You are so right Muhler in so many points, sadly to say. As a woman with children, one of which is also a bit difficult (but by no means so as Marius) I always try to imagine to be in their shoes. Maybe that is the reason why I always try to understand their reactions. But you are probably right in the assumption, that they kept him at Skaugum to not to embarass the NRF. They simply didn't care enough to prevent his criminal friends from going there. And that again, puts the question to me: Why did they not give orders or instructions to the police officers on duty at Skaugum to simply not let any shady people enter their estate?
I totally agree about it's time that the Government and Parliament steps in. Are there any reactions so far?
That is something very strange to me, as this affair has been going on for so long now.
As far as I can tell the silence from practically all Norwegian politicians worth mentioning is deafening.
Noticeably silent in fact.
The government probably wont say a word unless forced to do so, because the current PM is friend of Haakon and MM and he has been PM for a few years. I.e. most of the worst things that appears to have happened in regards to Marius most have happened on his watch.
Normally one of the duties of a PM in any monarchy is to protect the royal family, also from themselves. And I suspect the PM were among the friends who tried to warn Haakon and MM about Marius. But certainly MM wasn't listening, or more likely went into denial. And as I also suspect MM of wearing the pants in that family, Haakon closed his ears as well.
Whatever. One thing is certain, as more and more is unveiled and there seems to have been a pretty wide cover up, or perhaps rather a general agreement of everybody closing their eyes to Marius, it will at some point be difficult for the government to come up with an answer to this question: If you knew about Marius, why didn't you do anything?
And that's a question the previous government will also have to face, because I very much doubt that Marius decided to go full gangsta the day after the last general election.
So right now you simply cannot find a sandbox anywhere near Oslo without anyone having buried their head in it.
It's so tribal. Tribal pride dictates that you present the best possible image to everybody else and if there are any problems, they are swept under the carpet and everybody pretends there is no bump in the carpet. But of course at some point the idyllic image cracks. And that's what's happening in Norway right now, and in particular over the next months.
It will in the end be a benefit I think, overall. Because the Norwegian establishment, and the Norwegians themselves perhaps, will come out of this more critical in regards to how things are presented - and as such become more proactive in regards to future problems.
But it hurts!! This seriously hurts the tribal pride.