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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 10:49 AM
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"We are so few in this country, every fallen man is a brother or friend."
Jevi in Nottingham, UK writes: I'm a Norwegian living in the UK. I have never felt such a sense of loss as the one Norway has just experienced. How so many people have been killed because of one man's ideology and hate is beyond me. A famous Norwegian poet, Nordahl Grieg, once said, "We are so few in this country, every fallen man is a brother or friend." We are all absolutely shocked and aggrieved.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14274908

I dunno, I just liked that phrase :) The link is a live blog that can sometimes update many times a minute.
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-11 10:52 AM
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1. I LOVE Nordahl Grieg.
Edited on Mon Jul-25-11 10:54 AM by Brickbat
He has a fascinating story. He was a pro-communist war correspondent who was shot down while observing an air raid (from the air) on Berlin. His poetry is fantastic. That's a great phrase.
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