I genuinely mean this to be sympathetic rather than critical, but I think you've been so overfaced with popularity contests (especially on TV) that you're now seeing all things this way. You start off with a reason you like him and finish by saying you can't hate him.
His trial isn't a popularity contest open to the public vote. It's an earnest attempt by a legal system to determine his guilt and what his punishment should be. We, as the public, are out of the equation. What we think doesn't matter. "You don't matter" is also a phrase you'll rarely hear people say these days.
I'm sorry if this sounds harsh. It isn't meant to be. It's meant to make people think.
I most certainly don't blame you for being victim to a certain mode of programming. Kind of the opposite, really.
Is it normal that I kind of sympathize with Breivik?
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I genuinely mean this to be sympathetic rather than critical, but I think you've been so overfaced with popularity contests (especially on TV) that you're now seeing all things this way. You start off with a reason you like him and finish by saying you can't hate him.
His trial isn't a popularity contest open to the public vote. It's an earnest attempt by a legal system to determine his guilt and what his punishment should be. We, as the public, are out of the equation. What we think doesn't matter. "You don't matter" is also a phrase you'll rarely hear people say these days.
I'm sorry if this sounds harsh. It isn't meant to be. It's meant to make people think.
I most certainly don't blame you for being victim to a certain mode of programming. Kind of the opposite, really.