We cats understand the sensitivities that the White House staff is grappling with as they assess whether or not to release the bin Laden death photos. Truly, we do.
That said, here are our arguments in favor of releasing them:
Shutting people up. You can't underestimate the value of this. From teabaggers who want to deny President Obama his signature national security accomplishment to Islamic extremists who are bent on keeping their minions fired up by claiming bin Laden is still alive, these balloons need to be punctured.
The Internet is probably ahead of you. There's no dearth of gruesome images available on the web. Honestly, whatever you've got is not going to surpass some of the awful stuff from September 11 alone.
We can take it. If we Americans can handle watching jumpers from the World Trade Center, let alone seeing autopsy photos of John F. Kennedy, we can handle anything. Do it.
(IMAGE: The Falling Man, Richard Drew, Associated Press)
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