The hearing

The parliament building.

22.07.11 will for always be one of the darkest dates in Norway's history. It's two days since the terrible bombing and shooting took place, and I still have difficulties understanding that it actually happened. The man responsible for this is a native Norwegian who describes himself as "conservative" and "Christian". What an insult towards Christianity! I'm not a religious person, but now I understand how infuriating it must be for Muslims who gets this much more often. "I killed those people in the name of Allah!" Fuck off, you didn't. No matter what religion you follow, no God would ask you to kill innocent people. He/She would ask to forgive and help that person see the bigger picture. 


The murderer will be explaining himself in front of a judge tomorrow, and he has asked for an open hearing. Only so he can spread his propaganda. And I am sure the cameras will be all over that. He shouldn't be allowed to do that. It's exactly what he wants. He wants to spread his message. 
No matter what he says, he can't justify murdering 93 people - 86 of them kids and youths. He can't justify that he injured 97 more. He can't justify anything - and that's exactly what he'll try to do tomorrow. He has pleaded guilty in the bombing and the shooting, but he refuses that it was a crime. He's thinking he did the world a favour. If he's broadcasted tomorrow it's like spitting on all the fallen ones, their friends and their family. That's spitting on Norway as a whole. We're such a small country. When 93 is killed every single person in this country will know one or more. We will know their families. We will in some way be connected to the people who were killed. And every community will suffer losses. 

This is a crap picture, but the arrow is pointing out the murderer

and surrounding him is some of his victims. 

If the cameras are allowed inside the courtroom, and if they choose to go in, I hope that people will follow my example: turn off the telly. Turn off the radio. Don't read the news about it. Have some respect for the many victims, their families, their friends. Have some respect for Norway. Have some respect for me. Let the murderer's words be unheard. I think that's the only punishment he'll really suffer from. 

The bombing site.

There's so much to say about this tragedy, but I can't find the words. I'll quote a girl who lived through the drama on Utøya and who was interviewed by the CNN when she was rescued: 

"If one man can show so much hatred, just imagine how much love the rest of us can show?"

And that is the right mentality.