For some reason, a surprisingly large number of people are asking me for my opinion about yesterday’s announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden. Most people who know me well know that I don’t really care about government or politics, but I think that was the point, and they were curious how this affects people who are uninterested in this type of thing.

I’ve run into tons of people who are devastated because we are celebrating somebody’s death. They claim that death is a bad thing, and even the death of a bad person should not be followed by celebration. I think people who take this stance are oversensitive and need to go take a nap.

On the other hand, I saw on the news that there were tons of universities across the nation that had students who ran out on the streets to celebrate. I think this is excessive as well on the other end of the spectrum, and these students need to go back inside and keep studying for their upcoming final exams. I’m actually slightly saddened by the fact that the University of Wisconsin-Madison didn’t take to the streets, though, because I could’ve probably made an interesting video out of that.

Overall, as expected, I don’t think the death of Osama bin Laden is that huge of a deal. Of course, he’s an important member of a terrorist organization, but he’s not the only man standing as the foundation of the organization. I’m sure there are a handful of other people who take powerful leadership positions in the organization, and simply because the founder is killed does not mean the entire group will collapse. I think Osama’s death will most likely cause some sort of retaliation by al-Quaeda to prove to us that they are still powerful as a group.

So there’s my unexpert and unexperienced advice with essentially no background information. If your opinions differ from mine, then I probably don’t want to hear them, primarily because I don’t really care to debate about politics and government, and because I don’t like to argue with my readers in the first place. If you email me about this telling me that my opinions are utterly wrong, I’ll probably ignore you.

So Far in 2011…

Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 24

Number of times I did my own laundry: 3