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[madoka]

HELP WANTED: Paid position for civilians to be friends with confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik. Duties may include visiting his Norwegian prison to play chess or hockey.

Details of the gig were first reported by Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang, and later translated by other media outlets.

Breivik, a 33-year-old right-wing extremist, is currently on trial for bombing a government building in Oslo and going on a shooting rampage at a youth camp last summer. The massacre claimed 77 lives.

The director of the prison where Breivik could be housed said steps are being taken to keep him away from other inmates.

"Many of the measures surrounding Breivik are being created to avoid a hostage-taking, which would be the only way for him to get through all the different layers of security that have been established between him and freedom," Knut Bjarkeid told the paper.

But Norwegian law reportedly considers it cruel punishment to keep inmates in total isolation for long periods of time.

"We are planning a professional community around him, with employees and hired personnel," the warden said.

It was not reported how much the positions might pay.

His trial is expected to last until July. If found to be insane, AFP reports Breivik would instead be sent to a closed psychiatric ward.

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If this nut job killed one of my kids, I'd be flipping out right about now.

[yodanole]

If this guy was in the US, he wouldn't need payed companions. He'd be shoulder deep in love letters from women professing their undying love.

Of course, he wouldn't be getting the play that he might if he were a sadistic sexual predator type serial killer. But he'd be doing all right, none the less.

Madoka said:
"If this nut job killed one of my kids, I'd be flipping out right about now."

If he'd killed one of my kids, I'd be applying for that job

[Leon]

"But Norwegian law reportedly considers it cruel punishment to keep inmates in total isolation for long periods of time. "

I agree with this sentiment though. Obviously Breivik is an outlier, but in just about every way the Norwegian justice system is better than the U.S. Recidivism rates are around 20%, compared to the States rate of 51.8% rate of recidivism within the first three years out. I would much prefer prisons that actually attempted rehabilitation to the overcrowding, rapes and violence in the United States, which really doesn't seem to be helping anyone. If it means that occasionally monsters like Breivik don't suffer as much as they should, than that's a price I'd be willing to pay.

[On the other hand]

Imagine the conversations you could have with this guy as his friend-for-hire.

"So, whaddya think about immigration?"

"Hey, elections coming up. You like the Labour Party?"

[rollo]

What is being done for the victims families.
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Leon would you like to shar your experiences with either the American or Norwegian penal system.

[comm]

[madoka]

I wonder if they'll let him play Warcraft:

Anders Breivik, the right-wing extremist who has confessed to killing 77 people during a murder spree in Norway last summer, played the violent computer game World of Warcraft nearly seven hours a day for several consecutive months before his attack, prosecutors say.

Breivik, 33, already known to have a long history with the online role-playing game, was particularly absorbed by it between November 2010 and February 2011, when he played for an average of 6 hours and 50 minutes per day, according to prosecutors.

The new evidence in Breivik's ongoing trial was presented in an Oslo court on Wednesday. When asked about his interest in the game by a prosecutor, Breivik angrily dismissed the idea that playing World of Warcraft had any connection to his attacks, according to media reports.

"It is not relevant to this case whatsoever," Breivik said, getting so upset that he threatened to turn off his microphone, according to Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang.

On July 22, 2011, Breivik detonated a bomb in central Oslo that killed eight people, and then shot and killed 69 people attending a youth summer camp on the nearby island of Utoya. Breivik admitted mounting the attacks after his arrest, and used weapons named after Norse gods to massacre his victims.

He has previously stated that he played Warcraft, as well as another "first-person shooter" game called Modern Warfare, for hours daily.

In Warcraft, players assume the identity of an online character to use magic and weapons to battle monsters and other characters and go on quests.

According to prosecutors, Breivik played Warcraft under the aliases "Andersnordic" and "Conservatism."

Norwegian anthropologist Thomas Hylland Eriksen, who was brought in as an expert witness for Breivik's defense earlier this year, said in an interview with the British network ITN that Breivik was apparently unable to separate games from reality.

"He does not seem to be very successful at distinguishing between the virtual reality of 'World of Warcraft' and other video games and reality," Eriksen said.

In a March 2008 post on a web forum devoted to the game, user "Andersnordic" posted that the game had been responsible for making him "300kg, bald and pale," and told the game's developer Blizzard Entertainment, "You'll hear from my lawyer!"

[comm]