This is one of the stupidest things I have ever read bin Laden was the spiritual leader of an organization dedicated to global jihad he had a direct line of tutelage to Hassan al-Banna millions of extremists hung on his every missive Brian Thompson, on the other hand, existed within a public corporation with officers, advisors, investors and Robert's Rules of Order. He'd been voted CEO by a board of directors in 2021. Prior to that he'd been in charge of United's government contracts (medicare, medicaid, VA) for fifteen years where - lemme speak from experience here - he was at the top of an organization that's no better or worse than the other seven companies we deal with that administrate Medicaid. But again - you are so far up your own ass that shooting one of a dozen functionaries heading public corporations that you own stock in is somehow as virtuous as taking out the guy who orchestrated 9/11. You're going to do me a favor. You're going to step away from the keyboard, you're going to walk into the bathroom, you're going to look at yourself in the mirror. You're going to make eye contact with yourself, so that you're really seeing yourself, and you're going to say "the assassination of an insurance CEO is every bit as virtuous and justified as the assassination of Osama bin Laden." Then you're going to report back. How do you feel? Answer carefully because this might very well be the last exchange we ever have.When they killed Bin Laden, people didn't ask why they didn't work from inside Al Qaeda to slowly reform them.