Mass murder in Norway

Boeing Guy · 23-07-2011, 17:54

Rather sad day yesterday in Norway.
Seems that the murderer is a far right extremist.
Wonder if that would happen here?
To be honest, I am lost for words on this senseless massacre.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14260195

lindsay ormerod · 23-07-2011, 19:01

Looks like the bloke was a lone gun in all this, really difficult to legislate for that kind of nutter. ( I did say to my daughter last night when the news was coming thru that it didn't sound like Al Qaeeda and more likely to be some neo-nazi ). he's obviously planned it well and the disguise was a winner. My sympathies to the Norwegian people , it's sick.

Eric · 23-07-2011, 20:27

There's not really much one can say; there's a limit to what mere words can express ... however many times this is commented on, debated, condemned, analysed, it will still hover around the edges of "incomprehensible." The killer looks like, well, ... normal, even ordinary: "the banality of evil."

Romps · 24-07-2011, 08:36

Words fail me. What a terrible tradegy.

jaysay · 24-07-2011, 09:10

The BBC's coverage has been crap, I watched breakfast news yesterday morning and they had a 20 second clip of film which was being played on a loop, they were still using it this morning, its a bit like when any terrorist activity is mentioned they bring out the Tavistock Square photos of that bus, better to stick to dialog and just report the facts rather than keep repeating dated backdrop material

Eric · 25-07-2011, 00:27

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Originally Posted by jaysay

The BBC's coverage has been crap, I watched breakfast news yesterday morning and they had a 20 second clip of film which was being played on a loop, they were still using it this morning, its a bit like when any terrorist activity is mentioned they bring out the Tavistock Square photos of that bus, better to stick to dialog and just report the facts rather than keep repeating dated backdrop material

Hey, if you think that the British Broadcorping Castration was "crap", catch this one. Our local rag, "The Kingston Whig-Standard" printed an editorial by one of its "toriest" (mmm, I have to think about that one

) editors. They printed an editorial premised on a belief that it had been an attack by Islamic fundamentalists

It must have been shortly after the paper hit the streets that it was announced that the perp was a home-grown NAZI.

steeljack · 25-07-2011, 01:16

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Originally Posted by Eric

that it was announced that the perp was a home-grown NAZI.

Some think he was a misguided home-grown Patriot

Eric · 25-07-2011, 01:47

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Originally Posted by steeljack

Some think he was a misguided home-grown Patriot

Some think that Attila the Hun was a cavalryman

Neil · 25-07-2011, 02:22

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Originally Posted by Boeing Guy

Wonder if that would happen here?

I don't think people like him will ever be able to be stopped. They can waste there time banning guns but next time it would be an illegal weapon. If there were no such things as guns he could have used a crow bar.
If some nutter wants to randomly kill people you cant ever stop it.

heth · 25-07-2011, 02:26

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Originally Posted by Neil

I don't think people like him will ever be able to be stopped. They can waste there time banning guns but next time it would be an illegal weapon. If there were no such things as guns he could have used a crow bar.
If some nutter wants to randomly kill people you cant ever stop it.

They wont be able to stop these nutters, just look at that guy in Cumbria not so long back.

Feel sorry for all the people in Norway.

jaysay · 25-07-2011, 08:36

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Originally Posted by Eric

Some think that Attila the Hun was a cavalryman

Or as once stated a clumsy tourist

Neil · 25-07-2011, 23:28

Have you seen Norways highest security prison? Its like a hotel. Can't help thinking they would have been better off saying he resisted arrest and killed him. I guess they wanted to find out if anyone else was involved.

I was also amazed how many people gathered together in one place to pay respects. No way I would have been there. Perfect target for a second killer to land a plane.

Who knows if he is a loner or if there is more to come yet.

Mancie · 25-07-2011, 23:38

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Originally Posted by Neil

I don't think people like him will ever be able to be stopped. They can waste there time banning guns but next time it would be an illegal weapon. If there were no such things as guns he could have used a crow bar.
If some nutter wants to randomly kill people you cant ever stop it.

You are using the same old excuse Neil of no need to ban guns.. I mean as if this bloke could have done the same with a "crowbar"..60 odd people?.. not really!

heth · 25-07-2011, 23:39

Yeah i have seen the pictures of people gathering and it were surreal the amount that turned out.

Looked beautiful with them all holding Roses though.

Neil · 25-07-2011, 23:52

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Originally Posted by Mancie

You are using the same old excuse Neil of no need to ban guns.. I mean as if this bloke could have done the same with a "crowbar"..60 odd people?.. not really!

I have no access to guns so when I flip my lid I plan driving through the Trafford Centre in a 4x4 seeing how many I can get.

You don't need guns to kill people.