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In Norway, Singing the Rainbow

In Norway, Singing the Rainbow
Fri, 5/4/2012

On a rainy day at the end of April, 40,000 Norwegians gathered together in Oslo to sing "Children of the Rainbow," a childrens' song about peace, in protest of Anders Behring Breivik, the gunman currently on trial for the murder of 77 people last July. With lyrics like "Together shall we live, every sister, brother, you and me," Breivik has derided the song as Marxist brainwashing, and says he despises the kind of multicultural world it promotes with lyrics like "Together shall we live, every sister, brother, you and me." Members of the crowd also carried roses, a symbol of Norway's peaceful response to the attacks. Uniting together through music, the protestors showed Breivik that he would not break the spirit of the country; rather, he had only served to unite them as one.

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