Posted on 07/20/2005 6:58:26 PM PDT by FraudFactor.com
First published: 20 Jul 2005, 15:09
Politicians from one of Norway's small parties played at shooting Muslims when they gathered for a summer meeting on the Hurum Peninsula. The event has drawn fire from anti-racists.
It all started when members of The Democrats (Demokratene), along with some of their supporters, held a paintball competition at what they called an "informal" summer meeting. The politicians divided themselves into two groups, one of them dressed up like Muslim terrorists.
"This was both fun and useful, and we hope to have more competitions like this in the future," John Arntsen, leader of the Hurum chapter of the Democrats, told Aftenposten.no.
When asked what he meant by "useful," Arntsen said that "if the world keeps developing like it is now, with terrorism especially in Muslim circles, people can quickly have a need for knowledge about self-defense."
He claims it wasn't planned in advance that one of the teams in the paintball competition would be Muslim. "It just happened that the one team dressed up like terrorists," he said. "This was innocent stuff."
Svein Otto Nilsen, deputy leader of The Democrats, stressed to Aftenposten.no that the party isn't racist. "Everyone is welcome to join and we'll help everyone, also Muslims," he said.
The Hurum chapter of the party, however, continues to have a note on its web site that it's a "Muslim-free zone." And when asked why he thinks The Democrats of Hurum chose to let their terrorist team be Muslims, Nilsen said: "Most terrorists are Muslims today."
Reaction was swift to news of the paintball shooting against Muslims. "When it becomes sport to shoot Muslims, it's going way too far," said Tor Bach of the anti-fascist magazine Monitor.
Nadeem Butt, leader of Oslo's Anti-racist Center, said he was "shocked" by The Democrats' paintball war. He thinks Norway's national security police should keep an eye on party members.
"They call themselves politicians, but this case shows just what kind of party we're dealing with," he said.
The party, which is represented in the Norwegian parliament, says it builds its program around "Christian values... based on Norwegian culture and tradition."
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Politicians played at shooting Muslims
"Most terrorists are Muslims today"
- Svein Otto Nilsen, deputy leader, The Democrats
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Wha' wassat? Did I just hear someone say, "The Emperor has no clothes!"?
Our Democrats would be shooting the US soldiers.
It always amazes me that the anti-racist tag is used when Western Christian (or Judeo-Christian for that matter)
nations are put on alert to preserve the only societies in the world that promote pluralistic democracy, individual/religious freedom and capitalist business practices. Remember it is "they" who want to change the zenith of civilization to a 7th century hell hole. Grab your guns, boys, the trouble is only just begun. This is going to be a long, drawn out world war. I can feel it.
And when asked why he thinks The Democrats of Hurum chose to let their terrorist team be Muslims, Nilsen said: "Most terrorists are Muslims today."
Wha' wassat? Did I just hear someone say, "The Emperor has no clothes!"?
Now "Norwegians and Swedes" on the other hand....
Nadeem Butt is someone to watch closely.
Terrorists... not muslims. How do you dress like a Catholic or methodist?
This would not work very well if they were French divided into two groups to play paintball against each other.
Both groups would compete to be the first side to surrender.
On the other hand, it might provide them with some good surrender practice.
"Vikings and Muslims?" =)
I wonder how well "The 13th Warrior" did in Norway. That movie sure did suck.
Or "Norwegians and Quislings."
"Most terrorists are Muslims today"
- Svein Otto Nilsen, deputy leader, The Democrats
he says, with utter (humorless!), Norwegian sincerity.
My kids have been playing US Military and Muslims for a few years now.
(When they aren't playing US and Nazis, or cowboys and bad cowboys or Jedi and Sith, or farmers and a bad growing season or Daniel Boone and bears...)
How about Vikings and Moors?
I'm support the Vikings.
You can dress up like a Methodist with a "peace" sign, a smashed gun, an anti-death penalty sign and a "sanctuary" for illegal aliens who snuk across the U.S. border.
As a Methodist, I can sya that. I'll leave the Catholic to Catholics.
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