Not A Tragedy, But An Atrocity

Seven people are dead in what appears to be a murder/suicide in Osmington, outside Margaret River in Western Australia's south-west.

Many, if not most, of the news reports use the word "tragedy" to describe the deaths.

I beg to differ - this is not a tragedy, but an atrocity.

A tragedy carries the connotation that nothing could have been done to prevent it - lives lost to an earthquake is a tragedy - but in this case, actions were taken by someone to take the lives of six others, before then ending their own. The murders are an atrocity.

The other point I want to raise is - I did not do it.

Whatever method was used to take those lives, I did not do it, so punishing me for the crime is simply nonsensical.