The consequences of politicians being killed are horrid beyond belief, somehow it seemed more understandable (not acceptable) with Pim Furtuyn, since he was such a populistic man playing on the worst parts of man (fear of strangers, selfishness etc.) to gain popularity.
This was in every way a sympathetic woman, I admit the fact that I agree with most of her politics, but that is not central in my condemnation of this. If you want the human facts, she had 2 sons (9 and 12) and a husband and always insisted on taking the train instead of her minister car.
As a Dane I even remember how the murder of Palme affected my parents. This is just a horrid deja.vu. When a politician, who in every way follows the rules of democracy and in addition to that always keeps her arguments and methods fair and real, is killed, it is hard to keep faith in the principles of democracy, even the nature of man.
And everything just gets me pissed in relation to this. Swedish television saying how popular she was with the people, so popular you have to inform the people that it was so? The cheesy background music, what's the need? The serene look of the presenter, don't know quite how I would like her to look but it bothered me. My in every way dispicable minister of state standing forward to express his condolences. That thought this isn't really that tragic when compared to the unspeakable truths, but it's so near.
Spare me of cynicism today.