Will the Glenn Becks and the Sean Hannitys be screaming NO, Norway should not fuck around with an enlightened criminal justice system that has served it exceedingly well, resulting in some of the lowest crime and recidivism rates in the world? Or will they be braying that Norwegians should surrender to the desire of this right wing fundamentalist Christian terrorist's demands for a more repressive society?OSLO – Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg urged parliament on Monday to preserve the democratic values of Norway as public pressure grew for stiffer sentences for serious crimes after an anti-immigration zealot’s bloody rampage.
In a poll of nearly 1,300 people taken six days after the attacks that left Norwegians devastated, 65.5% said penalties were “too low” and 23.8% were happy with them, the Verdens Gang paper reported. More than half said their view had hardened since the mayhem that claimed 77 lives.
Maintaining ideals when nutcases test them
Maintaining ideals when nutcases test them
Remember when in the first hours after the massacres in Norway, how the rabid right was urging the Norwegians not to surrender their freedoms and way of life when they believed Islamist terrorists to be responsible? Will they be saying the same thing now?
"Hang on while I log in to the James Webb telescope to search the known universe for who the fuck asked you." -- James Fell
Re: Maintaining ideals when nutcases test them
LOL!! Well said Scoot!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Maintaining ideals when nutcases test them
This is the sort of reply we should be hearing.
A 16-year-old survivor of Norway's shooting rampage has written a heartfelt open letter to his attacker, telling him: "You failed."
"You describe yourself as a hero, as a knight. You are no hero. But one thing is certain, you have created heroes. On Utoya on that warm July day, you created some of the greatest heroes the world has seen, you united the people of the world. We are not responding to evil with evil as you wanted. We are fighting evil with good. And we are winning.
Maybe you think you've won. Maybe you think you've destroyed the Labour Party and people around the world who stand for a multicultural society by killing my friends and fellow party members. Know that you failed.
You have united us ... You have killed my friends, but you have not killed our cause, our opinion, our right to express ourselves. Muslim women have been hugged by Norwegian women in the street in sympathy ... Your act has worked against its purpose. We have created a community.
You deserve to hear how your plan worked. A lot of people are angry, you are Norway's most hated man. I am not mad. I am not afraid of you. You can't get to us, we are bigger than you.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/dear-anders ... z1TpcVxioq
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”