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white_wolf

(6,257 posts)
23. Did I ever once say it was utopia?
Mon Apr 23, 2012, 03:09 PM
Apr 2012

Nice strawmen, though. The fact is that Norway handled this much better than the U.S. would have. Come back when you have better arguments aside from fallacies.

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Good for the Norwegians. CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2012 #1
Agreed. marmar Apr 2012 #2
agreed nt steve2470 Apr 2012 #3
+1 nt gateley Apr 2012 #4
+1000 Blue_Tires Apr 2012 #19
Wow .... such a midset explains much. BOHICA12 Apr 2012 #5
to you executing a human being takes stones? fascisthunter Apr 2012 #20
Thank you. ellisonz Apr 2012 #24
Thank you. white_wolf Apr 2012 #32
So you're saying Norway is devoid of testicles since they don't execute people? DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #26
Kill my kid in a premeditated masacre and face 21 years time .... BOHICA12 Apr 2012 #38
Just let me know the minute your testicles are considered the rule of law, and we're all good DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #47
Post removed Post removed Apr 2012 #50
And in this way, you and the shooter are the same. He's accepting his "societal sanction", if you DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #53
Stones? Really? MineralMan Apr 2012 #33
Various facts about Norway Mendocino Apr 2012 #60
You are very good at making a point. Rose Siding Apr 2012 #61
When the defendant is given a dignified trial then there is no one who cans claim it was not a fair jwirr Apr 2012 #6
Post WWII, Norway handled the collaborator situation rather well Kaleva Apr 2012 #7
Norway is a civilized nation Domingo Tavella Apr 2012 #8
If that's the "Norwegian way," I, for one, am glad we here in the U.S. do not resemble it. n/t. apocalypsehow Apr 2012 #9
Yeah, civility and due process....... marmar Apr 2012 #10
Yeah, because we have neither "civility" nor "due process" in the United States... apocalypsehow Apr 2012 #11
We will evenutally give them a day in court, and call it due process, bahrbearian Apr 2012 #14
Your government can pick you up for no reason and hand you over to the military EFerrari Apr 2012 #43
Or even better... white_wolf Apr 2012 #49
Yes we need to put them in solitary ,Naked,,, bahrbearian Apr 2012 #12
We need to lock them up with no charges for 18 months, in seclusion bahrbearian Apr 2012 #13
I'll take the "Norwegian way" over the American way on so many fronts, any day. SammyWinstonJack Apr 2012 #30
half Norwegian here Skittles Apr 2012 #15
Half Norwegian here, too, and I was IN NORWAY the weekend of the attacks Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2012 #18
Half Norwegian here to but the other half Raine Apr 2012 #35
Once again, the Norwegian way sure as hell beats the American way. white_wolf Apr 2012 #16
And yet, this crime happened..... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Apr 2012 #21
Did I ever once say it was utopia? white_wolf Apr 2012 #23
If it happened in the US, he likely would have been dead before he got to his 25th victim. ProudToBeBlueInRhody Apr 2012 #39
No, if someone killed him in self-defense than so be it... white_wolf Apr 2012 #41
Oh, baloney ProudToBeBlueInRhody Apr 2012 #51
There are plenty of ways we are barbaic beyond the justice system. white_wolf Apr 2012 #55
One horrific abberation. For horror in america CBGLuthier Apr 2012 #29
Funny how his reading list was a who's who of crazy American right wingers sudopod Apr 2012 #34
! fascisthunter Apr 2012 #42
Were they the only people on his reading list? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Apr 2012 #46
No, really, me and all the other lefties here hate America more than anything else. sudopod Apr 2012 #64
Funny how his reading list is a who's who of crazy Finnish nationalists, isn't it? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Apr 2012 #65
It's not too late for you to go experience Norway first hand Renew Deal Apr 2012 #40
A love it or leave it post. white_wolf Apr 2012 #44
There is always an excuse Renew Deal Apr 2012 #45
Immigration laws, eh? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Apr 2012 #56
If you are going to resort to one liners, I'm done. white_wolf Apr 2012 #58
No, I'm legit curious as to what those immigration laws are ProudToBeBlueInRhody Apr 2012 #59
I have experienced Norway first hand. Not as a citizen/long-term resident but on several visits LeftishBrit Apr 2012 #62
it's not even a little barbaric where I live, my friend- or a teeny bit right wing. cali Apr 2012 #54
Of course there are worse places. white_wolf Apr 2012 #57
Anybody here remember the Jamie Bulger murder in Britain about 20 years ago? RZM Apr 2012 #17
"21 years in prison" for 77 lives ProudToBeBlueInRhody Apr 2012 #22
Not quite... ellisonz Apr 2012 #25
That man will never breathe free air again in his life CBGLuthier Apr 2012 #31
Watch yourself ProudToBeBlueInRhody Apr 2012 #48
"Due process" is just so . . . pre-9/11 gratuitous Apr 2012 #27
We could learn a lot from the Norwegians...knr joeybee12 Apr 2012 #28
Only 21 years in prison? For killing 77 people? Norwegian justice might be less theatrical, but Erose999 Apr 2012 #36
See Post #25 Above. n/t ellisonz Apr 2012 #52
Actually he probably never will be let loose LeftishBrit Apr 2012 #63
Having known some Scandinavians and one or two Norwegians, they seem to be gentle people who Cleita Apr 2012 #37
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