[funkyy]

"some" countries, not all. Media wants you to believe all countries have those problems, but that is not true. There is at least two dozens countries that would act on such an event rationally. Damn, even Germany would probably do something about it.

[song]

I wish it were so but I'm not very optimistic. In the past 20 years, I've seen overreaction from politicians in the face of any terrorist attack.

And Germany doesn't have a very good track record when it comes to spying on it's own citizens despite having a substantial percentage of the population who had experience with the Stasi. But you're right that at least things seem to be getting better in Germany.

[Trill-I-Am]

The Snowden revelations plainly showed that all of Western Europe participates in Five Eyes mass surveillance of their populaces snd others