welsummerchicks: I can't quote you when you write inside the quotes, so I will reply as best I can like this.
First of all, I am not attacking you, all I have said about you or to you is that you have too little information to be taking on the role of informing others in this case.
Second, regarding his mental state - if he was schizophrenic, he would be completely wacko by now, and I mean in the sense that he would be visibly disturbed. Schizophrenia does not get better without treatment, and if he had this illness for several years and culminating in these horrific acts, he would not have been able to execute them so efficiently. He would have grown inreasingly more disturbed and people in his surroundings would have noticed. The same goes for delusions. Now I must ask - what is his delusion? The Knights Templar exist, a photo was just published of some of them, they belong with the EDL. The PCCTS also exist, but their websites have gone down and they deny any affiliation. He is at war. This is not a delusion, it is more of a decision - the multicultural forces are his enemy and in his eyes they are out to destroy what he holds dear. And without saying the two are the same - the same
could be said about the wars the western world are now fighting in the Middle East - we are "bringing them democracy and freeing them from evil". But no one calls the west delusional, because it is a shared "delusion".
It is a well known fact that mild narcissism and lack of empathy can be a good thing when you're at war, because it enables you to stay calm and collected and do what you're supposed to. Soldiers kill in cold blood, they are not "wackos" because of it. ABB killed in cold blood, seeing himself as a soldier.
Are muslim fundamentalists "crazy"? Are all suicide bombers "crazy"? They act out of a radical fundamentalist belief that what they are doing is necessary and beneficial for their cause. So did ABB. His radical fundamentalism is just of a different brand than we are used to dealing with, and therefore we jump to the conclusion that he must be insane, completely off his rocker.
That being said - yes, he is "off his rocker" to some extent. He does not, as far as we know, have an environment that supports him closely and wholeheartedly, that has encouraged him and helped him, he has kept this all to himself for years. That means he has no need for confirmation from others that what he is doing is right, and most people need a whole lot of encouragement and confirmation to take the lives of other people. In war it is called "morale". A narcissist, however, does not need these things, the bigger the narcissist the less confirmation and support is needed. This is why it is an advantage in battle, it boosts confidence from within. They feel superior, they feel confident, and most importantly - they feel they are always right. A narcissist has delusions of grandeur, but delusions and psychoses are not one and the same.
Further, he clearly lacks empathy, which also follows the narcissist. In this case he seems nearly devoid of it, but then again - it seems he spared a boy. Perhaps he was out of ammo at the moment, who knows. But he is definately COLD and severely lacking in empathy. Still not psychotic.
He has come out as a fairly moderate right-winger, all the while hiding the fact that he is not moderate at all, but extreme. Hiding this was a carefully calculated move, to prevent attention. Yes, a psychotic man can easily hide his ideas in order to complete a plan, but usually it is not possible for them (when they are this determined in their beliefs and plans) to hand out a watered down version of their delusions, either they keep quiet or they tell all. Yes, it is possible for him to be psychotic, but it is highly unlikely.
Regarding inappropriate emotions, that is exactly what I was referring to. Taking the life of a civilian and then holding them up while you smile for the photographer IS highly inappropriate, and US soldiers are doing it. Norwegian soldiers are doing it as well, I'm sure. My point is, while we may be disgusted, shocked and horrified, it still does not make them insane. It "just" makes them inappropriate, insensitive a-holes with a hole where their heart should be. The same is true for ABB.
We must come to grips with the fact that some people just have an unfathomable amount of evil in them, and we must try to come to grips with the fact that they are NOT insane. That is the scary part.
I do not hate my country. But I do think we have many problems and a lack of will to face them, and naturally the recent events have me a bit fired up, surely you can understand that? I think it is difficult for everyone to fathom just how horrific this is. The man hunted down kids, dressed in a police uniform. Called them over and told them they were safe with him, a police officer. They were terrified of their rescuers. Hundreds of kids are scarred for life, severely traumatized, and the image in their nightmares is dressed as a protector of society. I just can't find the right words, it can't be expressed. And I wasn't even there!
Regarding his sentence structure and the fragmentet pieces in his writings: Parts of the text are cut and pasted from others, he has written little of it himself. Some is from the Unabomber, in fact. Perhaps that's why it would be familiar to an American? His sentence structure is quite possibly affected by the fact that English is not his first language. There is much material available in Norwegian, where debated his right wing views without attracting any particular attention, other than to the fact that he is clearly an intelligent individual.
I'm sorry that the English speaking media has misinformed you, but as I said you must be sure before you state things as facts. I realize this is difficult when you can not yourself easily check the sources. Unfortunately there seems to be a great deal of misinformation about this, it's the rush for information driving people to spread before they check.
If these are simply your thoughts you need to identify them as such and not present them as facts. Again, I am not attacking you and I am quite calm, I am just saying that when one does not know for sure, one needs to be careful spreading possibly faulty conclusions and making it clear that they are opinions, not facts. As I have stated that some things I do not know for sure and I make it clear when that is the case.
Yes, this is a bloody mess, literally. No one can say for sure what he will be charged with in the end, who will evaluate him and what their conclusion might be, we don't know exactly how far from the truth he has painted himself to be, we don't even know for sure if he was alone about this. Victims are still being identified and some are still missing. There are reports of a second shooter, about ABB and a second man in a boat the vicinity the night before, reports of grenades on the island, and so forth. We feel we know so much, but this is an illusion carefully orchestrated by the man himself. Most of what we think we know, HE told us.
Yes, he might be stark raving mad. Time will tell. But I think we will be facing the most difficult scenario - that this was a normal boy with a normal upbringing, a hatred to his father for leaving him, a hatred to his muslim friend who betrayed him and a mind blowing, growing determination to get back at us all.
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
If you value your sleep and want it nightmare free, don't watch this video. It is uncensored footage from Utøya. The man filming cuts himself off mid-sentence with profanities.
