Oslo Bombing and Utøya Shootings

[The Mikado]

My thoughts are with the Norwegian people today.  I hope for justice and I mourn the dead.

It's hard to say something that isn't trite and inane, but I do feel for the people of Norway.  I just wish there was a way to do so that wasn't cliched and trite.

[The Mikado]

Please keep partisan bickering out of the mourning thread.

[The Mikado]

If you think this is bad (and elements of it are, obviously), just don't look at the comments thread over at CiF.

Seriously.

The thread over on SA has a "mention Islam, get probation" rule, which sounds pretty good right about now.  Seriously, some people have this bizarre inclination to go screaming "Damn right-wingers" or "Damn Muslims" or "Damn environmentalists" or "Damn anarchists" every time something like this happens, rather than "Damn sociopathic mass-murderers."  Does it even matter who this guy was and why he did what he did?  Does that change the nature of this tragedy?

[The Mikado]

Prior to the shooting spree, when it was just the bombing, I thought it was probably jihadist.  The shooting is so out of character for jihadi violence that I stopped thinking that at that point.  

[The Mikado]

Exactly.  I can understand not having the death penalty, but not having some option to permanently remove dangerous people (that isn't the cop-out "stick him in a psychiatric hospital whether he's crazy or not" thing)?