MSNBC: Kids Say The Darndest Things...about a dead piece of shit who murdered thousands.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Kids react to Osama bin Laden's death



By Helen A.S. Popkin

Since last Sunday, when President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden at the hands of military forces, parents have grabbled with how to explain the news to kids.

Certainly, blowing off any kind of conversation doesn't mean kids aren't going to hear about it and have ideas. Even if they weren't yet born on Sept. 11, 2001, their lives are affected by the terrorist attacks brought on by the al-Qaida leader, as this special edition of the Fine Brothers Kids React series shows.

It's a departure for the YouTube film makers. Their usually fun (and always informative) Kids React series reveals to grown-ups how a key YouTube demographic (kids) thinks about Internet memes such as Keyboard Cat and pop culture phenomena such as Charlie Sheen. Here, the Kids React cast of 6 to 14 -year-olds talk about President Obama's speech on the death of Osama bin Laden.

"We find it is important to take pause when historical events occur and to reflect on how the next generation views the actions of our ever changing world," reads the Fine Brothers video introduction. " Though this is a more serious subject than our usual episodes, it is valuable to learn from the insights of more innocent eyes than our own."

http://digitallife.today.com/_news/2011/05/08/6608098-kids-react-to-osama-bin-ladens-death

[KittyWampus]

1. I appreciated the red head twins!

[tabatha]

2. Interesting. Thanks.

[KittyWampus]

3. And the young man in the black/green shirt who commented on us celebrating

reflecting the Muslims celebrating on Sept 11th.

The producers picked some pretty sharp kids.

[Fridays Child]

9. No kidding. He compared killing terrorists to playing Whack-A-Mole.

In fact, all of his responses were extremely well-articulated, for a ten-year old.

[lillypaddle]

4. Smart, perceptive kids

Gives me faith for the future. K&R

[Stuckinthebush]

5. Fascinating

On so many levels.

The piano music in the background was a little spooky.

[malaise]

6. Very interesting

Thanks for this

[Raffi Ella]

7. wow, yeah. Rec.

Those kids are SO much more informed and articulate than I was at their ages. If there was one good thing to come from 9/11 it's that, as a Country, we are more aware of the world at large and many, many more people, including myself, are engaged and participating in the Democratic Process than I think we otherwise ever would be.

[hlthe2b]

8. Art Linkletter is a dead piece of shit who murdered thousands?

Sorry, but damn--that's HIS phrase.....



:evilgrin:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

12. I can't post anything about OBL without acknowledging my happiness over his death...

...but no, Art rocks...another artifact from my misspent youth, Art on the box ALL the time.

:-)

[Bucky]

15. Art Linkletter was a real heartless SOB. The Navy Seals shoulda taken him out too.

No, wait, maybe I'm thinking of Arthur Godfrey. Nevermind.

[tammywammy]

10. Interesting. n/t

[elfin]

11. LOVED this

"Jake" stole my heart, with a few others close on his heels. Fantastic and have sent on.

[Taverner]

13. The horror! OBL was a kind old man in jammies!

:sarcasm:

[struggle4progress]

14. I wonder if we could swap off some of our posters here for some of those kids

:)

[Puregonzo1188]

17. I was thinking the same thing, but then I realized we'd be better off swapping some of the talking

heads or politicians instead.

[Bucky]

16. That 10 year old William kid (the one in the green shirt) sounds pretty wise.

Bet he's a Democrat.