A sad day in Oslo

[MountainMan]

Insanity has no sex, no religion, no country and no nationality.

[steinjr]

I somehow missed this the first time around, my heart goes out to all those impacted by this terrible act.

Thanks, Mike. Norway is a small country - many were impacted, especially since the adolescents and young adults taking part in the week long summer meet at Utøya island were from all over the country. Our crown princess lost her half brother, my small town mayor and his son had just left Utøya before the attack, our province lost two kids - one from just upriver from here, one of my son's teachers lost a brother, a co-worker's pregnant wife worked just around the corner from the blast zone - but was unharmed. Lots of people were impacted in some way.

Now that Breivik has been given a scrupulously fair trial - we could do no less, as to not bring dishonor to the ideals of our young dead, he will be locked up for life and forgotten, and we will continue moving along.

Stein