Mothman - thank you for your kind words - appreciated.
//They are no loss and got what they deserved, sometimes you need to accept that you can't defend the indefensible. //
I wish to be clear here - I am not for one minute defending the actions of ISIS in general, or of these two individuals in particular.
My initial point touches on a wider moral concept the 'rejoicing' about deaths of individuals.
In my view, to take pleasure in the death of another person diminishes the individual who holds that view - the circumstances are not the issue here, it is the reaction to the deaths that is a point I am raising.
That is not to say that I wish they had survived, quite possibly (but not certainly, my other point) to assist or participate in terrorism.
But I maintain that if you take pleasure and satisfaction in the death of one or more individuals, you forfeit the moral high ground when others do the same, based on their perception that the world is a better place without said individuals in it.
So, if ISIS and terrorism is the substance of the situation, you are not entitled to rejoice at the death of ISIS supporters, and then claim moral superiority when ISIS supporters rejoice in the deaths of innocent westerners.
I want to be very clear here - the circumstances - ISIS and western victims - are simply what has prompted my point, it could be any situation anywhere in history.
I believe that if you take pleasure in the death of someone, then you diminish yourself, and society as a whole, and you cannot then blame or complain if others do the same.