It is horrible and, sad to day, not unexpected. Why should Germany be spared when so many other countries have suffered? I do not live in Berlin but I have been more than once to this Christmas market with my family and only this summer I was in exactly the same place where the attack happened. Some people I know in Berlin have confirmed via Facebook that they are safe. One of the advantages of social media.
This attack once again shows how vulnerable every society is to people who do have not any scruples whatsoever. They do not even need guns or bomb-building materials, just an ordinary lorry. Hundreds of thousands of lorries driving around the country every day and then one is turned into a deadly weapon. You only need people fanatical enough and every place becomes dangerous.
I can only repeat what has been said after the attacks in France and Belgium and everywhere else. We must not give in to these threats. We must not let other dictate how to live our lives. True, yesterday I wanted to go to a Christmas market and did not go because I could not make it. And felt strangely relieved that I had not gone although it was nowhere near Berlin. But next time I will hopefully go and the same goes for concerts, sports events, and everything else. As for the question what to do about terrorism, I sadly do not have an answer.
Last edited by SusiGo (December 20, 2016 9:34 am)
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I hope noone here has family or friends there.
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