tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post5679399723475670302..comments2024-03-29T11:23:34.383+01:00Comments on Beyond the Lone Islands: In Memory Of…DawnTreaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-82967103929420258732011-03-02T09:38:15.023+01:002011-03-02T09:38:15.023+01:00I think it says a huge amount about a country when...I think it says a huge amount about a country when it's PM can wander around without protection. That would be unthinkable in many countries for reasons of national security never mind the life of the individual.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-59216760965102458472011-03-01T23:21:04.617+01:002011-03-01T23:21:04.617+01:00When John F Kennedy was murdered I was only 8 year...When John F Kennedy was murdered I was only 8 years old, I know I learned of it when it happened but have no specific personal memory to connect it with. The same with Martin Luther King. And John Lennon. I know I watched the news but not connected to anything special in my own life with any of them. - In 2003 our minister of foreign affairs, another Social Democrat, Anna Lind, was also murdered, in a shopping mall. She was stabbed to death on 10th Sept and died on 11th September 2003. (So exactly two years after the World Trade Center attack in NY.) Her murderer was caught and convicted though. <br />Olof Palme was not accompanied by security guards around the clock and neither was Anna Lind. Our country has not been at war for 200 years which probably makes a difference for how risk factors are calculated, I suppose.DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-9135157399433746262011-03-01T22:02:21.870+01:002011-03-01T22:02:21.870+01:00I am sorry to hear this and this is a great tribut...I am sorry to hear this and this is a great tribute to his memory. we went through the same thing back in the 60's many years before this happened, so I can relate. THEY said they solved the crime but many of us believe they did notMadSnapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163140037276496519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-10738745163483586982011-03-01T21:42:42.686+01:002011-03-01T21:42:42.686+01:00An unsolved crime...I'm thinking there was lit...An unsolved crime...I'm thinking there was little or no protection for your PM back then? Of course, Sweden has different sensibilities. My cousin's wonderful wife, Stina, has given me a vision of Sweden that is pretty profound. But you have your troubles as do the rest of us. You just sound more enlightened.California Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12582691517303132274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-23571291312015801352011-03-01T17:04:14.571+01:002011-03-01T17:04:14.571+01:00Goodness. I know when our president JFK was assina...Goodness. I know when our president JFK was assinated, to this day people ask "Where were you?" when you heard. the same with John Lennon for some reason. Glad his wife was not shot as well!Ginny Hartzlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329131153403895625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-14678383141541170422011-03-01T16:33:35.008+01:002011-03-01T16:33:35.008+01:00It is always an indelible moment in time when a le...It is always an indelible moment in time when a leader of a country dies or is assassinated. <br /><br />I remember exactly what I was doing when John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and the speechless shock of seeing Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, being shot as he was being transferred to another location.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07393428886240353218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-48443700643088973042011-03-01T16:25:59.330+01:002011-03-01T16:25:59.330+01:00PS. Just realized something which I was not consci...PS. Just realized something which I was not consciously aware of while writing. My post in the Picture Book today refers to 1968. This one, to 1986. How odd.DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.com