Home | Back to full article

The judge who decided to arraign Anders Behring Breivik in- camera, apparently to deny him the platform he craved to air his fanatical views, made a wrong decision.

The judge should have taken the opposite tack, and allowed Breivik to address the world in his home-made fancy uniform and fake medals so that every normal person could hear him explain how murdering dozens of innocent people, mainly kids, was supposed to influence any government to change its immigration policy.  Also, we could have seen for ourselves how this criminal lunatic’s twisted views of both himself and the world sent him on a killing spree for which, sadly, there is no defence.     

William Bedford
Toronto

CFP “Poet in Residence” William Bedford was born in Dublin, Ireland, but has lived in Toronto for most of his life.  His poems and articles have been published in many Canadian journals and in some American publications.

William can be reached at: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)