What punishment can we invent that would give us justice in a situation like this? I am horrified.
Da Bing
One of the early articles I read about the attack said that if he's convicted, he could receive about 25 years in jail, making him eligible for release before he's 50. So fantasize all you like, but the Norwegian justice system has it under control.
If it is scientifically possible, I'd like to hook him up to all the survivors and the families of the victims, so he can feel exactly all the grief, fear, anger, and pain they feel. In other words, he will be in the shoes of those he harmed. Then he will have to feel the contempt that the entire world has for him. Maybe if he feels these emotions and reflects on them every single hour for the rest of his life, he will be able to begin to regain his humanity in some small ways. He will begin to understand what he has done, and how many families he has destroyed.
I, for one, can't imagine how one's mind won't blow up under the weight of such suffering, and that's not what I want.
Da Bing