[Karthik]

I know better than to try and get water from a stone, so I'm going to ignore most of the ignorant and offensive nonsense in this thread.

That being said, I have question. I'm a little confused as to why there's so much public outcry to people burning effigies of Bin Laden and Hussein, yet it's perfectly acceptable when it comes to serial killers and child molesters.

To cite a Canadian example, there's nothing that rallies our country together more than people discussing different ways to torture Paul Bernardo and Karla Holmoka (The notorious serial killing and raping couple). As soon as one speaks out about this, they're immediately turned into social pariah's.

I think it was only 10 years ago when people mailed all their O.J. Simpson memorabillia to a central location for some sort of public burning.

Clearly the crimes of Hussein and Bin Laden are worse (if you can even compare magnitudes at this level). I'd be interested to hear what people have to say in terms of this apparent double standard? I'm looking at those on both sides of the coin here...