I'd go nuts too...and I can't imagine trying to be one of those hired "friends". Reminds me of those who think being penpals with Bundy and Manson is cool beans.
Anyone know who pays for his fellow chess and hockey players?
Norway, you people are way too nice. If I had a son or daughter ruthlessly murdered and I found out the killer got to play ice hockey with taxpayer funded friends, I would lose my mind.
Norwegian prison may hire friends for mass killer Anders Behring Breivik
HELP WANTED: Paid position for civilians to be friends with confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik. Duties may include visiting his Norwegian prison to play chess or hockey.
Details of the gig were first reported by Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang, and later translated by other media outlets.
Breivik, a 33-year-old right-wing extremist, is currently on trial for bombing a government building in Oslo and going on a shooting rampage at a youth camp last summer. The massacre claimed 77 lives.
The director of the prison where Breivik could be housed said steps are being taken to keep him away from other inmates.
"Many of the measures surrounding Breivik are being created to avoid a hostage-taking, which would be the only way for him to get through all the different layers of security that have been established between him and freedom," Knut Bjarkeid told the paper.
But Norwegian law reportedly considers it cruel punishment to keep inmates in total isolation for long periods of time.
"We are planning a professional community around him, with employees and hired personnel," the warden said.
This does introduce some interesting philosophical questions. If people are comfortable throwing a man in prison for several decades under solitary confinement (isolation), then why are they so uncomfortable with just putting the man to death? I know people here are declaratively against capital punishment in any and all forms, but would the same people be perfectly o.k. with throwing a man in solitary confinement for decades? What if the man were to prefer capital punishment?
sorry for steering the conversation in another direction, but it's just an interesting thought. it seems a lot of people here are triggered by an emotional response to this person's actions. I'm wondering what the rational basis is to support a certain type of punishment as 'deserving' of him.
This does introduce some interesting philosophical questions. If people are comfortable throwing a man in prison for several decades under solitary confinement (isolation), then why are they so uncomfortable with just putting the man to death? I know people here are declaratively against capital punishment in any and all forms, but would the same people be perfectly o.k. with throwing a man in solitary confinement for decades? What if the man were to prefer capital punishment?
sorry for steering the conversation in another direction, but it's just an interesting thought. it seems a lot of people here are triggered by an emotional response to this person's actions. I'm wondering what the rational basis is to support a certain type of punishment as 'deserving' of him.
No ... that would not matter...
he should live out his life, yes far away from others and games and good times. :wtf:
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Seventy-seven lives. Holy shit.
I'd go nuts too...and I can't imagine trying to be one of those hired "friends". Reminds me of those who think being penpals with Bundy and Manson is cool beans.
Anyone know who pays for his fellow chess and hockey players?
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Actually, based on precedent, I don't foresee the above statement being entirely out of the question.
:fp:
77 people who's final moments were utter horror who not only faced the gunman down but saw
friends dying around them.
77 lost lives! and all the people who loved them, lives shattered...
and isolation is too cruel, that blows me away.
sorry for steering the conversation in another direction, but it's just an interesting thought. it seems a lot of people here are triggered by an emotional response to this person's actions. I'm wondering what the rational basis is to support a certain type of punishment as 'deserving' of him.
he should live out his life, yes far away from others and games and good times. :wtf:
A pad of paper and a pen is all he would need.