Norway Attacks

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Thoughts, condolences, etc.

It was pretty awful news. I really couldn't believe it at first, much less when I found out that the events were not only related, but committed by one man.

I'm surprised the police just didn't shoot him, or that he didn't shoot the police. I suppose the reason he didn't put up a fight against the police was that now he has everyone's attention (in THE MOST perverse fashion possible), he has a platform for his views to be heard.

It's sad that he killed so many young people. These people were going to be future leaders of their nation. He quite conceivably just killed an entire future government of Norway. That's a hell of a loss, and one that will live on in their nation, and in particular in the history of the Labour party as it moves on.

I heard on the news tonight that Glenn Beck compared the political camp to the Hitler Youth. Far be it from me to give this man anymore airplay, but ****inshitshuttupandstoprevealinghowstupidyouare.

To quote CNN (http://edition.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS...beck.norway/):

Beck said the camp "sounds a little like, you know, the Hitler Youth or whatever. Who does a camp for kids that's all about politics? Disturbing."

However, politically-oriented camps are being organized in several U.S. states by chapters of the "9/12 Project" -- an organization founded by Beck himself in 2009.

But yeah. It's really sad what happened.