Oslo

It is too soon to write a post that comments in any analytical way on the Oslo massacre, though its ramifications will be profound, perhaps even to the point of changing the arc of European history. In its grotesque particulars, which are still coming to light, it is an act of such devastating horror, of such monstrous, naked evil, that it would be unseemly to say anything more at this point than that all of civilization today shares Norway’s shock and grief.

There will be a very great deal to say about it in days and weeks to come, but not today.

One Comment

  1. Malcolm says

    I have just deleted a comment – something I have done only once or twice in the six years of this blog’s existence – from an anonymous troll who made a gratuitously insulting and massively ignorant remark about the Oslo massacre.

    I try to respond thoughtfully to any and all comments here, and before thinking better of it, I responded to this one – clearly the person who wrote it has not understood a word I’ve ever written – but there are limits.

    Posted July 23, 2011 at 7:26 pm | Permalink