I've surprised even myself. Looking back at my blogs I realized that I haven't done a single one about the Norway massacre. To many, I don't think it's very controversial in terms of it's horrible and evil, and there's no doubting that. What I mean to say is that there is an underlying issue to why this has happened.
Anders Behring Breivik has fast become a household name for terrible reasons. He has been named as the "attacker" that is responsible for the bomb blast in Oslo and the massacre of young members of Norway's Labour Party. He is not an "attacker" in my eyes. No, he is much worse than that. He is a murderer, a terrorist, a killer. Nothing more and nothing less.
From what I have read, Anders was an attention seeker who was opposed to Islamic immigration. In that sentence, so many things are wrong.
1. I hate attention seekers. They are annoying, frustrating and a general nuisance.
2. The fact he is opposed to Islams is racist and horrible. I'm a proud Christian but I believe that everyone has their own individual beliefs in terms of spirituality, even if you belong to a church, and that's OK because it is a free world. No one should ever try to enforce their beliefs on anyone else and that is what, in affect, he has done.
Religion is unfortunately, seemingly a cause of many wars around the world and a constant fuel for violence and controversy around the world.
The way I see it, the people opposed to differences and religions are scared that these differences will threaten them. It's is the same with everyone and every difference. People get scared and go defensive.
We need to accept differences and be able to move on. After all, it's a free world and we are all different, we are all beautiful.
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