With my friends here there is already a Facebook worm going on which is supposed to show some video footage about the explosion but when you click it you're just spreading/liking the video.
Shocking to see how fast spammers are.
I recall on Sept 11th the sheer rush from users to consume information on the Internet. If something like 9/11 ever happens again anywhere in the world, spammers will jump right on the event like flies on sh*t.
I think this qualifies as something of sufficient importance that it should be here just so everyone is aware. We could do without the comments though. Maybe a "no comment" sort of link for events of vital importance that are off-topic? It would make a lot more sense than disabling comments for YC job postings.
Also, given that Islamic extremists would be the most obvious conclusion, how is it unreasonable to draw such assumptions, especially when a supposed Islamic group claimed responsibility?
> Extremists and fundamentalists are all the same,
> regardless of what they're worshiping
Wouldn't this make it less likely to be Islamic extremists vs fundamentalists from <insert religion>? > given that Islamic extremists would be the
> most obvious conclusion
Because Muslims are more prone to being crazy and/or extreme than Christians (or people of <insert religion>)? Because Islamic extremists are the only people that use guerrilla tactics and explosive devices to get their point across? > Man started writing ~5000 years back
and > Islam is a matured religion because it is
> written after Judaism/Christianity/Hinduism
relate to the post your are replying to other than the keywords 'Islam' and 'religion.'-- A Norwegian Guy
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/22/blast-rips-through-norw...
I'll add that the blast was unlike anything I've withnessed, even 3 blocks away.
EDIT: And by "wacked-out" I mean, "wack by even the standards of Al Qaeda." 9-11 didn't help their cause in my eyes, but I can see how they justified it to themselves. Whoever bombed Oslo - is a WTF on top of a WTF.
I guess I just feel like they have more important enemies, from their perspective, to attack.
Oslo is known for the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_Accords, an attempt at peace between Palestine and Israel.
The guy they have arrested for the massacre may face 21 years in prison.
Look up the FBI stats on radical muslim bombings on US soil vs radical christian vs radical athiest bombings. In fact, I seem to recall that radical jews had more attacks on US soil than radical muslims.
And since 9/11 was so neatly sown up, we'll never really know who was truly behind it.
150 people don't read the guidelines?
> Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is
> inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or
> offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag"
> link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If
> you flag something, please don't also comment that you did.the police in oslo much be very tight lipped, this must also be the first crime aince medieval times :)