Guardian hits a new low

A shooting occurred aboard HMS Astute while on a goodwill visit to Southampton, leaving one officer dead, another injured, and a seaman in police custody.

This is a terrible tragedy with few facts, but that doesn't stop the Guardian from bottom feeding with this at paragraph 3 (emphasis added):

There were calls for a full and open inquiry to establish if the public was in danger and campaigners said it should prompt a rethink about the wisdom of using nuclear submarines.

"Rethink the wisdom of using nuclear submarines?"  How is the power source of the craft even remotely relevant?  You might as well prompt a rethink of using washing machines, which Astute undoubtedly uses as well.  More to the point, why the deuce is the Grauniad reporting such a tinfoil-hatted view–much less affording it such prominence?  They even quote Mr Di McDonald of something called the "Nuclear Information Service", who says,

(T)he incident ought to prompt a rethink on the value of confining men in such an unnatural and pressurised environment.

So, the anti-nuclear crowd is now opposed to submarines in general?  That makes sense.  You can't stroll through Gosport these days for the crossfire from deranged submariners.  And as for the boats themselves, they have to paint the decks red to hide the blood.  I even understand that when William Beebe returned from his first test dive of the Bathyscaphe three men had to jump on his head and bawl for the strait jacket. Yes, this is what I call journalism!

Well done, Grauniad.  Never let a tragedy go to waste when you can exploit it to carry the CND's water.

Meanwhile, let's wash our hands of this foulness and tell the victims and their families that our prayers are with them.

Update: Meanwhile, the BBC can't tell an officer from a crewman.