Norway Bombing

lilly31 · Guru

Norway Bombing

Cruising Granny · Guru

That's the world we live in. All we can do is hope, and pray, it doesn't happen here, and it doesn't happen anywhere.
It's a cruel way to express an opinion.

milo · Guru

he apparently had a gun liscence.. but why the heck do we even need them in the first place!!!

Cruising Granny · Guru

That makes shooting legal, I think.

kandagal · Guru

What a sad place this earth is becoming. So many stupid people hurting others. I wish I knew how to stop it

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

one way to slow it down would be for our pxxxweak judges to put these people behind bars for the FULL term not a slap on the wrist.

delapan · Senior Member

hear hear wombat

Cruising Granny · Guru

The demise of the mental health system, crime induced by the drug trade and computer games, have a lot to do with all of it.
On the computer games they shoot the guy today and he comes right back the next time they play the game. So they get a gun and try it out.
One drug mob attacks another drug mob, someone doesn't pay their bill, so it's gun warfare on the streets.
Mental health patients with all sorts of illusions and issues are set loose with a bottle of pills with no supervision or guidance to ensure they keep up the medication, and the 'it hits the fan when they hurt someone, kill their child or someone else because the voices in their head told them to.
It would seem the guy in Norway was delusional. He lived life in a fantasy world no one was aware of, so he couldn't even be detected, supervised or monitored.
It only takes one bad day to set anyone off to have a mental breakdown and maybe harming themselves or others on a grand scale.
His family probably just thought he was a little "different" and didn't see it coming either.
Unless these people are in the system, they go undetected until they crack. Port Arthur was another example.

Romy5152 · Guru

It's my personal opinion only, but I think Granny makes some very good points. Mental health is a serious issue, and I don't think anyone would doubt that, but too many times patients have been released too soon for whatever reason, only to commit further offences. For those not already in the mental health system, it's difficult to know the real mental state of any one person. For instance, how many people have committed suicide, and the family says, 'We had no idea he/she was even thinking about it! He/She was the same as usual.' Something, and sometimes it's a tiny thing (to us), often makes them snap. I cannot begin to understand why people commit such atrocities as this man did in Norway, but surely he couldn't have been in full control of his mental state? I don't believe a 'normal' person could do such things. Unless he has claimed so, I don't believe he was a terrorist - I think he was someone who was severely mentally ill, and unfortunately for those he killed (and him), no-one knew. It doesn't make what he did right, it makes it so very sad - for everyone concerned.

Wombat, in other areas of crime or other offences, I agree with you - many offenders are just slapped on the wrists and let go with a warning, only to do the same things again - and again - and again. A term of years (or life) should mean exactly that. I can't help but think, that if sentences were adhered to, perhaps, just perhaps, it would be more of a deterrent to those anticipating committing a crime.

Wombat 280 · Guru

On the news tonight they say that the max sentence in Norway is 20Years which works out to be 82 days for each life and injury he caused in both attacks . Far to soft and if they grant him permission to wear his uniform ,whatever that comprises of, and let him make a speech on why he did it then that opens the gates for any d/ wit that wants to get air time for their cause no matter how perverted.