Video Game Violence, the Norwegian Tragedy, and Bullshit Journalism
Last week one of the worst domestic acts of terrorism this century was committed in Norway, with the coordinated bombing of a government building and the shooting of a labour party youth camp leading to the deaths of over 80 innocent people, many of which having not even been given the chance to reach adulthood. It wasn’t perpetrated by a terrorist cell of bearded, Islamic fundamentalists, as was initially predicted, either, but rather (allegedly, we are all innocent until proven guilty) from a sole Norwegian citizen, Anders Behring Breivik, who was motivated through his own twisted political ideology.
The world sits stunned, even a week later, that any one man could go through with such a crime against humanity, and as is common with the after-effects of such inconceivable tragedy, people are grasping for any sort of explanation as to why. And, sadly, there are those who seek a scapegoat.
