Statement on Current Affairs

I have made several attempts at this. I am not sure it is possible to say this perfectly, so I shall just write it “as it comes”.

As many of you know, I am being heavily censored on social media. Some of you I do not doubt think I deserve it for my outrageous views. Not only that, there have even been certain people who have actually collected what I have published, and “reported” me to others. Needless to say these two last years have been “educational” for what freedom of expression really means in this country.

It is not my mission here to convince you of anything; my views regarding mass vaccination and corona passes are clearly no secret, so they need no repeating here. I will however indicate that a line has been crossed. I am not going to put up with those who persist in violating it.

I refer specifically to what amounts to libel on the part of Facebook. Nothing I have published, with respect to corona or vaccination, has ever been illegal. I have always been within my full rights to publish it (regardless of what anybody thinks of it). Not only has Facebook’s sanctions against me violated both the Norwegian Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights that guarantee me freedom of speech – but more importantly Facebook has grievously slandered me by justifying its sanctions by placing my content in the same “harmful” criminal category as that made by murderors, rapists, and terrorists.

I am not prepared to put up with this any longer. I have already written above, that I have no intention of arguing my point in this statement; nonetheless, when I say that all this material people are finding offensive is from official sources, that is the (perhaps uncomfortable) truth. By libelling me as someone who produces “harmful material”, and by Facebook’s expressed association with murderors, criminals and terrorists, the official sources on which that material was based are also being slandered at the same time.

Consequently I now intend to take this up – in writing – with these same official bodies, like the US Senate, the Office of National Statistics in the UK, the Norwegian equivalent “Statistik Byrå”. Firstly I shall be contacting the US Senate, one of whose hearings Facebook sanctioned me for sharing. However, after I have done so, I intend to contact each and every official body that indirectly is being impuned when Facebook besmirches my own good name.

I stand for my views, and for my interpretation of official data. Of course you are all within your rights to disagree with me, but please respect my rights as I do yours. Finally, I wish it to be known – as if you are honest you already do know – that these views are my own views, and do not necessarily represent those of (any) employer.

Return to the Frozen North

Arctic Organist 2

After a week of sunshine, temperatures up to 26C / 79f, we overnighted in Oslo (still a ‘respectable’ 14C / 58f) and then boarded the plane back to Bardufoss. As we headed north the clouds parted and we were treated to some wonderful views over Lofoten and Senja.

This is Stetind (sometimes call the Anvil), and often referred to as Norway’s National Mountain. To see a stomach churning video of just how steep it is, click here. 1392m / 4567 feet straight up from the sea.

We passed by Lodingen, where our friend Christopher Briggs lives and works:

The view of the Lofoton archipeligo stretched at least 125 km / 80 miles. Zoom in on this picture and see how many rows you can count.

The view gave way to the southern end of Senja, then the northern peaks of Breitind and Astritind:

We flew past Finnsnes and our…

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