The (current) government does not speak on behalf of its people in this matter, just so you know.
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Errr the people elected them, Norway is a democracy, so yes they obviously do speak on behalf of the people...
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Point being: elected politicians can act against the will of their people. It happens quite often.
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don't tell me about it. I'm Dutch... most promises dissapear the moment they come into office
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Sounds oddly familiar indeed. :/ (not that I voted for the current government, but still)
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The Norwegian government is also very busy pushing for total surveillance of their people. In the name of national security.
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This is one of those idiot decisions my government manages to make.
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I mean, if we're gonna give the man a prize, we should atleast have the fucking decency to let him come and pick it up unmolested
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Another example of the distinction between govt's and people's interests.
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Are you going to pay the 7,000 Norwegian crowns they ordered for the govt's legal expenses?
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slavery is freedom
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Norwegian government is fucking backwards. gave Liu Xiaobo the Nobel, fights China over it, but
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The rightwingers are in charge now, right?
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actually worse, it's the right-wingers plus the ultra right-nutjobs.. was a strange election
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This is one of those times when the left seriously loses the plot...
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