i am indeed aware other cultures exist. but i have a feeling most Norwegians still would want Hitler with more than 20 years. he affected the world and i’m sure you know that your view there is a little unorthodox.
i just looked up the Norwegian shooter because no i didn’t know about that, looks like 21 years is just the maximum civilian sentence in general. it can be extended, and he’s been denied parole multiple times including last year, and kept in solitary confinement… seems likely to be extended. The military penal code however, does indeed have life imprisonment, which i’m pretty sure is there for people like Hitler.
The military penal code however, does indeed have life imprisonment
Interesting. It figures. And Breivik will never be truly free, I get that. But in a sense his punishment is a lifetime of ostracism, which is pretty terrible for a human being. What’s more interesting to me is that almost nobody was clamoring for capital punishment in Norway as they surely would have been pretty much anywhere else.
On Hitler, yes of course I know I have an unconventional take. But I really think most people are not thinking straight. If you have a principle, you stick to it, you don’t drop it because “wow that one was so bad”. My principle is that it is not right to tie down a captive human being and forcibly snuff out their life. The abstract fact of what they did or didn’t do is completely immaterial. For me, capital punishment is a moral abomination of the first order. End of story.
i am indeed aware other cultures exist. but i have a feeling most Norwegians still would want Hitler with more than 20 years. he affected the world and i’m sure you know that your view there is a little unorthodox.
i just looked up the Norwegian shooter because no i didn’t know about that, looks like 21 years is just the maximum civilian sentence in general. it can be extended, and he’s been denied parole multiple times including last year, and kept in solitary confinement… seems likely to be extended. The military penal code however, does indeed have life imprisonment, which i’m pretty sure is there for people like Hitler.
Interesting. It figures. And Breivik will never be truly free, I get that. But in a sense his punishment is a lifetime of ostracism, which is pretty terrible for a human being. What’s more interesting to me is that almost nobody was clamoring for capital punishment in Norway as they surely would have been pretty much anywhere else.
On Hitler, yes of course I know I have an unconventional take. But I really think most people are not thinking straight. If you have a principle, you stick to it, you don’t drop it because “wow that one was so bad”. My principle is that it is not right to tie down a captive human being and forcibly snuff out their life. The abstract fact of what they did or didn’t do is completely immaterial. For me, capital punishment is a moral abomination of the first order. End of story.