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[–] zephyrvs@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

I remember when Oslo's mayor (iirc?) said something along the lines of "this is something a free society has to live with if it doesn't want to surrender their freedoms" after Breivik's attack.

We need more politicians like that. People who are capable of telling how it is: There is no sane way to prevent anyone from burning books. We can only invest in education and hope that people get the message that burning books doesn't do anything of value.

[–] cnnrduncan@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man I agree with the sentiment (particularly how you've applied it) but I dont think that the mass murder of children for ideological reasons actually is something that a free society should have to put up with in order to maintain freedom.

[–] zephyrvs@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

It shouldn't, but I don't see how to prevent something like that? Lone wolf, used legal material, didn't arouse much suspicion. (It's been a few years since I dove deeper into it though.)

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