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Mass murderer Breivik threatens to go on hunger strike ... for better video games
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Something does seem suspicious, actually. Normally the response to a hunger strike by a mass murderer you hate would be, ideally, to minimize his public exposure. Unless there happened to be, say, a referendum on immigration in Norway coming up that you think you might lose.
Looks like the plan is to keep Brevik's face and vague 'neo-Nazi' associations out there as much as possible in a campaign of guilt-by-association. Guess Switzerland got them scared.
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Originally posted by Epoetker View PostLooks like the plan is to keep Brevik's face and vague 'neo-Nazi' associations out there as much as possible in a campaign of guilt-by-association.
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Originally posted by Outis View PostKinda shoots your theory in the foot to know that Breivik sent the demand letter to the press himself, eh?
In the letter dated January 29
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostHe only got 21 years for killing almost 100 people? Really? They should have executed him or given him 500 years and no privileges whatsoever.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostHe only got 21 years for killing almost 100 people? Really? They should have executed him or given him 500 years and no privileges whatsoever.
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Originally posted by Outis View PostTechnically, he got 21 years--that's the maximum sentence in Norway. The actual sentence is "as long as he is a danger to society," and unless he has a radical change of worldview, he will never see the outside of prison as a free man.
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Originally posted by Sparko View Postidiotic of them. 21 year maximum? for what was it, 79 people? That's just a few months per victim. The least they could have done is 21 years per person.
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Originally posted by Outis View PostFor that, the fault is with the law, not the courts. Frankly, if there was ever a list of cases that proved the need for a death sentence, this is high on the list, imo.
If Norwegians were still Vikings, Brevik would have never done his deed in the first place, after all.Last edited by Epoetker; 02-18-2014, 12:44 PM.
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Originally posted by Outis View PostTechnically, he got 21 years--that's the maximum sentence in Norway. The actual sentence is "as long as he is a danger to society," and unless he has a radical change of worldview, he will never see the outside of prison as a free man."I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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Originally posted by KingsGambit View PostI understand the desire to provide sentences that will realistically serve the needs of society, but this kind of sentence can become nebulous. I read the other day about a local case where somebody committed some sex offenses a couple of decades ago, and their sentence ended five years ago, but the state refused to release him because they felt he was a threat to re-offend. This was used as rationale to hold him nearly five years without a trial before a judge said he had to be let go. (For what it's worth, there is evidence the person appears to have reformed somewhat in prison.) I can see people being okay with this kind of thing on a case by case basis, but in general, it can lead to some bad results and I believe sentences should be no more or no less than what they are set at (and this goes too for Norwegian "life sentences" masquerading as 21 year sentences).
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