Major explosion/bomb in Oslo
Discussion
chris watton said:
fluffnik said:
I'm deeply disappointed by religions recent resurgence, in my teens it seemed to be fading away quite nicely.
I'm all for personal religious freedom but it disgusts me that religions and religious institutions should receive any special protections or privileges.
Me too! We never used to bother about religion - I always assumed that we were 'growing out of it', being a civilised society - but we do seem to have regressed...I'm all for personal religious freedom but it disgusts me that religions and religious institutions should receive any special protections or privileges.
Apache said:
Shay HTFC said:
I think that in a way, people need religion. As long as there are hard times in the world, people are going to turn to religion of some sort.
It'd be nice if they could turn to each other rather than some imaginary friend who is better than everyone else s imaginary friend though wouldn't itIt would be nice if people could turn to each other, yes, but that can't always happen and ironically is a bit of an idealistic hope.
Edited by Shay HTFC on Thursday 26th April 13:36
Shay HTFC said:
Don't you think theres a difference though. I'm sure if a national tragedy happened here, people would be filling the streets too.
Dream on. Everyone would be running around pointing fingers screaming about how the police fire etc etc etc were to slow dimwitted etc etc.Finger pointing would be primary over joining together. Look at the london bombings for an idea of how we would react.
To be fair, the police used a lot of unnecessary time to gather and take take action regarding Utøya, but in general I think people realize that they did as best as they could. It was an attack like to other, after all - who trains in advance for a gunman rampage on an island with only kids??
Anyway, today in Oslo (and across the country):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17852176
"Some 40,000 people have gathered on an Oslo square to sing a popular peace song which mass killer Anders Behring Breivik condemned at his trial."
Anyway, today in Oslo (and across the country):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17852176
"Some 40,000 people have gathered on an Oslo square to sing a popular peace song which mass killer Anders Behring Breivik condemned at his trial."
The Hypno-Toad said:
Breivik is not a serial killer or a spree killer. He is insane by any normal standards but he has a plan and he is trying to stick to it. He wants to inspire and like it or not, he will.
Hate it when I'm right. Especially in this case.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19304814
Sheets Tabuer said:
Ruling him sane is going to open a can of worms with his manifesto.
I'm glad you posted that - that was exactly what I was thinking when he was ruled sane. It gives credence to his manifesto and why he went loco - only he didn't go loco, they've ruled against that.That is the question, this is all about perspectives. He believes he was at war, he doesn't look at it as murder in the same was politicians and OBL went about their terrorism/warcraft. I am sure people living in the mountains in Afganistan just doing there thing that killed by Alied forces accidently could easily make the same accusations.
The world is mad and always will be.
The world is mad and always will be.
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