You don't believe even slightly in karma, do you, Martin? :-)

I don't normally believe in executing anyone, but it depends on the situation. When there is an extremely volatile emergency...such as looting and violence in the streets during wartime, let's say...or people shooting at other people...then I would sanction security forces to shoot to kill in order to restore order. That's not quite the same thing as execution, though.

If people in the world could get around to putting as much vital energy into doing something positive for themselves and others as they customarily put into fear and hatred of others...there would probably have been no Osama Bin Laden for you to get upset about in the first place...and no Al Queda either. Osama would be doing something else altogether, rather than seeing himself on a holy crusade to fight "the Great Satan" (as he sees America).

Remember, Osama thinks just the way you do. Only, he's on the opposite side of the fence, and he's way better at organizing people, evidently. Seems to be, anyway.

Gosh! I hope I am not underestimating your abilities on that score, Martin. :-) For all I know, you could soon be on the Arab World's list of "10 most dangerous terrorists in the World", and there would be Arabs sitting around having the kind of sadistic fantasies about you that you are having about Osama. To no useful effect, of course...