Europeans of a certain age will remember the assassination of Siegfried Buback, the German Federal Prosecutor at the height of Red Army Faction political terrorism. There was a pamphlet in left-wing 'zine, where the "Göttinger Mescalero" wrote about his "well-concealed joy" at receiving the news. The press was not amused.

But here - everyone seems to be amused that the fellow is dead. Doesn't bide well for social cohesiveness.