How do you feel about the massacre in Norway?

Saddened? Dismayed? Heartbroken? It’s a tragedy.

It is a cowardly and undeserved attack to Norway and to the Norwegians.

It is horrible that one person could have killed so many—and so many young people.

Tragic. People are sick.

One person is sick.

My feelings are sympathy for the victims and the people close to them.

And I agree with the Norwegian editors quoted in the article:

“We should not let fear paralyse our ability to think clearly and wisely,” wrote Harald Stanghelle, political editor of the daily Aftenbladet. “There is much that we should not allow to be sacrificed on the altar of fear.”

Lars Helle, editor of the daily Dagbladet, said “we must avoid being preoccupied by fear, like the US was after 11 September 2001. Rather, we must look to Spain and England and how the people of those nations recovered their freedom after the horrible terrorist acts of 2004 and 2005”.

Horrified. Stunned . Heartbroken. I imagine the same as everyone feels.

These days we are all Norwegians. It’s an unspeakable tragedy for all of us.

There seem to be a lot of similarities with the Oklahoma bombing in 1995 and the Oktoberfest bombing in 1980. Neo-nazi mindsets full of hate for cultural diversity.

The attack on the kids at the camp especially makes me absolutely sick.

Suprised, Norway hasn’t witnessed this level of violence since the second world war.

I never get mad but a senseless and monstrous slaughter such as this drives me ill and angry.

@Zaku Using the tragedy to knock the U.S. is pretty low.

@cletrans2col I see how one would interpret that as an insult, but I honestly saw it as an observation.

Terrible. One of the worst tragedies I’ve seen.

At this point I would like to know whether—and who—this guy was working with. Apparently he referenced meeting a small group of like-minded individuals.

Makes me sad. :(

Sad and angry.

@Qingu – He was in touch with right-wing bloggers and he seems to be a co-author of

http://www.scribd.com/doc/60739170/2083-a-European-Declaration-of-Independence

which might be seen as a modern and somewhat lighter version of “Mein Kampf”. The scapegoat role gets assigned to Muslims instead of Jews. He was inspired by various non-militant ultraconservative movements in Europe and also the Tea Party. However, over time he had become frustrated because these movements were not radical enough in his view.