Guest 683- Registered: 11 Feb 2009
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#1
This man is to appear in court today where he hopes to explain his actions last Friday. I cannot think that this will be anything but the final stage of his well thought out plan to maximise the publicity for himself and his 'cause'.
Is anything to be gained from allowing him to go through with this?
There are calls for broadcasting organisations not to broadcast the explanations and it will be interesting to see how they respond.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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#2
If we didn't get a look at Hitler where would Chaplin have got his Great Dictator?
Do we have an enemy in satire that we must have those we disagree with hidden from us?
This man published reams of his out-pourings on the day of the attacks.
Before we, the public at general, knew anything about this man there was no shortage of 'pundit' opinion about terrorism and religious fervour. Is it, can it be, enough to listen to so-called experts and have nothing else on which to base our own opinions?
This murderer, in common with terrorists and war-mongers are just men like you and me. In fact he and we are not much different from Dr. Shipman. Any fool can kill.
"God damn the book-burner." Was that US Rev. any less guilty than this Norwegian or he who spoke of "24 hours"?
We each and all must accept that people are people where ever they be found and that we each are capable of great wrong THEN glory in the fact that we do not commit such calumnies. [I take it that the last bit is true of all who read this...(humility forbids)]
I see that a disgruntled party-goer at a Roller-Rink did his bit to make the recent Norwegian experience more of a mere confirmation that below the surface we are all too susceptible to wrong doing.
Guns don't kill, they say.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#3
a leading criminilogist said it was important that the people heard hat he had to say in court.
he believes that the effect will be of less young people getting taken in by extremist groups.
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#4
His maximum sentence is 21 years,out in 14 years and allowed weekends at home after 7 years.
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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#5
This one is bit of a conundrum. If he is allowed to give his little speech he has got the kind of hearing HE wants so he wins the extra attention he craves.
That said I think it is important for the survivors to know exactly why he murdered or injured their family and friends, therefore we should hear his rantings.
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Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#6
He is to plead not guilty according to the BBC news
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
Guest 683- Registered: 11 Feb 2009
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#7
I am more interested in the way the media will handle this. I heard on the radio last night that this man used dum dum (?) bullets to cause maximum impact on the victims internal organs. I couldn't help but wonder why on earth I needed that information.
Although the relatives and other agencies will require knowledge of the events I am not sure the rest of the world does.
Guest 658- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#8
True dum dum bullets would not feed in that type of rifle they were probably expanding hunting rounds, which are the most available yet another example of the press sensationalising everything. It now appears that he was a member of a new form of knights templar. I shall have to change my avatar and sig block now.
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