Anders Behring Breivik – Norway Shooting
Here’s a full story about the shooting in Norway. ——-> Norway Shooting
Let it be known that ALL fundamentalists are scary whether they are Muslims, Wiccan (not blaming Wiccans for anything just giving an extraordinary and fun example), or Christians. What is your take on the shooting? I know one of my readers is from Norway and I’d like to hear from them on the subject.
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[...] camp there six before, between 2001 and 2007. On Monday, I tried to formulate my thoughts over at Chris Baxter’s blog. I still feel the same [...]
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[...] camp there six before, between 2001 and 2007. On Monday, I tried to formulate my thoughts over at Chris Baxter’s blog. I still feel the same [...]
I am a member of the same political party – the Norwegian Labor Party, a left-of-center party currently in government – as the young people who were attacked, and I was at the summer camp five times, between 2001 and 2007. I haven’t been there in years, but now I feel a strong to go back. One of the most absurd things of all about this, is how it contrasts with what I loved about going there every year: Meeting people who believed strongly in same things you did, making friends from all over the country and from our sister parties from around the world, and doing what 15-25 years old usually do when they meet like this; listen to music, play sports, debate, eat, fight, live.
My most fundamental feeling therefore is deep, deep sorrow. One of my closest friends was killed. and he literally died for the the ideals of a free, just and democratic society. I miss him so much.
Next, I feel gratitude for those of my friends who came back alive. It doesn’t end here; this is where it starts. A whole generation of young social democrats have been scarred for life by the unfathomable evil they were forced to witness and the impossible choices they had to make as they hid, fought and swam to safety. We don’t yet know how it will change them, and us. We just know that it will. They’ll never be exactly the same people again, the ones we sent over there five days ago. But the ones we got back, we love them even more now.
Third, I feel determined. Determined to keep fighting for the ideals those who didn’t return fought for, and to assist in the fight on behalf of those who did. We will not surrender to evil, but retaliate with a political order based on more democracy. more humanism, more love, more fairness. We owe it to those who share over political views, progressives everywhere, but not least do we owe it to those democratically-minded people who don’t share our political views. A continued, spirited yet respectful public debate must be the answer of believers in democracy, from the left, from the right, from the center. That is what the domestic tried to silence. We will not be silenced.
I’m very moved by ‘queerlefty’s’ remarks and tenacity. We were in Oslo about 10 years ago (we traveled throughout Scandinavia, by far the best trip to Europe we’ve taken! The people are amazing…warm, kind, giving, smart, funny…just love them!). Seeing the blasted images of Oslo is horrible and odd, as I have photos of us in front of those buildings!
I like his last paragraph: “We will not surrender to evil, but retaliate with a political order based on more democracy, more humanism, more love, more fairness.” You must remember that most countries in Europe have MANY political parties. So there is REAL ‘choice’ and a lot of healthy debate. And THEIR ‘democracies’ change; they EVOLVE, which I think is important, and something I wish we did more of here in the U.S. But I’m a ‘pinko’ Socialist–and I do not believe “we” here in the U.S. have the best, nor strongest form of government “for and by the people.” That’s a lie we’ve all been told for more than 230 years!
Anyway…my heart goes out to those, like ‘queerlefty’ who expresses a determination to go on spreading the message of a more humanist, loving, fair political system and democracy. And, most important, that they will not be silenced in the process.
Thanks for posting.
Thank you, too, Chris.