That post resulted in an excellent comment from “Rev”. Go here to read it.
Apparently, these are not merely hypotheticals. This morning’s Washington Post Express (PDF) has a brief bit on page 24 about an upcoming CNN special on Osama bin Laden. Here’s the money paragraph:
One reporter remembers coming upon bin Laden in Afghanistan during the war against the Soviet Union. They politely discussed politics and religion for a half hour, and then he was dismissed with the warning, “If I see you again, I will kill you.”
