{"id":922,"date":"2011-07-25T08:32:06","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T12:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www3.law.harvard.edu\/journals\/hlpr\/?p=922"},"modified":"2015-10-02T15:28:48","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T15:28:48","slug":"norway-standing-for-freedom-in-the-face-of-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/lpr\/2011\/07\/25\/norway-standing-for-freedom-in-the-face-of-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway: Standing for Freedom in the Face of Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jessica Jackson\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Last Friday, as many of us watched in horror, Norwegians experienced absolute devastation as the news feeds revealed the murders of over 90\u00a0teens in Utoya<\/a>\u00a0and the destruction of\u00a0Oslo\u2019s government buildings<\/a>.\u00a0 The attacks, which have been attributed to a young\u00a0Norwegian man, brought back a flood of memories for many Americans: \u00a0Oklahoma City, 9\/11, Columbine, Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n

<\/span>As I sat down at the computer to email friends of mine who live in Oslo, I searched my brain for ways to express the fact that despite their whole world had suddenly been thrown into a realm of chaos, things would one day return to normal. \u00a0 At a loss for words, I suddenly realized how untrue that statement really was.<\/p>\n

The truth is that, we as a society, have not recovered from the many mass tragedies we\u2019ve experienced.\u00a0 Many schools have installed metal detectors to prevent weapons from being brought on campus or hired security to patrol the school grounds.\u00a0 These measures serve as daily reminders that violence is an ever-present concern in our communities even amongst our youth.\u00a0 Airports are a most obvious reflection of the fear-based changes we\u2019ve undergone in the last decade.\u00a0 While the occasional news story about a\u00a0child\u00a0<\/a>being reduced to tears in TSA searches or a\u00a095 year old grandmother<\/a>\u00a0being asked to remove her diaper to go through airport security still make the news, most of us have become accustom to shedding our shoes, jackets, and belts, spreading our legs and holding our arms above our heads for the imaging machines.\u00a0 Warrantless wiretapping has become a regular practice for law enforcement and racial profiling is no longer viewed as discrimination by many citizens.<\/p>\n

Looking at the lasting effect terror has on the US, I can\u2019t help but wonder how Norway will ever fully recover from these tragedies.\u00a0 Having visited Sweden many times, I\u2019ve always considered the Scandanavian countries peaceful and far ahead of the United States in their human rights and open society policies.\u00a0 Their prisons have been\u00a0crowned the most humane in the world<\/a>\u00a0and their criminal justice system reflects a sense of respect for all parties involved, including the accused. Shortly after the shootings, the\u00a0Norwegian prime minister<\/a>\u00a0stated \u201cWe are a small nation and a proud nation.\u00a0 No one will bomb us to silence.\u00a0 No one will shoot us to silence.\u00a0 No one will ever scare us away from being Norway.\u201d\u00a0 These words come in stark contrast to those spoken by Bush after 9\/11, \u201cEither we will bring out enemies to justice or we will bring justice to our enemies.\u201d\u00a0 We can only hope that as America continues to struggle to recover from the terror we have experienced in the last decade, Norway will achieve their goal in remaining true to their values despite the unimaginable horror they have seen.\u00a0 And perhaps, the US will then be able to follow their example.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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