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I kind of agree Ali. To me there is something slightly distasteful about celebrating a death with such joy. I'm pleased that particular chapter has been concluded. I am glad he hasn't 'got away with it' in the end. But outpourings of joy seem strange.
That said, I think we also have to consider that some of the 'joy' is because of the sense of closure that his death brings. Lots of us have been affected by the War on terror. Lots of countries have been targeted by Al Quaeda and lost people and peace of mind to suicide bombers and the like. For you guys the big one was Bali, and for us the London train bombings.
But the World Trade Center was a slightly different beast. Partly because of the sheer scale of it, but also partly because it broke an age old paradigm of America as an uninvadeable country. To be attacked by a foreign enemy on their own soil must have been a shocking thing for Americans to face. That kind of thing cuts deep in the national psyche.
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