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| Anders Behring Breivik 'not accountable for attacks' | |
| 2011-11-29 | |
Psychiatrists have found that Anders Behring Breivik was insane at the time of the crime.
If that assessment is upheld by the court then Breivik cannot be sentenced to prison for the attacks. "The conclusion is ... is that he is insane," Holden told a news conference. "He lives in his own delusional universe and his thoughts and acts are governed by this universe." The two psychiatrists, Synne Serheim and Torgeir Husby, delivered their finding to the Oslo district court on Tuesday morning. "We have no doubt when it comes to our conclusions," Husby told reporters as he submitted the report. | |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 Deliberation is patently obvious. He has plead not guilty, and declared an intent to put Norway's immigration policy in the docket. Let's not forget that one day before the atrocity, Norway's Foreign Minister appeared on Utoya with paleo propagandists and attacked Israel. The insanity finding manifests an intent to prevent the murderer from getting a platform that would embarass the government. A diagnosis of paranoia hardly fits a case where the murderer had cause for protest but not to commit mass slaughter. Let's not forget the "islamophobia" smears against anyone who doesn't want jihadis in their neighborhood. |
| Posted by: Elmomoting Chemble6777 2011-11-29 16:55 |
| #3 By "counterrevolutionary" standards, what he did was well planned, well executed, and accomplished his goals. I read an excellent analogy, which compared Utoya Island, and the "Workers' Youth League"(*) to a Hitlerjugend ideological training camp. The HJ was formed in 1922, and many of its graduates went on to become doctrinally pure party functionaries. Had such an incident taken out a large number of HJs, it would have stripped the Nazi party of much of its core management when it was ascending to power eleven years later, in 1933. So unless there is clinical evidence, not just observation and opinion, Breivik is being judged insane at the behest of the government, the Red-Green Coalition, to try and limit discussion and debate it doesn't want to have. However, the political hard left has been substantially crippled. (*) The Workers' Youth League took its current form in April 1927, following the merger of Left Communist Youth League and Socialist Youth League of Norway corresponding with the merger of its mother parties. Many former leaders of AUF have later become significant figures in Norway's political life. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-11-29 13:37 |
| #2 he was sane. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-11-29 09:47 |
| #1 Oh I think he was, this is just more convenient for the state (and forcing a sane man onto psychotics is much worse punishment than a Danish prison). |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-11-29 09:47 |