worth quoting:
Quote:
Det er et budskap fra hele Norge:
Dere skal ikke få ødelegge oss.
Dere skal ikke få ødelegge vårt demokrati og vårt engasjement for en bedre verden.
Vi er en liten nasjon, men vi er en stolt nasjon.
Ingen skal få bombe oss til taushet.
Ingen skal få skyte oss til taushet.
Ingen skal noensinne få skremme oss fra å være Norge.
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I morgen skal vi vise verden at det norske demokratiet blir sterkere når det gjelder.
This is a message from whole Norway.
You will not destroy us.
You will not destroy our democracy and commitment for a better world.
We are a little nation, but we are a proud nation.
Nobody will bomb us into silence.
Nobody will shoot us into silence.
Nobody will ever scare us from being Norway.
We will show the world that the norwegian democracy becomes stronger when it's deemed to be.
(translation by me)
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Frankly I don't know much about Stoltenberg's politics, but hats off to these good words. As I am sucker for original sources I looked for Stoltenberg's speech on norway.no. When searching for the name of the prime minister 0 hits. However a link to the official government site. This I found very sympathetic. On this site I found literally all informations about proposals, press papers, basically all the government works on, all with one click - we all know that sadly they have more important things to do than updating a webpage. I just write this as an example of one of the little things why I think Norway is a well working democracy when I compare to a banana republic like Germany.
I liked that Stoltenberg said he wants to try
more democracy, however less naivety. I am happy that he did not propose a patriot-act.no. In Germany we already have the agitators, who call for more surveillance and less citizens rights. I have stomach aches when I think about the political consequences if a tragedy like this would happen here...
So my respect as well as my deeply felt condolences go to the Norwegian public, who defend their democracy and who did not storm onto the streets and beat down the next guy who looks like a terrorist - however one may look like.
Glad to have you as our 2-doors away neighbor - stay as you are!
@Spoon 11th:
I would find it more appropriate to the victims, if you refrain from posting propaganda from the lunatic here, a link to the picture would be sufficient.
If someone is interested in the guy's mindset, the wiki article about him has enough links to reading material.
Cheers & thanks!