Kilted pipers in Times Square

[T-Bone]

I came into work this morning and FOX News was on in the break room. They were going on about the death of Bin Ladin. They showed a celebration in Times Square, NYC. There were two pipers in kilts in the footage for about 10 seconds.

[Galician]

[Nighthawk]

Not so sure I see a persons death as a cause for celebration... Relief, certainly. But I don't know that I can get behind celebration...

[Lallans]

The generation previous to mine would have celebrated Hitler or Tojo's death in similar circumstances, and with no moral compunctions whatsoever. We of course, or at least most of us, rely on other people volunteering to fight our enemies and are not involved ourselves, so we have the luxury of a higher moral ground- if that's what it is. To flip the coin, who would have celebrated if UBL had escaped last night?

Anyway, when I saw those lads this morning, I was sure someone on Xmarks would be identifying the tartan they were wearing. What was it?

[cavscout]

The generation previous to mine would have celebrated Hitler or Tojo's death in similar circumstances, and with no moral compunctions whatsoever. We of course, or at least most of us, rely on other people volunteering to fight our enemies and are not involved ourselves, so we have the luxury of a higher moral ground- if that's what it is.

Well said. I see no reason to make UBL's termination a moral conundrum. It's a good thing, no need to think about it further. Job well done SEALS!

[Woodsheal]

Not so sure I see a persons death as a cause for celebration... Relief, certainly. But I don't know that I can get behind celebration...

I, for one, celebrate ridding the world of mad dogs....

[Nighthawk]

Well said. I see no reason to make UBL's termination a moral conundrum. It's a good thing, no need to think about it further. Job well done SEALS!

I never said his termination was a moral conundrum. It needed to be done. Celebrating the death of a human being is to me the problem.

[Brian K]

I never said his termination was a moral conundrum. It needed to be done. Celebrating the death of a human being is to me the problem.

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Ezekiel 33: 11 "...As sure as I am the living God, I take no pleasure from the death of the wicked."

[Morris at Heathfield]

Anyway, when I saw those lads this morning, I was sure someone on Xmarks would be identifying the tartan they were wearing. What was it?

I didn't see it on the news (I don't watch much television anyway), so it took me a little while to track down pictures online:

http://www.tnr.com/article/world/877...gton?page=0,10

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Iona-C...nd/94246348659

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/vi...pipes.cnn.html

There's also a YouTube video linked to from the Facebook page. It's longer, but of poorer quality, and merits a language warning.

The tartan is MacLean of Duart.

[Bugbear]

I heard a small clip of a piper at Ground Zero being played on the radio news earlier in the day. Not sure what the tune was, though.


Ch 30-31, the Tao Teh King, in remembrance of a friend, fallen warrior, and Taoist: 2004.