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I'll care about Osama Bin Laden's death when Guantanamo Bay can be closed down. Until the appalling human rights abuses that followed 9/11 are ended, I see no reason at all to celebrate. The war's not over; increasingly I wonder if it ever will be.

btw, Canada, good luck in your election - here's hoping that you'll have a real reason to celebrate.

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Sadly, I can't believe that it will - jingoism is rarely good for our ability to actually get things done. I was thinking this afternoon that very few of my current students likely remember life when we weren't at war, and that depressed me nicely!