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Re:I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d li... by Mediterraneo10 on Sunday September 09, 2018 @04:30PM (#17947619)
Back in the 1970s, during the heyday of far-left terrorist groups, it was quite common for foreign tourists to be shocked at soldiers patrolling with guns in Germany or Italy. There may have been a lull in such things in the following decades, but what you saw is not particularly unprecedented historically and I wouldn’t be too concerned.
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Re:I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d li... by acqq on Monday September 10, 2018 @12:37AM (#17949412)
"Leftist"? As in these examples?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_massacre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktoberfest_bombing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Rome_and_Vienna_airport_a...

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Re:I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d li... by Mediterraneo10 on Monday September 10, 2018 @01:10AM (#17949519)
Even if high security was around for those later events, it was the Bader-Meinhof Group that really set Germany off to begin with. And as abhorrent as the Bader-Meinhof Group was to the majority of people on the left, its members still identified themselves as left (they definitely didn’t see themselves as on the right), and so “far-left” is a fair tag. The same is true for some of the Italian movements from the same era.
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Re:I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d li... by mistermann on Sunday September 09, 2018 @08:11PM (#17948506)
> what you saw is not particularly unprecedented historically and I wouldn’t be too concerned.

Are you saying we shouldn't be concerned about anything provided it has historical precedent, or do you have other reasons for not being concerned about an increase in soldiers patrolling with guns?

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Re:I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d li... by zwaps on Sunday September 09, 2018 @04:34PM (#17947641)
Soldiers, patrolling with guns, in Germany... Are you sure?
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Re:I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d li... by mmPzf on Sunday September 09, 2018 @04:47PM (#17947697)
To add some context, the German constitution states that the German military may not operate within German borders (with some exceptions, e.g. disaster relief during natural disasters). Seeing armed soldiers would be very out of the ordinary.
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Re:I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d li... by Mediterraneo10 on Sunday September 09, 2018 @04:52PM (#17947720)
I do not mean soldiers sensu stricto (German army) but Bundepolizei with heavy weaponry.
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Re:I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d li... by Mediterraneo10 on Sunday September 09, 2018 @04:48PM (#17947705)
Yes, I am sure inasmuch as I have heard this vividly recalled by relatives who frequently visited Germany in the 1970s. But if my anecdotal account isn’t enough, do a Google search or Google Books search for e.g. "frankfurt airport machine gun" and you will see this made an impression on other foreign visitors to Germany in years and decades past.
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Re:I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d li... by reshie on Sunday September 09, 2018 @05:54PM (#17947992)
probably police in tactical gear and AR's.
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