Something I’ve been neglecting to post is a follow-up to the mass stabbing in Japan a couple of weeks ago where seven were killed. Ken Talton emailed me a link pointing to some pictures from the scene which show bystanders giving aid to the injured. Here’s one:

This at least shows that not all the witnesses acted like anecdotal stories from other incidents suggested they might have. That’s refreshing.

Another picture shows police arresting the killer. The guy with the backpack in the picture may be a civilian who helped apprehend him, or he might be some sort of security officer.

So while I continue to wonder at the mind-set that facilitated the success of this attack, we should not ignore those who did what they could when they could. For all we know, some of the wounded are alive today because of the aid complete strangers gave them.

Talton also has this:

Another, rather creepy bit of information via Danny Choo.

According to him, there have been 3 previous stabbing incidents this year similar to this one. In all four incidents, the perps, upon being apprehended, said..

“Anybody would have been fine.”

This is worrisome, not just because of the utter sociopathic nihilism it indicates, but 4 murderers saying the exact same thing in such short order is just creepy. Is it a copycat spree, or something organized like one of those suicide chat rooms?

Meh this is just speculation but damn, that’s odd.

No freaking kidding.

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