yoowan wrote:it's not about breivik getting a second chance
breivik is a terrorist who wanted to radicalise norway with his actions
the bedrock of the norwegian justice and penal system is not of revenge but of reform and rehabilitation
instead of raising pitchforks and shouting for his head, they see an incredibly fucked up human being and say "how can we make this man a better person?"
death penalty wouldn't bring back those who have died
neither would a sentence of hundreds of years
the only positive outcome out of such a situation is to change the man for the better
with this sentence, norway have shown that breivik has in no way changed society- the courts have made a level headed and rational decision true to their philosophy.
they have deprived breivik of his victory and along with the possibility of rehabilitation, have allowed the possibility of a positive to emerge from the situation
I really disagree with the way you look at this. Education comes before the fact, not after. This is the way society works. We have laws and deterrents and social conventions that have been in place since day dot. We educate and bring up our young with a very definite way of looking at other human beings. We don't wait until our child has killed somebody to say "Oi don't do that you scamp, killing people is wrong!"
This is just that times a thousand.
There is zero chance of him ever repenting.
Does this look like a man who has any fucking attachment to the real world to you? He is completely unhinged. At best he should be tied up in a straight jacket in a fluffy room for the rest of his life.
BTW this is a picture of him smirking and being amused by the judge's final verdict. When given the chance to speak (as prisoners are allowed before going down) he apologised to all other Ultra-Nationalists for not killing even more people and doing a "poor job of it".
I feel like we are talking about different people.