Six years ago today.
Norway does not find peace.
Dezeen
https://www.dezeen.com/2017/06/26/n...011-terrorist-attack-utoya-architecture-news/
Plans to cut a "wound" into a Norwegian peninsula in memory of the victims of terrorist Anders Breivik have been abandoned following years of opposition from locals.
The Memory Wound memorial, by Swedish artist Jonas Dahlberg, was intended to commemorate the 77 people who died in the 22 July 2011 attacks, which centred on a Workers' Youth League summer camp on Utøya.
The memorial would have involved cutting a slit into the Sørbråten peninsula just across from the island, but the Norwegian government has announced it is scrapping the plans in response to a lawsuit from residents.
BBM
My personal experience with the Oslo and Utoya attacks was surreal.
First and foremost, I was shocked when I heard the news.
Then, shortly after, my mailbox pinged and I found an email with Breivik's Manifesto. To this day, I do not know how I came to qualify as one of Breivik's friend of friends. I have no ties to Norway, I am not a journalist, I do not publish under my own name (if at all).
The document was written as a .docx and at that time I was unable to read .docx due to my version of Windows. Oddly, I could read .docx documents on my gmail account. I forwarded the mail to gmail and read part of it.
I remember two things. First that these weren't the ramblings of a deluded mind - on the contrary. (I now know that he copy-pasted a lot from others.)
Second that he was so polite and user-friendly. For me, with my older version of Windows, .docx documents were rapidly becoming a pest, and then this horrible mass murderer wrote the clearest instructions for reading .docx documents.
Older versions such as Office XP do not support the docx format because it was not known when they were developed and sold. A simple way to read docx and xlsx files is to select one of the following options:
1. For Word XP or older versions install the Microsoft Compatibility Pack which adds support for the new file formats, or;
2. Download Word 97 viewer or newer, or;
3. You can use the Open XML Translator for Open Office to be able to read and edit docx files with Open Office, or;
4. The free online docx converter lets you convert docx documents. This is a pretty good solution if you dont want to install the previously mentioned add-ons. Remember, gaining access to this compendium will be well worth your time!
Written by a mass murderer, who would coldly have blown me and all other recipients of his email up had we been near his car at the wrong time. It blows my mind everytime I think about it, everytime I see a picture of that face.
FYI I deleted the mail and the manifesto years ago, within hours of receiving.
