PM to talk in around 2 minutes:

http://www.nrk.no/video/direkte_bombeeksplosjon_i_oslo/43FF687EE064C88B/

The worst thing about this is the fact that Norway was the least likely place in the world for something like this happened, and as such it became so much more damaging and so much easier for the fucker to do this.

reneg

United States859 Posts

July 23 2011 05:59 GMT

#82

On July 23 2011 14:56 Meowy Wowy wrote:
Some of the best pictures from Oslo and Utøya:
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/inpictures/2011/07/2011722233156618373.html

http://i55.tinypic.com/1zqa9fb.jpg

This is really horrible, wondering if there will be some more laws against right wing extremists in Norway now.

More? Are there already laws against it? Forgive me if this is an ignorant question, I don't know any norwegian laws. Would you know if it's like Germany, where everything Nazi related is banned?

Or?

Cotillion37

Canada94 Posts

July 23 2011 06:00 GMT

#83

That blog post and picture are heartbreaking

Thereisnosaurus

Australia1822 Posts

July 23 2011 06:00 GMT

#84

Not for anything, but sharing everything you are watching onto facebook for a couple of hours in a row is pretty creepy. The guy seemed to have had a life, but was thrown off... Pretty typical gamer even. Rlly sad story, sadder part is nothing will be learned from this.

Yes, that worries me. The media is always so quick to latch onto gaming, and clearly this guy did do a lot of it, level 85 WoW raider and a guy into CoD and Esports. I really, desperately hope that gaming doesn't get scapegoated for this insanity, but with the prominence of stuff coming out in such a preliminary search I think it might be too much to hope...

Plexa

Aotearoa39261 Posts

July 23 2011 06:02 GMT

#85

On July 23 2011 14:54 Puph wrote:
Not for anything, but sharing everything you are watching onto facebook for a couple of hours in a row is pretty creepy. The guy seemed to have had a life, but was thrown off... Pretty typical gamer even. Rlly sad story, sadder part is nothing will be learned from this.

The stuff he was watching spells out a message...

On July 23 2011 08:54 zex66 wrote:
The song titles from his facebook write out this message:

Fireworks Out of the sky Let it all out. Faithless insomnia After all.

Big sky Sound of goodbye. Ere the world crumbles, Ere the world crumbles. Nighttime journey through the eiglophian hills, Memories of cimmeria.

Ere the world crumbles, Faithless insomnia Fireworks.

Hold on to me.

Holding on to nothing. Freefalling.

Jaxtyk

United States600 Posts

July 23 2011 06:03 GMT

#86

Yea, most likely the media will blame gaming.

Probe1

United States17920 Posts

July 23 2011 06:03 GMT

#87

On July 23 2011 14:59 ComusLoM wrote:
PM to talk in around 2 minutes:

http://www.nrk.no/video/direkte_bombeeksplosjon_i_oslo/43FF687EE064C88B/

The worst thing about this is the fact that Norway was the least likely place in the world for something like this happened, and as such it became so much more damaging and so much easier for the fucker to do this.

If only I understood what was being said

Please translate for us after it's over?

DannyJ

United States5110 Posts

July 23 2011 06:04 GMT

#88

Ugh, the annoying part is that since he's alive Norwegians are going to have to see this losers face a million more times in the future. Say what you will but i was personally glad the US just shot Bin Laden in the face and dumped him in the ocean - it saved people from alot of bad memories.

Antiochus

Canada548 Posts

July 23 2011 06:04 GMT

#89

Just reading about what happened is sending chills down my spine.

Cassel_Castle

United States820 Posts

July 23 2011 06:05 GMT

#90

On July 23 2011 15:03 Jaxtyk wrote:
Yea, most likely the media will blame gaming.

In this case it's probably for the better that the American media isn't paying too much attention, ours is the worst at over-sensationalizing and playing the blame game.

I'm oddly having very little emotional reaction to this besides not wanting to see this guy tortured or killed, I really don't think there should be more violence even if he deserves it (which he does)

ComusLoM

Norway3547 Posts

July 23 2011 06:05 GMT

#91

On July 23 2011 15:03 Probe1 wrote:

Show nested quote +

If only I understood what was being said

Please translate for us after it's over?

BBC will probably have a translation, hasn't started yet though.

short

Sweden148 Posts

July 23 2011 06:05 GMT

#92

On July 23 2011 15:03 Jaxtyk wrote:
Yea, most likely the media will blame gaming.

I doubt it. At least not the norwegian media.

Perseverance

Japan2800 Posts

July 23 2011 06:06 GMT

#93

On July 23 2011 15:03 Jaxtyk wrote:
Yea, most likely the media will blame gaming.

I don't get how the two correlate........at all.

Hundreds of millions of people are into gaming and they dont go on killing spree's.

I bet the guy ate at McDonalds before, that's probably why he did it -_-''

My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and family members.

Shebuha

Canada1335 Posts

July 23 2011 06:06 GMT

#94

Prayers to all those affected by these horrible events...

Bobble

Australia1493 Posts

July 23 2011 06:06 GMT

#95

On July 23 2011 15:05 short wrote:

Show nested quote +

I doubt it. At least not the norwegian media.

honestly yeah, I doubt it. If anything, they'll blame his political inclinations.

Meowy Wowy

Norway6 Posts

July 23 2011 06:08 GMT

#96

On July 23 2011 14:59 reneg wrote:

Show nested quote +

Well I am no expert and I do not know of specifics laws, but I have heard the law goes pretty far against Nazis. The thing is this guy is not a Nazi, so I am just wondering what will happen now in Norway.

If we are going to get a Patriot Act here in Norway too.

Laevateinn

Norway115 Posts

July 23 2011 06:10 GMT

#97

PM is live.
http://www.nrk.no/video/direkte_bombeeksplosjon_i_oslo/43FF687EE064C88B/

Smapz

Norway405 Posts

July 23 2011 06:10 GMT

#98

"Utøya" - the island have an area of ~120 000m² / 1291669 sq ft for those of you who looked at the pictures and wonder the size.

Thereisnosaurus

Australia1822 Posts

July 23 2011 06:11 GMT

#99

yep, that's about the gist of it. It's what happened with virginia tech and columbine. Now there's a precedent.

I think a previous poster is right though, the NEU media are generally the sanest in the world, I don't think local coverage is going to harp on it much, but you can bet plenty of anti-gaming groups will and try and get some kind of sick profit out of this as they have before.

SolHeiM

Sweden1264 Posts

July 23 2011 06:12 GMT

#100

The PM just said he was scheduled to be at the island in a couple of hours to perform a speech in front of the young there. Obviously, that's not going to happen.