I almost wish chaingmaifalcon was here so he could try and defend that.
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It's quite possible that any forum member located in Chiang Mai could comment at any time.I almost wish chaingmaifalcon was here so he could try and defend that.
"America was certainly safe between 2000 and 2008," he said. "I don't remember any attacks on American soil during that period of time."
And then of course there's Glenn Beck, who also agrees with the killer, but ups the ante by comparing the murdered children to the Hitler Youth.
No, really.
"If one man can create that much hate, you can only imagine how much love we as a togetherness can create."
Because they're a fairly left-leaning political group who are open to the idea of very liberal immigration into Norway, something to which the shooter was opposed.
What I know about Norwegian politics wouldn't fill a fairy's thimble, but why would the shooter think attacking Reform Party youths would help get rid of 'the Muslim threat' in Norway? I'm confused.
First of all it's the Labour party (social democrats) not the Reform party (I don't think Norway even has one of those). I don't want to nitpick, but since it was explicitly an attack on that specific party, we might as well get it right. (Or left, as it were.)
From what I can tell from what has been said over the last few days, his goals were:
1. to paint himself as a hero and draw attention to his 1,500 page manifesto of how to "save" Norway and the rest of Scandinavia from what he perceived as the failure of multiculturalism, the dangers of Islamic terrorism, and... well, y'know, all that rhetoric that certain groups have been increasingly successful in spreading both in Europe and the US over the last 10 years or so. He considers it an act of war, and as such permissible for the greater good.
2. To strike a blow at the ruling party he perceived as responsible for that, and essentially cripple it by wiping out an entire future generation of active party members.
It's worth noting that most of the populist right in Scandinavia have spent the last couple of days mortally embarrassed and not a little scared that someone finally took their fearmongering literally and acted on it, and have been doing everything they can to distance himself from this act. Unlike Glenn Beck, who seems only too happy to find himself on common ground with a man who methodically and coldly killed almost 100 people - most of them teenagers who he paints as "Hitler youth" for the crime of going to summer camp in one of the most open, stable democracies in the world.
Yeah, I'm pretty disgusted right now.
Not. Really, really, REALLY not. Please don't even bother to qualify that.Hitler Youth or not
That wasn't the point. This was a terrorist attack. The target wasn't the kids, the target was the policy of an entire country.Anyway, if he wanted to openly question what sort of camp these kids were attending, he really chose a poor way to go about it.
Not. Really, really, REALLY not. Please don't even bother to qualify that.
That wasn't the point. This was a terrorist attack. The target wasn't the kids, the target was the policy of an entire country.