In the rush of the modern, twitter based political commentary, I've seen some half-baked and half-arsed analysis of yesterday's atrocity in London. From outright religious hatred, to blaming Tony Blair and UK foreign policy, the various crazies and loons who seem to dominate the internet have been out in force, pouring forth their nonsense as if they're holding the world on to their every utterance.
The most insightful comment I saw was, as the title of this post suggests, that the people who did this were (and forgive the language, but it's necessary on such occasions) 'fucking nutjobs'.
No doubt it will all be discussed in every little detail, pouring huge attention on to the attackers, which is what they want. Undoubtedly there are serious and legitimate questions to answer, like how do we prevent more people from being radicalised in the future, how do we tackle the preaching of hate, and extremism in general. Those things will happen.
In the meantime, lets not give this awful act the credence of a just cause, however twisted and sick decent people may find such causes which drive people to take a life. Lets not promote their message, which gives the murderers the attention they crave and the platform they did this awful thing to achieve.
The best thing we can do now is to mourn for the innocent soldier who was brutally murdered, and his family and friends coming to terms with their loss, and scornfully denounce the awful people who did such a terrible thing as the 'fucking nutjobs' they clearly are.
