Not a very pleasant topic I must admit. But as the trial of Anders Breivik started yesterday I thought I would make some reference to it in case anyone wants to comment. We had saturation coverage live on the 24 hour news channels as this event began and of course all the main bulletins led with the story. Exhaustive coverage of someone who is essentially a monster of modern civilization. He smiled, he waved, he gave a nazi salute in utter defiance, and above all, showed no remorse of any kind
He admits to doing it, the authorities know he did it...but despite all that this guy gets world wide exposure for his insane criminal acts, and is clearly revelling in it.
Look at this picture. These are the cold eyes that witnessed up close the brutal assasination of kids enjoying a summer break on a peaceful island. These are the uncaring eyes of the individual who pulled the trigger endless amounts of times...shooting the already wounded in the back of the head.
77 young people died in total.
Today he takes to the stand. The television channels here are NOT going to show his speech from the dock, so we have to be grateful for small mercies but should this guy be getting this level of exposure. He smiles regularly, cares not a jot for the victims or their families, is as guilty as hell...so why are we going through this process. Experts cant decide if he is insane or not.
I have always spoken against the death penalty, but in this case one would be sorely tempted to re-consider.