For some odd reason, my last blog was cut short, so here is the rest of it:

We cannot begin to know the extent of the grief suffered by the Norwegian people at the present moment, but what is really inspiring is the way that they come together, and support each other.   Their spirit can be symbolised by the attitude of the Norwegian PM, who has argued that we need to respond to such terrorist acts with more democracy, whereas our PM, David Cameron has stated that we need to be more ever more vigilant against this type of atrocity.  To me, these different attitudes represent on the one hand a need to insist even more on a fair, free and diverse society and on the other hand a society which encourages suspicion and fear.

The Norwegian court was absolutely right to deny Anders Behring Breivik the chance to present his ‘manifesto’.    This man’s acts do not represent political or religious viewpoints, they are simply representative of a form of psychosis, an extremism which has led him to commit these atrocities.   In fact there is an anonymous campaign underway on the internet to sabotage his manifesto, by getting people to ‘spoil’ it in all sorts of ways and send it on to others to do the same.  Personally I think that it should be completely ignored and discarded.  

By far the best way to help at present is to send our support and love to the Norwegian people in any way that we can.   They have an idomitable spirit and fortitude which will help them to endure, but to know that they have the global community on their side will hopefully give them strength to get through this difficult time.

Wendy x