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Date: 24 July 2011 08:25:40
Okay. Norway. Over 90 young people killed at a youth camp associated with the Labour party there, plus bombing hitting goverment buildings. The guy arrested has confessed his guilt, saying it was "gruesome but necessary", and he appears to hold very right-wing views, and so wanted to attack things that were opposite to what he thought so passionately. When is killing ever necessary? I guess there are examples I can think of, but even though I felt that Saddam Hussain needed to go and the same should happen to Robert Mugabe (though it won't), I was still very uncomfortable about everything, because killing can not be justified. I have no issues with abortion for example, if the foetus will not have any quality of life, or with euthanasia for the same reasons, (these two issues are MY OWN OPINIONS. I may work in a Catholic school and I understand what is and isn't against the tenets of the Catholic Church, but I am not a Catholic myself, and so am entitled to hold opinions. I would not however inflict those directly on the learners at my school), but cold blooded murder, however you explain it, will understandably always leave a taste of bitterness behind. It was incredibly moving to see everyone going into the church in Oslo this morning. My mum heard on the radio that both Christians and Muslims were joined in grief, both going into the church TOGETHER. Thank you God for that at least! People working together and supporting each other in the shock and disbelief of a situation. That's what we want to see in the world. Peace and harmony not violence.
Amy Winehouse, despite her troubled life of addictions, did have an AMAZING voice, and wrote AMAZING songs, from the tender age of 13 until she died yesterday aged 27. Having a voice so powerful and lyrics so mature at 13 leaves you speechless. Those songs will still be there, always, and are incredible. Her voice seemed so natural, so effortless when she was on stage, when everything was going right, and yet there was so much power behind it. I hope she is remembered for the music and that voice and not so much for the trouble in her life, although I am not so naive as to think that could happen!