What happened in Oslo Friday is a tragedy but it is no different than what is happening in the world on a daily basis. What is different is it happened to blond-haired-blue-eyed kids. What I find outrageous is that all of a sudden we are shocked in our comfortable Western countries. There are some deaths that are worth more than others in our selective outrage. Let me explain briefly.

Somali pirates on Wednesday released a Norwegian tanker and a Kenyan flagged fishing vessel that was in their custody for close to four months. East African Seafarers Assistance Programme head Andrew Mwangura said that MT UBT Ocean and FV Sakoba had been released and were headed to Dar es Salaam and Mombasa respectively. Sources say that a ransom was paid to the pirates but it’s not yet clear how much the pirates parted with.