The ethics of politicizing children

Following the slaughter of so many young campers at the Worker’s Youth League (AUF) political camp on the Norwegian island of Utoya on 22 July 2011, many commentators around the world have questioned the ethics of politicizing children (the youngest at Utoya being 14) in camps designed to groom them as potential future leaders; and Dakota is shocked that Norway has not only dismissed this concern but is also adamant about continuing what she, and others, considers to be an unethical tradition.

“Apparently all seven parties in Norway's parliament have active youth wings – as do other Scandinavian countries, the Netherlands and Germany,” says Dakota. “To me, and others, the very notion of sending a child to a political youth camp smacks of indoctrination, and no matter what the Norwegians say I do not believe it is ethical to involve children in politics until they are old enough to vote and form opinions for themselves.”

"Claims that these youth groups are promoting their own ideas, rather than spouting the politics of their parents is a joke,” says Dakota. “The ruling party Labor youth group has a massive 9,500 members, all of whom support the cultural Marxism of the Labour Party; and the center-right Young Liberals, numbering just 1,000, support the sort of ideals, but not as extremist, as those that Anders Behring Breivik espoused.”

"The kids were killed not because they liked politics but because they were gathered together like sitting ducks on an island playing adult political games – with high profile targets like Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Store, and former Prime Minister, Gro Harlem Brundtland, visiting the camp," says Dakota. “Had they been doing what normal kids do, enjoying their summer holidays at home, at the beach, in the streets or in the malls, none of this would have happened.”

“Actually, there are reports that Breivik had planned to be at Utoya while Gro Harlem Brundtland was visiting the island but had been delayed,” says Dakota, “so it’s very likely that she was his target for any number of reasons - she was a former head of the WHO responsible for shifting that organization’s emphasis towards lifestyle issues; a UN global climate change enforcer; and a mobile phone causing brain cancer alarmist – and missing her by minutes Breivik may have turned on the kids instead.”

"Young people are generally not interested in politics and those that are usually have a pushy parent behind them,” says Dakota, “and that the kids at Utoya were the children of the ruling Labour Party and its bureaucracy determined to keep their power intact – not ordinary kids from all walks of life - makes sense, doesn’t it?”

“The Young Liberals are going ahead with their political camp because they do not want to live in fear and somehow believe they can influence the Norwegian Labour dominated parliament from reducing personal freedom and individual responsibility any more than it has already – already there’s talk of banning video games and guns and installing more security cameras,” says Dakota, “but if they really believe in freedom and individuality then they should be seriously reconsidering why they need to meet in this fashion.”

“If this strange tradition of political youth camps must be continued,” says Dakota, “then the age of its members should be raised to at least 18 to ensure that everyone participating has the maturity to understand what they are doing, why they are doing it and the possible repercussions that may ensue from such activities.”

“Politics is not a game, especially international politics such as that played out by those unfortunate Norwegian kids in Utoya,” says Dakota. “All of the adults involved in arranging the Israel protest at Utoya, especially the visiting Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Store for inciting it, need to be held to account.”

“No child under the age of 18 should be subjected to political indoctrination,” says Dakota, “and if the Norwegian Labour Party had kept its children out of adult politics, allowing them to enjoy their teen years without hateful and inflammatory indoctrination, then maybe this freedom could very well have resulted in their children forming different political allegiances that may have ended the Labour Party’s long and not very glorious rule, but at least their children would be alive today.”

“Fourteen year old Norwegian kids waving Palestinian flags and chanting ‘boycott Israel’ is really beyond the pale.”

Read more by Dakota:
Was Breivik a secret Israeli operative?
Breivik’s online fantasy world
Dating psychos like Breivik
Breivik’s social contract betrayal
Breivik’s July 22 Sarajevo Code
Breivik the white knight
Breivik, Christ’s Knight
Stepfamily loners
be proud of your race!
immigration promotes white shame?

See also:

Age Secrets of Anders Behring Breivik
Breivik’s Aquarian Humanity?