid the streets of all guns and bullets, with just a little tweak of a law or two, and a little more protection.

The federal government don't worry me. All of the above incidents, however, do.

[Stinky The Clown]

21. I'm not sure I follow how your comments relate to my OP.

My OP was about using "blessed" to describe a violent death.

"Good" would have been okay.

I wouldn't even been upset with "I'm glad the shitbag got shot and then toasted."

But "blessed"?

Really?

[morningfog]

32. They are the DU equivalent of shouting at clouds.

Good luck finding relevance in their comments.

[LisaL]

33. I think this person has a right to feel however it is she wants to feel.

[lonestarnot]

37. I think Stinky may have missed that.

Snort.