To my norwegians brothers and sisters...

[Capt Backasswards]

Originally Posted by machoo

Norwegian(sp?) where is this? Can't say I have heard of Oslo either.

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3421.htm

http://www.mnc.net/norway/

education is a wonderful thing.

Heartfelt condolences to all Norwegians during this time of trouble.

[alsevillajr]

Originally Posted by Capt Backasswards

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3421.htm

http://www.mnc.net/norway/

education is a wonderful thing.

Heartfelt condolences to all Norwegians during this time of trouble.

Ditto....seriously...what a despicable act, there is no defense for this...whatever is going on in his sick mind...my prayers and thoughts for the victims.

[Heliocon]

I nearly never post in these threads, because nothing I say or post here can make much of a differance or console those who lost friends or family or just as important, fellow human beings.

Especially this incident is such a horrific and sad loss of talent, ability, potential and irreplaceable human life at the hands of one hate filled man, who felt it was justifiable to steal the lives of others before they could really live.
No one, no country ever deserves or can be ready for these types of events, but the most important thing is that you dont let the spirit and ideals of the Norway before the attack die with those who are now lost.

[Blakduk]

To our Norwegian friends- sorry this has happened to you guys. Every person i've met from your great country has been a credit to you. Sorry for your loss.

[Fjordmonkey]

As a Norwegian, I have spent this last weekend in shock, in tears, in anger and in deep sorrow. 92 people are so far dead in an event that will go down in our history as the day we lost our innocence, and as a day where we get a cruel and cold reminder that we are not as safe up here as we thought we were. It has been a weekend spent in strong and conflicting emotions and where many questions have been asked. At the forefront of those question is a simple one. "Why?"

I hang my head in shame because of what one of our own has done. I hang my head in shame because of the fear he created, for the anger he has triggered, and the immense sorrow he has brought upon not only the families of those that was so violently taken away from their families, their friends and their loved ones, but also the sorrow he has brought upon the rest of us as a nation.

As was said in a movie, we will not go quietly into the night. He will not scare us into leaving our ideals, and he will not extinguish our spirit. We will prove to him that we will continue to be who and what we are, and we will prove to him that his actions were futile. We will show him that the only thing his hideous and despicable actions have managed to do is to bring us closer together, that we care about each other, and that we will continue to do so in the future.

On behalf of all of us, I want to thank you that have written in this post for your thoughts and sympathy. It will not bring back the ones that have gone away, but it might help to ease the pain a little.

[Skarphol]

Thanks to you all for your warm thougths. This has been a terrible weekend for Norway and the Norwegian people.
One of the girls who survived the massacre on the youth camp said to CNN: "If one man can create that much hate, you can only imagine how much love we as a togetherness can create." I think those are words to remember.

Skarphol

[addman]

My condolences goes out to my brothers and sisters of Norway on these darkest of days. Please find some comfort in that you are not alone in your mourning for we here in Finland, Sweden and Denmark are carrying your loss together with you.

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by Skarphol

One of the girls who survived the massacre on the youth camp said to CNN: "If one man can create that much hate, you can only imagine how much love we as a togetherness can create." I think those are words to remember.

Skarphol

Yes, but do not rely on that...being unprepared to meet such evil head on, is as sad as the event.