Wednesday, July 27, 2011

A culture of dysfunction

Some have recently remarked on Breivik's family background, linking male violence to the lack of a father.

First Laura Wood: The Father of Breivik, More on Breivik's Father, And Breivik's Mother.

Today this piece by Carolyn Monihan was published: Anders Breivik’s broken family.

The Telegraph: Norway killer: Anders Behring Breivik was a 'mummy's boy'

Welmer, British Writer Points Finger at Breivik’s Father

Jack Donovan lambastes this slate article: "The inevitable feminist attempts to emasculate the shooter and use him as an example of masculine "illogic" and the dangers of obsession with a reputation for manliness. (What our ancestors called "honor.")" He responds to those who would advocate stricter gun control laws. Massad Ayoob's has a piece that could serve as part of the standard republican rejoinder as well: The Norway Atrocity.

VFR has a post on the sheeple: A nation of consummate Eloi

Brett Stevens has this piece; a connection between the killer to a distorted notion of Nietzsche's Übermensch? His lawyer may attempt an insanity defense. Many liberals cannot understand how his actions are rational, dismissing him as crazed.

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