Oh for crying out loud

[valiha]

It's probably already known to you, but I've been keeping away from TV in order to finish some assignments so I hadn't heard, but that bastard who bombed that government building in Oslo, killing 7 people, and gunning down 84 on that island is a sick fuck who needs to be locked up for life. My heart goes out to the families and friends of those killed. Norway has done a lot for my country, and there are still many Bosnians there who were welcomed into the country as refugees in need of shelter. I can understand the impulse to blame the bombing on Muslim terrorist, Lord knows they were behind so much death and destruction; I just wonder whether these kinds of acts perpetrated by Christians with extremists views will be called acts of Christian terrorists??

Comments

[kizzie79.livejournal.com]

How many thought it was Islamist terrorist accountable for yesterday's bombing and shooting in Oslo , Norway?
Thank God almighty it wasn't! But it doesn't make the event less tragic.
Condolences to the family and friends of those killed.

But all day yesterday the linking to the tragic bombing was to Muslims when now we learned that it wasn't and that he was Christian, so why not say that this sick dude is Christian terrorist for the things he done?

[dj-aida.livejournal.com]

Definitely, it is a tragic event, and I'm sad that he managed to hurt and kill so many. I was sad to see the media jumping to conclusions. I don't know why they avoid calling him that; they shouldn't, or they should revise their terminology.

[nesmith.livejournal.com]

Because only those savage, heathen Muslims are TERRISTS! If Christians do anything like that it's because they're WARRIORS for GAWD!

You've no idea how much that hurt to type. But that is the mentality I've seen over and over; Christian hypocrisy and illogic at its worst.

[dj-aida.livejournal.com]

It is the same excuse given by fundamentalist Muslims, almost word or word, so I understand perfectly.

It makes me sad. Acts like those should not be condoned by anyone, no matter their motivation.

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

It said he was right wing but that does not necessarily mean Christian............
To draw that conclusion washes all of us, who call ourselves Christians, with the same brush. Just like it is wrong when someone assumes if there are radical elements in Islam, then ALL Muslims must be radical.
It just means he has extreme leanings.
The article stated:

'Anders Behring Breivik, a blond and blue-eyed Norwegian who expressed right-wing and anti-Muslim views on the Internet'
and then said further
'"He hasn't been on our radar, which he would have been if was active in the neo-Nazi groups in Norway," he said. "But he still could be inspired by their ideology."

I find radical right wing as well a radical left wing
dangerous to society in general as they both espouse leanings which are
simply unconscionable to me..............
Christians do not espouse to Nazi doctrine............

[dj-aida.livejournal.com]

Yes, of course it's wrong. But then the media should either stop using "Muslim/Islamic terrorist", or start using "Christian terrorist" or "atheist terrorist" too. I don't know the numbers, but aren't a large number of people in the West, and especially Scandinavian countries Christians in various denominations? Also, isn't a large number of those who identify as right-wing Christian?

Radical anything is dangerous, I think, whether it's politics, food, alcohol...

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

***NODS****
Media perpetrates it which leads people to wash us all by the same brush which is sickening.
I disdain radicalism in any form as it denies the rights of others.
Chose what you believe but do not paint me with the same brush......