Christmas Markets

[ansu]

It's a catastrophe for Germany and above all for Eastern Germany. Our security forces are blamed for it, but people forget that he used the so-called escape route reserved for ambulances and fire brigades. We always were told that there never will be a 100 % safety on X-mas markets although all will be/has been done to make them as secure as possible lately.
He has never become conspicuous and it's only now that some disturbing facts are discovered about him.
TV programme was interrupted last night and I think I can say that it was a shock for everyone. The mayoress of Magdeburg was dissolved in tears as we say and I think we all will need some time to get back to normal.
As to X-mas markets, it's true they are wonderful in the evenings, but I prefer to visit them at daytime, as they are too crowded in the evenings.

[Alex]

The German police foiled another attempt in Augsbug, beginning of December I think it was, an asylum seeker from Iraq.

[GrannyMac]

Poor families who were innocently enjoying the festivities.  Five dead, including at least one child, and scores of injured.  

I think most of us knew things would go tits up eventually. 

[dextrous63]

For every million+ people trying to get on by, trying to be happy and trying to get on with everyone else despite differences, there's always a nutter who can't hack such comraderie and has a need to lash out at all of those who are better than themselves (which is just about everyone).  

[Scrumpy]

The governments must take their share of the blame for allowing 'easy access' to their country..

It has come to the point where we must be suspicious of ALL.. Because the (peaceful) neighbour can be the deadly assassin.. or terrorist...

Very sad..

[dextrous63]

International law, eh?  Created with good intentions, abused by too many.

[GrannyMac]

Like everything developed for good reasons, open to abuse.  The pendulum always swings too far.

[JBR]

The governments must take their share of the blame for allowing 'easy access' to their country..

It has come to the point where we must be suspicious of ALL.. Because the (peaceful) neighbour can be the deadly assassin.. or terrorist...

Very sad..

The government must take ALL of the blame for encouraging this invasion.

I cannot understand why they, or the Tories before them, continue to allow this to go on and, worse, to send out Border Farce and other vessels to actively go out and collect them, sometimes even from French waters.

France, too, must take some of the blame.  Having received millions from us to prevent them leaving their shores, it has been witnessed that their police sometimes simply ignore boats setting off.  Of course, I believe that the French have always effectively been our enemy (apart from two periods of a few years in the 20th century!).  They clearly want rid of the invaders themselves and preferentially to send them here.

There are many good muslims living here; I know some personally.  However, the influx will continue and there are bound to be some, or many, who are coming here for evil purposes.  I believe that this is the beginning of a muslim invasion of the West being encouraged by their religious leaders, and it will continue to increase until they take full control of our nations in exactly the same way as they have done already with Londonistan.

[klondike]

I think the reason the politicians are letting so many in is down to demographics. The natives don't breed enough to maintain the population. Our birth rate is lower than the requisite 2.1 children per couple to even maintain a static number. The ticking time bomb is pensions. There will soon be insufficient working and paying tax to care for and pay pensions to an aging population.

One mystery left though is why they seem to be encouraging the small but increasing portion of our population that will produce no births at all.

The other is why allow the vast majority of imports who are unlikely to ever pay enough tax to support their own upkeep let alone contribute to the upkeep of the older generation.