Lightbringer wrote:@Eldin,
My sympathies to Norwegians. Your smaller population size makes something like this even more horrible, almost like it happened to next door neighbors of everyone in the country.
-Light
Thank you. You are right in your sentiment, this was an attack that struck us all. I think our reactions reflect this in a large degree.
Lea wrote:Eldin wrote:I believe that the political party that he sought to destroy will fare even better in the upcoming elections. Personally I think he is an idiot who didn't see that coming.
How about later? Will not you get tired of tolerance and multiculturalism?
There is increased tensions, as within all of Europe due to a large mass of immigrants. The political landscape in most of Norway before the bombing was leaning towards right in terms of immigration, and the opposition has claimed that our policies for integration has failed. Most political parties had an agenda to reduce immigration. Personally I tend to agree. We have simply accepted too many people to properly integrate them into our society and this increases tensions.
Lea wrote:Eldin wrote:As for the count from Aftenbladet, that is the official count from the police. I don't see why the police or Aftenbladet would want to lie about it.
It is a common practice in Russia and some other countries. The state services and the media overstate or understate the number of people for politic purposes. We are much more cynical and atomized than Norwegians.
That is not the case in Norway. There is no political power pulling string through the police in Norway. The police in Norway is very different from the police in Russia in that regard. Corruption, be it political or economical is not commonplace and is struck severely down upon. It's not a part of our culture.
