Osama bin Laden is dead - no graphic/violent images.

RDM · 2 May 2011 at 16:15

OldCoals said:
Better tell the BBC then, they have a picture of him during his days in Afghanistan fighting the Russians.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13256959

Sorry I wasn't clear enough, the link to the CIA not the fact that he was operating in Afghanistan. It wasn't like he would have needed US money after all.

deSade · 2 May 2011 at 16:16

OldCoals said:
Funny, I mentioned something similar earlier, wasn't always a evil terrorist was he.

Charles Manson wasn't always a killer was he? People and regimes change.

Your point being?

deko · 2 May 2011 at 16:18

As someone pointed out in another forum, Obama did a great bit of trolling on Donald Trump, cutting off his Apprentice program 2 hours before he made a speech.

Danthus · 2 May 2011 at 16:18

deSade said:
Charles Manson wasn't always a killer was he? People and regimes change.

Your point being?

The US didn't have a problem with him shooting and bombing Russians.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

TheCenturion · 2 May 2011 at 16:18

dowie said:
Osama wore a rag on his head, Osama was referred to by another poster as a 'raghead' - its not necessarily a nice term but then again neither are the beliefs of people who tend to wear rags on their heads.... get over it.

This is one of the funniest posts I've read on here for a while...

Yas786 · 2 May 2011 at 16:19

stulid said:
Muslims on the TV news this morning saying you can be buried at sea, if you die at sea and theres risk of disease or something.

Ahhh ok ive been corrected then somewhat...yes i suppose if you do die at sea then you can be buried there and then due to disease and the body rotting ie if your too far from land.

But seeing as Osama was supposedly killed on land ie in a house then theres absolutely no need to bury him at sea unless the Americans did that out of spite or to stop a shrine being built for him but it doesnt make a difference as the Al Qaeda members will build one if they so choose to.

Von Smallhausen · 2 May 2011 at 16:21

Interesting that the term raghead has been brought up.

Is there a need for it ? I would argue not.

Glaucus · 2 May 2011 at 16:23

Spawn said:
Ahhh ok ive been corrected then somewhat...yes i suppose if you do die at sea then you can be buried there and then due to disease and the body rotting ie if your too far from land.

But seeing as Osama was supposedly killed on land ie in a house then theres absolutely no need to bury him at sea unless the Americans did that out of spite or to stop a shrine being built for him but it doesnt make a difference as the Al Qaeda members will build one if they so choose to.

You can also be buried at sea if it is thought the remains may be dug up by his enemies. Seeing as he was both loved and hated in the middle east and around the world, it's a valid point that can be argued, he was also buried within 24 hours so It is acceptable under Muslim rituals. His "religion" was complied with as much as can be expected, in fact I would say more so. For someone killed and captured by there enemies.
A shrine can be built, but is never as powerful as the resting place of the dead.

Marky · 2 May 2011 at 16:23

Von Smallhausen said:
Interesting that the term raghead has been brought up.

Is there a need for it ? I would argue not.

Definitely not necessary - I see it as a racial term and I don't think it should be used...

Danthus · 2 May 2011 at 16:23

Von Smallhausen said:
Interesting that the term raghead has been brought up.

Is there a need for it ? I would argue not.

Wasn't it a fellow Don that did first?

deSade · 2 May 2011 at 16:23

TheCenturion said:
This is one of the funniest posts I've read on here for a while...

And should be banned for it.

It is suggesting that the 'majority' of people who 'tend to wear rags' on their heads are somehow 'evil'!!

Yas786 · 2 May 2011 at 16:23

WeOwnTheSky said:
The sacred texts of Islam prefer burial on land, "so deep that its smell does not come out and the beasts of prey do not dig it out". However, if a person dies at sea and it is not possible to bring the body back to land before decay, burial at sea is allowed. A weight is tied to the feet of the body, and the body is lowered into the water. This would preferably occur in an area where the remains are not immediately eaten by scavengers.[3]

Is this correct?

I would imagine so as i stated in my above post about burial at sea...if someone dies at sea and land is not easy to get to ie within mins/hrs then burial at sea is permitted but if the person dies on land then there is no need to bury at sea as far as im aware.

Von Smallhausen · 2 May 2011 at 16:24

I agree entirely Marky.

Vonhelmet · 2 May 2011 at 16:24

dowie said:
Stop winging - its just derailing the thread tbh...

Osama wore a rag on his head, Osama was referred to by another poster as a 'raghead' - its not necessarily a nice term but then again neither are the beliefs of people who tend to wear rags on their heads.... get over it.

Negro means black in French, and similar words in other languages also mean black. Black people are black, and are referred to by some as *******, a corruption of negro. It's not necessarily a nice term, but then again I can't figure out how to finish this satire off. Get over it.

TheCenturion · 2 May 2011 at 16:25

deSade said:
And should be banned for it.

It is suggesting that the 'majority' of people who 'tend to wear rags' on their heads are somehow 'evil'!!

Yep. I always thought that the populace of OcUK was more intelligent than the average idiot in this country. Clearly sometimes this just isn't true.

Von Smallhausen · 2 May 2011 at 16:25

OldCoals said:
Wasn't it a fellow Don that did first?

You know it was. Why ask ?

Strife212 · 2 May 2011 at 16:26

Edit: This thread moves so fast

Craig1981 · 2 May 2011 at 16:26

Hes actually still alive. But hes currently being questioned by top men.

Top. Men!

/cue Raiders of the Lost Ark ending.

stulid · 2 May 2011 at 16:26

vonhelmet said:
Negro means black in French, and similar words in other languages also mean black. Black people are black, and are referred to by some as *******, a corruption of negro. It's not necessarily a nice term, but then again I can't figure out how to finish this satire off. Get over it.

Its something to do with the area the slaves came from, the Niger river, or so my black supervisor at work tells me, not a corruption of the French word for black.

CliffyBiro · 2 May 2011 at 16:27

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=19036149&postcount=685

624. If it is feared that an enemy may dig up the grave and exhume the dead body and amputate its ears or nose or other limbs, it should be lowered into sea, if possible, as stated in the foregoing rule.