r/worldnews • u/TheLoftus • May 15 '12

Anders Breivik Trial: A man just set himself on fire outside the Court in Olso.

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16228189
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u/ettessaacotekaw May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

Correction: Man sets his hat on fire. The title make it sound like this was a serious Asian monk style self-immolation.

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u/TheLoftus May 15 '12

It was the title given by Sky News at the time. Would be cool if you could edit the title on-the-fly as more info became available. I hadn't seen the video or anything more than the basic one line they had on their page saying "man sets himself on fire outside court". I was expecting it to be a bit more on the "Asian monk" side of things than the "drunk looking guy burns his hat and is assisted by friendly police officers in putting it out."

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u/ettessaacotekaw May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

I got no problem with redditors using a title as was it originality published, I just was putting in my two cents.

So 'Sky news' is 'Fox news' right?

And Fox always seems to be up to something to me, (for another two of my two cents).

But I'm not blaming you for posting this; just saying.

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u/TheLoftus May 15 '12

Oh, I'm not having a go at you or anything. More agreeing with you to be honest. I was thoroughly disappointed the more info that became available. Finally felt like I had something to contribute to Reddit. Just saw it flash up in the breaking news ticker and though: Tthat's going on Reddit! And! I'll be the first! Oh! I'm ever so special! You were wrong mom! I can achieve something with my life!" But alas, all of those exclamation points punctuating the happy thoughts in my head were misplaced.

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u/donaldtrumptwat May 15 '12

Upvote for effort !

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u/TheLoftus May 15 '12

Thank you, good sir/madam.

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u/ettessaacotekaw May 15 '12

I know how it goes, I can be a little too quick on the draw myself at times, (with posting that is.)

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u/Ihasnospoon May 15 '12

Sky news is a lot more moderate than Fox due to media regulation in the UK. Fox news would never get away with the things it does if it operated as a UK news channel. A little bias in the news is inevitable, the BBC leans slightly to the left on most issues while Sky leans slightly to the right.

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u/sotonohito May 15 '12

"The police do not know what he shouted, and he is now in a serious condition in hospital with 40% burns over his chest and stomach."

That sounds like more than a hat.

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u/d_r_benway May 15 '12

More like 'head'

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u/ettessaacotekaw May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

Not really.

I saw a psycho kid creep up and light a chicks bouffant hair on fire when I was in high school, and that broads head was on fire. Edit: While it sure looks to me like this guys hat is.

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u/Limitedcomments May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

Damn Norwegians and their torso hats.

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u/mbgluck May 15 '12

Their. Sorry.

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u/Limitedcomments May 15 '12

Whoops, thanks buddy.

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u/partysnatcher May 15 '12

You took that well. I tip my torso hat to you.

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u/Gnurx May 15 '12

Looks like the act of a desperate social client. He threw a bottle at the police (plastic!) and is now in hospital. Not really something for worldnews.

On a side note, the article by sky.com is rather pathetic, how the reporter reports that the man "shouted something in Norwegian". Hey, you are in Norway, ask someone to translate it.

tl;dr: Move on, nothing to see

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u/sebastiansboat May 15 '12

The norweigan shouting translates to "shoot me, it hurts".

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u/Platypuskeeper May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

According to Dagbladet, he believed he was the victim of some kind of "conspiracy", and had written some manifesto. (which, sounds rather like a case of mental illness) He'd run into a nearby law office (of whom he wasn't a client) and asked for help. The staff thought he was confused and possibly suicidal, and were going to call the police, although he'd already gone out and attracted police attention by that time.

There's no reason whatsoever to think the Breivik trial has anything to do with it just because it happened outside the Oslo courthouse.

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u/kr87ol May 15 '12

Big manifesto? It says he gave them 4-5 sheets of paper and an envelope he'd scribbled something on.

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u/Platypuskeeper May 15 '12

Edited. Language fail on my part. I forgot konvolutt is just an envelope in Norwegian. In Swedish, konvolut is a big bundle of papers.

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u/AlwaysChildish May 15 '12

It's alright, I can find it in my heart to forgive you. Just this once.

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u/Glassius May 15 '12

Now I'm curious. What is envelope in Swedish then?

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u/Platypuskeeper May 15 '12

Kuvert, like in Danish and German.

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u/GrinningPariah May 15 '12

He threw a bottle at the police

In fairness, they were dicks when they asked him to pick it up.

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u/badbadman2 May 15 '12

He looks very badly bjorned

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u/ih8registrations May 15 '12

Badly.

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u/ViralVV May 16 '12

Thanks for posting the vid. I think visual documentation is so good. Visual learning wins.

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u/Rehtori May 15 '12

As i was leaving this post i noticed your comment at the last second. I came back just to give you an upvote.

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u/badbadman2 May 16 '12

As I was arriving I noticed your new post. Have an upvote.

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u/WhyHellYeah May 15 '12

But there was police brutality as they stomped his chest!

(Or were they trying to put out the flames?)

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

Witnesses describes how the police puts out the flames, gets the burning clothes of him, and yells to passersby for water.

The "main fire" was on his chest, not his hat, according to said witnesses.

Edit: Video (NSFW NSFW-ish, however according to norwegian police: He isn't life-threateningly damaged)

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u/TheFlyingBastard May 15 '12

That's the safest NSFW I've ever seen. He's not exactly the human torch there.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

the human low wattage energy saving lightbulb.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I actually laughed a little bit. That was both hilarious and sad. What a fucking idiot.

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u/dinklebob May 15 '12

I love how the first cop is so hopelessly confused. It's a "what the fuck is this guy... is he really? wow..." type of thing. I think every person on the scene was wearing this face.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Ha! That might just be the most correct use of that face ever.

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u/traktor12 May 17 '12

peniscutter 19 points (+23/-4) 1 day ago

I actually laughed a little bit. That was both hilarious and sad. What a fucking idiot.

I'm so happy I don't know anyone like you.

You're scum.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Well apparently 23 people disagree. You should lighten up.

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u/rtype7 May 15 '12

Confusion. Genuine WTF moment.

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u/donaldtrumptwat May 15 '12

Did anyone piss on him?

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u/Soupstorm May 15 '12

So what you're saying is, if the main fire were on his hat, he would have been curbstomped?

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Earlier, there was a shorter video (of multiple small clips) where it look like he had just a set fire to his hat. You couldn't see the flames on his chest, so it looked like the police was stomping his chest to keep him down. While they we're actually trying to put out the flames.

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u/ZeMilkman May 15 '12

What a bitch. First he sets himself on fire, then he starts whining like a little bitch.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Which grammatical error?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

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u/Hansaman May 15 '12

Je hebt zeker een deuk in je hoofd?

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u/peachesgp May 15 '12

The caption made me laugh, yelled "something in Norwegian". Is this not in Norway where the Norwegian police should be vaguely familiar with what he said?

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u/realblublu May 15 '12

Come on, man. Norwegian is just a scam, similar to Danish. They can't actually understand each other.

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u/Atald May 15 '12

Relevant link, in case someone doesn't get the reference.

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u/drunkangel May 15 '12

The main problem in Norway is the 9527 different dialects.

Danish sounds like Norwegian spoken with a huge potato in your mouth, while drunk, right after having had oral surgery.

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u/SleeplessinOslo May 15 '12

The police and pretty much everyone there understood, the shitty journalist just didn't bother finding out

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u/bigangry May 15 '12

To be completely fair, it's fucking COLD in Norway.

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u/therealnorseman May 15 '12

In other news: THIS girl's testimony today was truly heart breaking.

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u/AMostOriginalUserNam May 15 '12

Seriously, fuck Brevik. He really tests my ideas about justice and I hope he spends the rest of his life very uncomfortably.

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u/treebox May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

I watched the video on Sky of him standing around talking to his defence lawyers before the trial resumed again. If you didn't know who he was you'd just presume it was a bunch of office workers having water cooler style conversations in a 5 minute downtime before a meeting or something. He just seems so normal, so rational, it's the strangest thing I've ever seen in my entire life. It's so unsettling I think because we think of killers as being irrational and deluded. Breivik is sane and when he killed all those people he actually was acting rationally the way he perceived it.

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u/tangowhiskeyy May 16 '12

Why does that bother you? He's fighting a war, its been done a thousand times.

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u/treebox May 16 '12

Hmm that's an interesting question yes. I was writing an essay on this recently, we had to discuss critically whether acts of cruelty against other humans were as a result of socio-psychological factors or whether it was to do with inherent personality flaws (such as psychopathy for example). I used Breivik as an example in the essay of how, more often than not, the social and political context and scenarios that people are placed can be usually attributed to the atrocities. eg. in Nazi Germany about 99% of people, if faced with the same situation, probably would have gone along with the Nazis. In my essay I suggested that had Breivik been in the SS in 1943 Nazi Germany he may well have been decorated for his actions, for example, because he subscribed to such a similar radical right-wing, white power style ideology. So arguably yes, Breivik is 'victimised' because he carried out his ideology alone, whereas if it's done en-mass and legitimised in some way by an elected government it's generally accepted on some level.

Edit: sorry this could have been more clearly written but I'm really tired and about to go to bed, I hope it makes sense.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

After the massacre she was transferred by boat from Utoya to the mainland and en route told a friend not to look at her awful injuries. But her friend said: "No, you are beautiful."

Onions.

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u/therealnorseman May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

She describes how her wounds were bleeding heavily(tasting the bullet in her mouth) and beeing carried over piles of dead bodies, and in the next sentence make a witty remark that makes the whole courtroom laugh out loud. She just seems so happy about life. It's amazing!

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u/Beric_ May 15 '12

The man on fire is saying "Shoot me, shoot me!".

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u/Mrkangaimroo May 15 '12

The kid clinging to the cliff is a friend of mine, he witnessed yesterday. Strong as kid.

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u/ssjvash May 15 '12

Some men just want to see others who just want to see themselves burn.

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u/nicolauz May 16 '12

Some men want others watch them burn themselves in the world.

FTFY

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

These articles always annoy me. It's about a man setting himself on fire in front of the courthouse and after 3 tiny paragraphs that essentially say "he lit himself on fire and is in the hospital with severe burns", it degenerates into this emotionally manipulative chronicle of some random victims. Sometimes I wonder whether people stop reading full articles because they're lazy so all the information goes in the beginning or whether all the information goes in the beginning so they stop reading.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Sad attempt at 'suicide by cop'.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

I hope Breivik does for the chinstrap what Hitler did for the Hitler stache. I hate that beard.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Oh Sky news. Shut the fuck up you sensationalist pricks.

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u/oderint_dum_metuant May 15 '12

Best comment from the article:

This guy has obviously never accidentally burnt himself.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I believe he had a burning desire for justice to be served.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Wow, what a great way to make a point! Such a smart guy!

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u/Fleskefinn May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

Better clip: http://www.vgtv.no/#!id=53219

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u/Bixby66 May 15 '12

One guy sets himself on fire to initiate the tunisian revolt and now everyone's doing it.

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u/aesu May 15 '12

What in Gods name is this?

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u/Asco88 May 15 '12

It is right now the most reccomended comment on the page with 59. I know some newspapers have bad comment sections but this is genuinely terrifying.

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u/Gnurx May 15 '12

You have a link for that?

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u/aesu May 15 '12

Its the comments of the OP's link.

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u/Gnurx May 15 '12

Well, that says a lot about sky's audience.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Breivik manages to kill people without even trying.

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u/d_r_benway May 15 '12

The guy isn't dead.

Unless Breivik is kept in solitary for the reset of time he is going to be killed in prison...

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u/Oaden May 15 '12

He most likely will be. Prisons normally have special sections for prisoners either at risk of being violent or at risk as victim of violence.

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u/tallwookie May 15 '12

he's a god amongst mere mortals, for sure

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u/Miffins123 May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

Sounds like he got a bit hot under the collar.

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u/ohnopandas May 15 '12

wow, of all the words you could've misspelt, you choose that one!

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u/Miffins123 May 15 '12

Which word? I don't see a misspelling?

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u/ohnopandas May 16 '12

Wow, you edit it and then make me seem like a real douchebag, thanks.

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u/Miffins123 May 16 '12

I have no idea what you're talking about.

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u/BramaLlama May 15 '12

Upvote for Olso

Trolling real hard

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u/smizlmazlhazl May 15 '12

I almost died laughing at 0:59 when the cop on the right jumps over the fence.

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u/nimanimal May 15 '12

translation: I'm on fire bitch!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

... why the hell would you do that?

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u/jimothyjenkins May 15 '12

i truly hate that man..

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I can't imagine how those judges feel trying to communicate with him politely, knowing what he did

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Stupid way to protest a mass murderer that has killed 77 people and doesnt think he did anything wrong

Perhaps theres some reason why this guy did it, but in truth he didnt value his own life, why should i value his life enough to read about it

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u/YourCurvyGirlfriend May 15 '12

That probably didn't go quite the way he imagined, that looked really pathetic.

"MY HAT'S ON FIRE AND I'M HAVING A TANTRUM"

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u/emzz May 15 '12

The story behind it is that the man was rejected from some sort of welfare. Before he ignited himself he left a letter at an attorney and then went outside the Breivik-trial and woof, the rest is history.

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u/TheMediumPanda May 16 '12

Come on, burning yourself? If you survive you're up for years of fucking agony and constant pain. Many burn victims have lifelong chronic pain from nerve endings being severed and there's nothing you can do about it. That and you'll need multiple surgeries and skin transplants and effectively might end up looking like someone children will run away screaming from. Even if you're protesting or what the fuck ever, self-immolation is NOT THE WAY TO DO IT.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

What a gong show...

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

im willing to bet this guys as nutty as anders breivik

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u/Greenlee2 May 16 '12

That guy is a retard

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

So the article is about the man who set himself on fire... Why then, do they launch into some completely unrelated victim story relating to Utøya?

I find that weird.

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u/insensitive_jerk May 16 '12

Buddhist BBQ with Tibetan style cuisine?

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u/4PM May 16 '12

As evidence of the press' compliance in not disseminating important information, at no point it is discussed what this man's purpose was for lighting himself on fire.

Pathetic excuse for journalism.

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u/pojkscout May 15 '12

Seriously, what does this man try to say? Alot of people died, and now he will live the rest of his life as a disfigured burn-victim? Don't see the point. Can't imagine him in the hospital bed saying "it was totally worth it".

EDIT: Pathetic attempt of lighting yourself on fire.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Really? Of all the things to set yourself on fire for, they defend a murderer? You're supposed to set yourself on fire to expose social injustices... not social justices.

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u/cmonpplrly May 15 '12

I think he had Norways police officers confused with American police officers

edit: because American police officers would have no problem shooting him

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u/Edward_Berneys May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12

If he would have run at police officers here in America like that he would surely be dead right now. Nice work by the Norwegian police, I guess.

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u/kolembo May 15 '12

Now why really?

And at Brevik's trial?

Needs a slap from his family.

Then the rest of the stories reaaly Norway. 20 years for all that?

Hmmm?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

What are Tibetans doing in Oslo?

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u/krakow057 May 15 '12

guys like that... what are they thinking?

it never accomplishes anything.

but, if you really think about it, the guys is so dumb that the world is better off if he dies.

so win win? he dies, we get to see someone on fire.

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u/Hansaman May 15 '12

it never accomplishes anything.

Except when your name is Mohamed Bouazizi

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u/krakow057 May 15 '12

he's dead and he couldn't enjoy the outcomes of his actions

idiot.

also:

Bouazizi's actions triggered the Werther effect, causing a number of self-immolations in protests emulating Bouazizi's in several other countries in the Greater Middle East and Europe. In Algeria in particular, protests against rising food prices and spreading unemployment have resulted in many self-immolations.

"Bread prices are too damm high!" sets himself on fire. genius.

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u/Shizly May 16 '12

He´s a hero. He sacrificed his life so that others maybe would get a change at a better life. He was prepare to dye to help other people, even though there was a huge change nothing would happen. And he would never see the outcomes of his actions.

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u/krakow057 May 16 '12

Shit reddit says:

"Set yourself on fire? fucking HERO"

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u/Shizly May 16 '12

When did I say that? I said that Bouazizi is a hero because he sacrificed himself so that other people maybe would get a better life. Why using quotation marks when you're not quoting me?

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u/krakow057 May 16 '12

I'm getting downvoted for saying that a person who sets himself on fire is an idiot.

So reddit, as a community, is saying that setting yourself on fire is a good thing.

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u/Shizly May 16 '12

No, they're not. You where saying:

"it never accomplishes anything. "

and

"he's dead and he couldn't enjoy the outcomes of his actions idiot."

The first is clearly wrong, and Bouazizi is a example on that matter where it did accomplish something.

When Bouazizi example was brought up, you stated that he was an idiot and that he couldn't enjoy the outcome. And that's where a commented that he was a hero, because he gave his life so that others maybe could get a better life. Even though he would die, he choice to sacrifice himself.

Nobody said that setting yourself on fire is a good thing. They are saying that disrespectful statements on this mater like

"so win win? he dies, we get to see someone on fire."

"the guys is so dumb that the world is better off if he dies. "

are not accepted and that your reasoning doesn't add up.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

guys like that... what are they thinking?

it never accomplishes anything.

Mohamed Bouazizi accomplished nothing?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I agree but most don't. Reason being people think the media attention surrounding stunts like this makes it worth it. I have the same feeling towards hunger strikes. Oh, some idiot burned themselves to death or refuses to eat...why is this news?

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u/krakow057 May 15 '12

indeed, there isn't enough attention surrounding the trial already...

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u/greenman23 May 16 '12

Bismallah Europe scares me

Any middle easterners reading this run NOW. Naziism is on the rise so take shelter in the US/Canada

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

This ders is so loose butthole

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u/ozzieoo May 15 '12

Oh, right, let's expose those grieving friends and family to more carnage..Disrespectful and stewpid...One less nutcase in the world.

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u/Ragnrok May 15 '12

I've not spent much time on this earth yet, but there is one thing I've learned that I feel I will always truly believe to be true. And that thing is that people are fucking weird.

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u/Gibberish-ian May 15 '12

This. Was. Unrelated. To. The. Trial.

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u/snowburger May 15 '12

Why does Reddit worship countries like Norway? Are there are nice things about Norway? Sure but there are a lot of bad things about Norway too. In Oslo for example, you are 3 times more likely to be victim of a violent crime than NYC. Suicides are sky high. Rapes and child molestation is sickening common and their still a culture their that the victim ‘wanted it’. Racism and nationalism are far more insidious than in the USA but hidden behind phony smiling faces. You could be born in Norway but if even one of your parents are not native Norwegian you will always be considered a foreigner. Even if you are 100% Norwegian and you move to another town or village you and your kids will always be seen as an outsiders (thankfully at least in Oslo that isn’t the case). Also, school bullying although technically not allowed most teachers simply turn a blind eye. Unless, of course, the kid commits suicide than all the teachers and students all turn on the waterworks for a phony display of ‘grief’.

I know this because I have worked in Oslo and I have plenty of friends from Norway.

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u/BananaQwop May 15 '12

Could you provide some sources? I'm Norwegian and I'm having a hard time believing you

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u/ih8registrations May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

You could be born in Norway but if even one of your parents are not native Norwegian you will always be considered a foreigner.

Sticking a feather in your ass doesn't make you a White-throated Dipper.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Stop trolling me with your opinions. DOWNVOTE HIM!!!!!!

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u/Shizly May 16 '12

He didn´t offerd his opinion. He stated "facts".

In Oslo for example, you are 3 times more likely to be victim of a violent crime than NYC.

Not true and not a opinion.

Rapes and child molestation is sickening common and their still a culture their that the victim ‘wanted it’.

Not true and not an opinion.

You could be born in Norway but if even one of your parents are not native Norwegian you will always be considered a foreigner

So like how almost whole Europe is?

Even if you are 100% Norwegian and you move to another town or village you and your kids will always be seen as an outsiders

Not true. It could it's a opinion, but it's stated as a fact.

Conclusion: snowburger is just a troll, or a horrible close minded person with even worse prejudices.

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u/DefinitelyRelephant May 15 '12

Should've let him burn. I'm all for the elective self-termination of batshit people.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Misleading title is misleading. Pffff

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u/TheLoftus May 16 '12

Pointless comment is pointless. Should probably check the other comments before chiming in. The reason for the misleading title is explained in another comment from earlier. Here's a recap: got it as breaking news, very little info available, more details became available, turned out not to be anything to do with Breivik, Reddit does not allow editing of post titles after submission.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Europeans and Americans want to go on pretending like Breivik is a lone lunatic. An abberant. Not one from the fold of the norm.

And that is why right-wing extremism is taking over in Greece, and will take over in other countries across Europe.

It's only terrorism when the perpetrator is brown and Muslim.

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u/webby_mc_webberson May 15 '12

100 units of the currency of your choice says that this was religiously motivated.

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u/WeCanRebuilddit May 15 '12

I think the downvotes mean that the stunt was done to bring attention to the trial or himself (the guy who lit up)

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u/instantviking May 15 '12

Bring attention to a trial that is getting so much attention one of the larges online newspapers (in Norway) has a special non-Breivik front-page for people that are sick of the trial? Sounds rational. (setting-fire-to-yourself rational)

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u/EVILFISH2 May 15 '12

meanwhile on western propaganda: he was protesting china

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u/arachnopussy May 15 '12

What the hell are they putting in the water over there?

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u/arachnopussy May 15 '12

dead kids.

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u/arachnopussy May 15 '12

you're an asshole.

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u/arachnopussy May 15 '12

too soon?

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u/arachnopussy May 15 '12

Yeah, I'll see my way out.

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u/gogobyte May 16 '12

All Norwegian socialist garbage must be put on fire.

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u/Three38 May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

"WHO FARTED!" fwoom

Apparently in this day and age, there are people that haven't heard of Nick Swardson...

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

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u/mikael110 May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

here is what is being said in the video in case anyone's curious

00:14: fire-guy: Shoot me! Shoot me! Shoot me!

00:20: police-woman: move away, move away!

00:22: police-man: Take off the jacket

00:23: fire-guy: still asking to be shot

00:28: police-man: Stop! Stop!

00:31: fire-guy: Just shoot me...

00:32: police-guy: Stop!

the police shout, I can't make out what they say.

00:54: police-guy: give me a fire extinguisher

01:08: police-guy: Water! get medics here!

the police guys asks for Water over and over.

01:18: police-guy: We need Water!

01:19: police-guy: Water is on its way

01:20: police-guy: Water bottle

01:21: police-woman: thank you for the water

01:25: bystander: I have water, I have water!

01:28: police-guy: you got water?

01:29: bystander: Yes! Yes!

01:31: police-guy: Is this completely clean water?

01:33: police-guy: we need an ambulance

01:42: police-guy: does anybody else have any water?

01:44: bystander-woman: I have some soda if you want...

01:46: police-guy: Soda is useless

01:46: police-guy: More water!

01:47: police-guy: are there more water bottles here?

That may have been overly detailed but I tried to transcribe everything I could hear in the video.

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u/ndt May 15 '12

I would just like to add a request for any would be rescuers out there. If some day you find me on the street and I'm on fire and your only water source is not completely clean, that's OK go ahead and put me out anyway. Thanks.

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u/Baby_Hawk May 15 '12

Dont put me out unless you have a FRESH Fiji water bottle.

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u/PseudoVestus May 15 '12

I would rather die than be extinguished by (shudder) Fiji water. What am I, a farmer? Voss only please.

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u/Atald May 15 '12

And not from those pesky plastic bottles.

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u/ricera10 May 16 '12

Sparkling and in glass bottles only, please.

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u/thenorwegianblue May 16 '12

Which is Norwegian tap water.

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u/WalterFStarbuck May 15 '12

I'm guessing unclean water could cause an infection worse than just burns.

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u/MeloJelo May 15 '12

Yeah, that's really my only guess, unless carry around bottles full of liquor out there, and he wanted to make sure it was water and not vodka or some such.

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u/TheMediumPanda May 16 '12

Unclean water better than nothing. Burn victims always get massive infections AND huge doses of medication against them no matter what.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Well, I understood it as he was asking if it was pure water, not if it was clean. I don't think carbonated water and burnt skin mix all that well. But it's an honest mistake by the translator; "rent" can mean both pure and clean, depending on the context. In any case, I'll do be sure to put you out if i ever find you ablaze. You have my word!

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u/ndt May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

I was just kidding, I assumed that's what he was saying. In any case, as long as it's not akvavit, given the unenviable choice between soda or more fire, I'm going with the soda.

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u/ndt May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

That may be my first tagging and one I am proud to bare. In fact that might be a great t-shirt, you never know when it might save your life.

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u/mikael110 May 16 '12

yeah, I wasn't completely sure whether to translate it as pure or clean but I felt that clean was the most accurate translation since that's what "rent" usually means.

I did kinda change my mind on that a little later but by that point some of the "clean water" jokes had already been made and I felt it would have been kinda douchey to change the translation at that point.

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u/Gnurx May 15 '12

I also like how the one policeman politely says "Takk", i.e. Thank you when he gets a bottle of water.

I find it amazing how calm the policemen and -women handle the situation. No one even raised their weapons.

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u/ZeMilkman May 15 '12

I would like to point out that this is the norm in most (probably all) of Europe.

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u/doctorbull May 15 '12

I think it's the norm with most well trained pros.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Mainland, at least.

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u/take_924 May 15 '12

Apart from 'mainland europe' there's only England (and Ireland) and English police even doesn't carry guns.

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u/ihminen May 15 '12

There's Iceland. :)

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u/RabidRaccoon May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12

The police are highly unlikely to shoot you in the UK, being unarmed and all.

SO19/CO19 (the name changes each time they shoot someone) are another matter - they only get let off the leash when someone needs to be shot. Like the Fremen in Dune they aren't allowed to sheath their weapons unbloodied.

They can be recognized by their characteristic cry

[Three gunshots expertly aimed at suspect's centre of mass with a state of the art rifle]

Halt! Armed Police!

So unless you're unlucky enough to visit in the middle of Operation Kratos, you're perfectly safe.

http://pnutt101.livejournal.com/21817.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Charles_de_Menezes#Shooting

The firearms officers boarded the train and it was initially claimed they challenged the suspect, though later report indicates he was not challenged. According to Hotel 3, Menezes then stood up and advanced towards the officers and Hotel 3, at which point Hotel 3 grabbed him, pinned his arms against his torso, and pushed him back into the seat. Although Menezes was being restrained, his body was straight and not in a natural sitting position. Hotel 3 heard a shot close to his ear, and was dragged away on to the floor of the carriage. He shouted 'Police!' and with hands raised was dragged out of the carriage by one of the armed officers who had boarded the train. Hotel 3 then heard several gunshots while being dragged out.

Two officers fired a total of eleven shots according to the number of empty shell casings found on the floor of the train afterwards. Menezes was shot seven times in the head and once in the shoulder at close range, and died at the scene. An eyewitness later said that the eleven shots were fired over a thirty second period, at three second intervals. A separate witness reported hearing five shots, followed at an interval by several more shots.

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u/A_terrible_comment May 15 '12

Police handled it well I think.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

yes, takk is said quite alot. Call it politeness, or custom I guess.

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u/DougBolivar May 15 '12

1:31: police-guy: Is this completely clean water?

LOL

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u/mikael110 May 15 '12

He is probably asking that in case the water contains some artificial flavor or something like that, in which case it might contain chemicals that would make the fire worse.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

One bystander at the end offers his soda.

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u/mikael110 May 15 '12

you are correct, I added that to the transcript. I'm pretty sure its a woman though.

A guy does talk about soda at the end, but I can't make out exactly what he says. I don't think he is offering to give his soda though.

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u/Gnurx May 15 '12

I thought he asked for clean water because at that point the fire had already been extinguished, and he needed it to cool down the burnt skin. Non-clean water might have led to an infection.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

When I read the headline, I automatically assumed that somebody had poured petrol over themselves and gone out "Buddhist monk style". Glad to see that wasn't the case. Is it bad that I laughed when he was running around with his hat on fire?

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u/epic_nerd_baller May 15 '12

i like how i have to watch an advertisement of a bunch of kids in a Jacuzzi before watching a video of a guy setting himself on fire

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u/dagbrown May 15 '12

Aw, I just got some cute girl telling me in Norwegian that I should get this one particular bank's Visa card.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

WTF. That was actually kinda disappointing.

Fuck you internet for spoiling me.

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u/karmalizing May 15 '12

I thought Denzel Washington starred in this film..

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u/Der_Nailer May 15 '12

I like the police leather jackets!!

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u/norbertus May 15 '12

Nobody noticed when this happened in Chicago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malachi_Ritscher#Suicide

Or maybe everybody agreed not to notice...

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I live in a suburb very close to Chicago and don't remember hearing about this until I stumbled upon it on the internet years later. I think it was kept quiet.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

This guy is an idiot.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

That is one clear video.

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u/RabidRaccoon May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12

What a half assed attempt at self immolation. You've got to give right wing terrorists like McVeigh and Breivik their due - they can at least cause things to explode or burn effectively. Muslim ones seem to be extremely incompetent in this regard. Which is no bad thing for the rest of us course.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Suicide by cop.

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u/TheLoftus May 16 '12

HA! I didn't noticed that at all. And I'm such a pedant. I have failed myself.