[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18941991[/url]
[quote=BBC News][B]Norway is preparing to commemorate one year since 77 people were killed and 242 hurt in gun and bomb attacks in Oslo and on the island of Utoeya.[/B]
Church services, a concert and other events are being held around Norway.
PM Jens Stoltenberg will lay wreaths and is expected to be joined by hundreds of people on Utoeya, including the families of those who were killed.
Anders Behring Breivik, who has admitted carrying out the two attacks, remains on trial.
Most of the dead were young activists with the Labour Party who had been staying on Utoeya as part of a summer camp.
[B]National debate[/B]
Thousands of people are expected to gather in Oslo for a day of events, including a memorial service at the city's cathedral.
Mr Stoltenberg will lay a wreath at the site of the Oslo bombing at 09:30 (07:30 GMT) and then travel to Utoeya to give a speech to Labour Party youth, before laying a wreath there at 18:45 - the time Breivik was arrested a year ago.
In the evening there will be a national memorial concert with mainly Norwegian musicians.
Many of the buildings that were damaged in the bomb attack have not yet been fully repaired.
The prime minister's office and the ministry of health buildings are still covered in plastic.
The attacks, regarded as the worst act of violence in Norway since World War II, sparked a national debate about the nature of tolerance and democracy in the country.
Breivik, who has been on trial for three months, has tried to justify the attacks by claiming he was trying to stop Muslims from taking over Norway.
But the government, and much of the population, have actively promoted tolerance and openness to counter Breivik's views.
"I think that people thought it a bit naive to cling to these values of openness in a situation like that," said Vegard Groeslie Wennesland, a Labour Party activist who survived the attack.
"But I think it's more naive to think that brutal police, or more restrictive policies will bring you a safer society."
Judges are to announce next month whether Breivik is sane or insane, and therefore whether he will be given a long prison sentence or be sent to a secure psychiatric ward.[/quote]
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[quote]"I think that people thought it a bit naive to cling to these values of openness in a situation like that," said Vegard Groeslie Wennesland, a Labour Party activist who survived the attack.
"But I think it's more naive to think that brutal police, or more restrictive policies will bring you a safer society."[/quote]
Snip dammit why did I post that
[QUOTE=Naaz;36878544]I remember laughing about this on some forum a year ago when I was stupid on the Internet. I hate who I am.[/QUOTE]
its ok dear i hate you too whoever you are
damn, it's been a year already?
Wow. As bad as the Colorado shootings were, the scale of what happened is nothing compared to what happened in Norway one year ago.
I hope the victims and their families are able to find peace.
[QUOTE=MeMassiveFag;36878584]damn, it's been a year already?[/QUOTE]
Holy shit, time goes by fast, I mean it doesn't even feel like MJ's been dead for a year.
[QUOTE=Naaz;36878544]I remember laughing about this on some forum a year ago when I was stupid on the Internet. I hate who I am.
And my have I changed.[/QUOTE]
i remember when i was 11 too
I remember when this happened. I was at a coffeeshop the day it happened, leeching on wi-fi.
There wasn't anything reported about it yet, but then someone got a phone call, and a little bit after the casual "hello," the person gasped and started asking if someone they knew was okay, and starting talking to them about how the person they knew was near the area of the bombing that day.
I still don't know if that person that one guy knew in the coffeeshop in Minnesota was okay or not.
It was a weird day, I live around one hour from where it happened, so I started monitoring online news channels right away.
A few hours after the shootings started, some fucks nearby thought it'd be a good idea to light fireworks (The ones that sound like gunshots), I was ready to go grab a weapon at that point.
Spent rest of the night monitoring news channels.
Luckily nobody I knew was in the shootings, but I have numerous friends who lost some.
I was on a 2 week-long backpacking trip when it happened, when I got home the first thing my friends mentioned after the initial greetings was "Did you hear the news? Some fucker in Norway just killed like 90 people yesterday". It really put me out of place for a bit.
oh boy is this going to turn into "where were you on 9/11" thing guys.
[QUOTE=Roof;36878602]Holy shit, time goes by fast, I mean it doesn't even feel like MJ's been dead for a year.[/QUOTE]
Here it's feeling like he's been dead for three.
[QUOTE=DamagePoint;36878596]Wow. As bad as the Colorado shootings were, the scale of what happened is nothing compared to what happened in Norway one year ago.
I hope the victims and their families are able to find peace.[/QUOTE]
Was it really necessary to compare it to Colorado?
They were both horrible events that should never have happened. Comparing the two is pointless, because neither should have happened and both are equally tragic.
I know you weren't trying to be mean or even really trying to compare them, but I just wanted to say that, no matter how bad the tragedy is, we should always try and stop it to the best of our abilities.
[QUOTE=Vasili;36879012]oh boy is this going to turn into "where were you on 9/11" thing guys.[/QUOTE]
No, it won't, not even close.
I remember when this happened people were already calling for the expulsion of all Muslims from Europe on Facepunch.
[QUOTE=Starpluck;36879168]I remember when this happened people were already calling for the expulsion of all Muslims from Europe on Facepunch.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=tomatmann;31268028]If this is a act of terror. then it's fucking time we throw out all these fucking...[/QUOTE]
Pretty sad people were actually thinking that.
It can't have been a year, it feels like it was a few months ago
[QUOTE=Dr.C;36879299]It can't have been a year, it feels like it was a few months ago[/QUOTE]
Hell, I can't believe 9/11 was over a decade ago.
One in four Norwegians know somebody who was injured/killed in the attacks
This is one sad world we live in...
[QUOTE=Starpluck;36879168]I remember when this happened people were already calling for the expulsion of all Muslims from Europe on Facepunch.[/QUOTE]
Anders isn't even muslim.
Oh well. I hope we slowly learn at least SOMETHING from all these tragedies.
[QUOTE=Repulsion;36879500]Anders isn't even muslim.
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people assumed pretty much right away that the person who carried out the attacks was muslim
[QUOTE=Dori;36879514]people assumed pretty much right away that the person who carried out the attacks was muslim[/QUOTE]
anti-muslim sentiment in scandinavia is a very curious thing.
Its ridiculous how in America, we had little coverage of this. My parents didn't even know it happened.
[QUOTE=soccerskyman;36879555]Its ridiculous how in America, we had little coverage of this. My parents didn't even know it happened.[/QUOTE]
Remember when like last year or two years ago terrorists attacked that hotel in India and killed around 80 people and had that huge showdown with the police?
Me neither
[QUOTE=Dr.C;36879644]Remember when like last year or two years ago terrorists attacked that hotel in India and killed around 80 people and had that huge showdown with the police?
Me neither[/QUOTE]
I do, but very vaguely
[editline]22nd July 2012[/editline]
I think it was pretty big on BBC but I dunno
[QUOTE=soccerskyman;36879555]Its ridiculous how in America, we had little coverage of this. My parents didn't even know it happened.[/QUOTE]
Really? I saw it everywhere, especially on national stations.
Wasn't someone from facepunch there when it happened
One year already?
Feels like just a couple of months ago
[QUOTE=smurfy;36879416]One in four Norwegians know somebody who was injured/killed in the attacks[/QUOTE]
I wasn't close to him, but I knew a guy.
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