Why I don't hate the person who tried to kill me
Lives Less Ordinary

Why I don't hate the person who tried to kill me

B1IntermediateJuly 20, 202641 min
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In July 2011 Bjorn Ihler was a 20-year-old performing arts student and a member of the youth division of the Norwegian Labour Party. He participated in the Party's summer camp on Utøya island, about 35km from Norway's capital Oslo, when Norway suffered its worst terror attacks in recent history. Anders Breivik was a far-right extremist who launched a bomb attack on government offices in Oslo. Two hours later he attacked the summer camp that Bjorn was attending. 77 people were killed that day – the majority on the island. Bjorn survived and helped save two young boys who were also on Utø...

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Prisma. Big choice. Little chains. You have to acknowledge that the people who hate you are also people.

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And I think that's the starting point for a conversation. Have you ever been hated? To the point where someone wants you dead. actually go so far as to point a gun at you and open fire.

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