Post 2.12 - Den Sorg av Engler
On Friday, 22nd July 2011, Norway endured coordinated terrorist attacks in the city of Oslo and the nearby island of Utoya. I am writing this post on Saturday, as information is still being discovered, determined, and evaluated. The death toll is currently 93* as of this writing, with the vast majority of the victims being teenagers at a youth camp. The man suspected to be responsible for this chaos has been additionally identified as a Christian fundamentalist, concerned about non-Christians being present in the country. A friend on Facebook wrote, Well when we stop focusing on important issues like banning marriages, smoking, and the right to live as individuals maybe we will find time to stop the hate. My response was, It's not the hate, it's the continued arrogance and ignorance. Do away with those, and the hate goes with it. And it's just that simple. Humanity continues to work under the premise that one group is inherently better than another, and we al...