In the days following Friday's deadly bombing and shootings in Norway that killed 76 people, a clearer picture of accused killer Anders Behring Breivik has emerged.
Described by Norwegian authorities as a Christian fundamentalist with right-wing views, Breivik wrote a 1,500-page manifesto titled "2083: A European Declaration of Independence."
In it he rants against Muslim immigration to Europe and against the liberal Norwegian politicians who allow it.
He also places blame on hip hop for negatively influencing European youth to try drugs, become violent and get caught up in a "ghetto/ethnic/multiculturalist lifestyle" according to the Philadelphia City Paper.
Check out part of his rant against hip hop below.
I personally know of more than 50 individuals who started with hashish and marijuana as a direct result of the hip-hop mentality. Many of these went from light drugs to heavier drugs such as amphetamine and even heroin. I personally know that more than 20 individuals, from my “hip-hop community”, have become severe drug addicts and some of them are probably dead today. I estimate that of the 20 000 drug addicts in Norway, approximately 30-40% have initially been significantly influenced by the hip hop mentality.
I remember my active years in the hiphop movement as a continuous and intense orgy of misconduct, manifested primarily through tagging and piecing. During my two most active years at the age of 15 and 16, I estimate that myself (Morg), Richard (Spok) and Jon Trygve (Wick) inflicted property damage (through bombing raids - “tagging”) of approximately 2 million Euro combined of which I inflicted aprox. 700 000. The three of us were the most active of a loosely distributed “tagger force” numbering approximately 1000 at the time. This was during a primary peak of Hiphop, in 1994-1995. I estimate that the numbers of taggers have been reduced substantially since then and hover at around 200 individuals today in Oslo.
As for the fate of the hiphop industry; banning it altogether is not the optimal solution as it would cause overwhelming short term outcry and it would eliminate positive aspects as well. However, I believe significant restrictions in the rights of media companies which will include censoring negative and destructive lifestyles. An alternative is to limit such marketing to future “liberal zones”. Certain positive aspects of the hiphop movement should be allowed to survive such as break dance and positive genres of the music as long as it positively influences the self confidence of European youths and only if it can be re-defined as a European tradition and not portrayed as a ghetto/ethnic/multiculturalist lifestyle.
It is beyond all doubt that the political obstacles to solving these core issues are so comprehensive and enormous that only a revolution (initiated by a military coup) would present a climate where these issues can be properly addressed and solved.
Breivik has admitted to setting off a bomb in Oslo and a subsequent attack on Utoya Island that killed 76 people total. The death toll was originally estimated to be 93.
Anders Behring Breivik being driven away by police after court appearance
Breivik told his lawyer he was "a little bit surprised" that his plan had "succeeded in his mind,"
According to the Wall Street Journal Breivik may be charged with crimes against humanity, which carries a maximum sentence of only 30 years in prison.
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