Hopefully it will go the other way- after Oklahoma City, the militia movement lost a lot of its momentum, for example. Though it's probably safer to expect an uptick in violence and not get one than the other way around.
Norway's economy's been doing okay, but the last big spate of far-right terrorism (Bologna train station, Oktoberfest, a French synagogue) was in 1980 also during a recession.
The shooter quoted from the Declaration of Independence in his ramblings, to justify himself. It's something close to sacred here in America, and he's using it to justify mass murder. And the revulsion and disgust I feel must be only a fraction of what Christians are feeling toward Brevik or Muslims felt toward bin Laden.
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Date: 2011-07-25 02:39 am (UTC)Norway's economy's been doing okay, but the last big spate of far-right terrorism (Bologna train station, Oktoberfest, a French synagogue) was in 1980 also during a recession.
The shooter quoted from the Declaration of Independence in his ramblings, to justify himself. It's something close to sacred here in America, and he's using it to justify mass murder. And the revulsion and disgust I feel must be only a fraction of what Christians are feeling toward Brevik or Muslims felt toward bin Laden.