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Several things have crossed my mind beyond the obvious sorrow for the families of the victims.<\/p>\n
Breivik, has been painted in the media as disturbed & deranged, some kind of a madman\u2026<\/p>\n
This may be true. <\/p>\n
From his statements, it appears that he believes he\u2019s a patriot, he was willing to risk his life and sink a substantial amount of cash into triggering a revolution. This guy is a true believer in his cause.<\/p>\n
Setting off a bomb in the middle of a city and shooting young people at a youth retreat, were certainly the wrong things to do. But his actions do beg certain questions.<\/p>\n
What factors push someone born and raised in a country most recently known for peace and inclusiveness to a place where they see these actions as not only rational, but also as their only choice?<\/p>\n
That this person spent 8 or 9 years planning his actions suggests that he is anything but a madman. His planning and actions suggest a series of choices made by a cold rational mind not a deranged one. <\/p>\n
His manifesto is pretty clear about what he sees as the ills in his country. <\/p>\n
He speaks bluntly about Marxist influences and the damage he saw those influences doing to his homeland.<\/p>\n
He speaks about the Islamic and multicultural influences and how he perceived these factors and their implications, such as the erosion of native cultural identity. <\/p>\n
Breivik also make points about the leftist politicians and how they ignore the the wishes of their constituents, continuing to allow mass importation of Islam into his beloved country.<\/p>\n
His methods of highlighting what he saw as a problem are extreme, but perhaps his message should be examined independently of the actions. <\/p>\n