[kj] OT: The Norwegian killer's manifesto (in brief)

[nicholas fitzpatrick]

For anyone interested, but with no time to read it, this is a Comment by an Economist reader who read the Norwegian nutter's manifesto. From the Economist website :



      You can read the manifesto here:
 http://www.kevinislaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2083+-+A+European+Decl...
...if you have the stomach for it......

I've finished reading it about an hour ago.....and it's a slog.
The guy is an obsessive (the maifesto is over 1500 pages) 
narcissistic (lengthy writings on steroids, fitness, diet, social 
standing amongst friends), sociopath (well apart from murdering 90 
people in line with his personal ideology, read the stepmother comment) 
with delusions of grandeur..(not only The Justiciar Knight Commander for
 Knights Templar Europe...BUT...A Leader of the National and 
pan-European Patriotic Resistance Movement, no less)
He informs us that his favourite cologne is 'Egoiste' 
(unsurprisingly?)

He wouldn't be too upset if his stepmother (of whom he is quite fond) 
should be executed as a traitor for working in the Norwegian Immigration
 Dept.

His most treasured possession is his Breitling watch (I think I'll take 
mine off for now)

He takes steroids and details his fitness regime and diet

He is a fan of the Pope, Geert Wilders, Putin, and Radovan Karadzic.

He considers himself the most thoughtful, social, and well adjusted 
member of his social circle and includes critiques of friends and 
associates.
The manifesto is rather unstructured containing (among many other 
things)

A diary

Puns and humour

Detailed planning

Arms purchases

Bomb recipes

Cover stories

Childhood anecdotes

A personal and professional CV

Glowing assessments of his attributes and earning capacity.

Assessments of his personal sacrifices in pursuing his goal.
The beginning of the manifesto, stating the intellectual foundation 
of his beliefs, itself is detailed, relatively coherent, and obviously 
well researched (albeit from a singular perspective) and tries hard to 
emulate an academic or scholarly tract.....it fails though...its a 
simple polemic, nothing more...and waaaaay too long to be an interesting
 polemic.
The two glaring faults?

Well apart from the common mistake of most polemicists to cast an 
uncritical eye over writings and reference material that supports his 
own perspective he falls for the same mistake that was evident during 
the Cold War from both sides.

He considers there to be a (yes I hate to say it) conspiracy of Islamic 
Imperialism aided and abetted by a Marxist/Politically Correct/Liberal 
elite.

Just like there was no monolithic international communist conspiracy nor
 a western imperialist version...neither is the a Muslim conspiracy to 
enslave the west. Regardless of whether one feels there is too much or 
too little immigration, an organised conspiracy it is not.
Why the Western/Marxist/liberal/intellectual elite, whom he considers
 pursue a permissive, individualist, anti-traditional society at the 
expanse of conservative christian family values, would opt to aid and 
abet the ultra-conservative, pious, and intolerant Islamic empire he 
envisages...is never addressed.
There is no real insight into why he felt his actions on the 23rd 
would benefit his cause.
I suppose that is asking for too much introspection and compos menti 
than Breivik could muster
    

 		 	   		  
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