I think you do a disservice to equate a heartless killer with people having a weakness which is shared by people at your country club. Many decent upright people lack courage in certain situations. This does not make them contemptible people simply because they are not as psychically strong as some others. To focus on cowardice as a pertinent point in the character of OBL (even if it were true, which it clearly is not)is to overlook the moral depravity of his killing of innocents, and is also to equate him to millions of good decent human beings who sometimes lack courage, but have never committed vicious acts against their human brothers and sisters.
Again, you seem to be equating cowardice with moral failings such as murder, torture, cruelty, etc. Cowardice is weakness. It does not equate to cruelty, viciousness, or any of the things which are truly despicable, and for which we ought to hate Mr. OBL.
As far as bullys: some might be cowards; many probably are not. Cowardice is not the motive for cruelty. I have a girl friend who loses all her courage when it comes to riding a roller coaster. She avoids it because she is a coward in that instance. She is not, however, cruel, vicious, or mean. Furthermore, she adds a great deal of good to the world. The comparison with OBL of these decent people is fatuous and ridiculous. |
