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Women uneasy at night in Oslo | ||
2007-01-04 | ||
![]() New Year's Eve was a nightmare for four Oslo women, with attacks and attempted rapes - one successful - in different parts of the city. According to newspaper Ummmm, swarthy? "Of course people feel unsafe when things like this happen. Catching the assailant will have the most to say about how safe people feel," said police commissioner Anstein Gjengedal. Oslo City Council leader Erling Lae said that freedom of movement was a fundamental liberty, and that he realized the extent of the problem late one night in the city while walking home behind a woman. "When I walked faster, she did too, and then I understood she was terrified. It is important to fight this basic insecurity," Lae said, and believes the city can do its part. "We must improve street lighting. We know the safest streets are those pulsing with life. We should think about this when closing off streets to traffic," Lae said. Police commissioner Gjengedal is not convinced that lighting will help fight rapes. "It is typical that the women is followed and perhaps attacked where the assailant finds it most suitable," Gjengedal said, and advises women not to go home alone at night, and to walk where there are plenty of people. Or, just deport the miscreants.
It is sad they can't face the problem.
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Posted by:Brett |
#3 I have been to Oslo and suprisingly our hosts had a closet full of firearms, as well as the knowledge that everyone in he family knew how to operate and handle guns. It goes back to the rural nature of Norway, they are very outdoor sports minded. Hey, the Biatholon was invented there. OTOH, no one "carries"... that would change the equation quickly. |
Posted by: Capsu 78 2007-01-04 22:11 |
#2 Glenmore-LOL-Exactly. I wonder if a citizen can own a firearm in Norway, and if so, what one would have to do to get it. |
Posted by: Jules 2007-01-04 20:24 |
#1 God made man (and women). Sam Colt made them equal. |
Posted by: Glenmore 2007-01-04 19:40 |