On Friday, Valner submitted a report to the police in Bærum, because he views Jespersen’ monologue on the TV 2-programme last Thursday to have gone way too far, writes Dagsavisen.
”I would also like to take the opportunity to remember all the billions of fleas and lice that lost their lives in German gas chambers, without having done anything wrong other than settling on persons of Jewish background,” said Jespersen in the programme.
” Jespersen’s statements are offensive and defamatory,” says Valner, who lost his father and eight other family members in German concentration camps during the war.
He thinks he sees signs that anti-Semitism is spreading in Norwegian society.
Information director, Marianne Røiseland of TV 2 is postponing comment until the police report is official, writes Dagsavisen.
At the same time, she thinks it is sad that someone finds Otto Jespersen’s satire to be offensive, but emphasizes that one should see the quote in connection with the context, which was poking fun at the media.
Dagbladet has been informed by TV 2 that Otto Jespersen does not wish to comment on the matter.
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