My cousin and his young family live across the street of a middle school in Germany

[NYLefty]

As we headed to his home I noticed hmmmm not fenced, kids shooting hoops, hanging out in groups with no fences, no security, open doors? Children aged seven yrs old walking on their own to school. Single women walking the streets at night. America What the FvCK are we doing wrong here????.

[robosmith]

It was that way in my town growing up.

But now we have a LOT MORE GUNS and WHACK A DOODLES that live in a fear mongered echo chamber.

A few months ago, an elderly man freaked out cause a black kid knocked on his door (mistaken address), and the old guy shot the kid.

White man will stand trial for shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl, who went to wrong house, judge rules

^This is the result of fear mongering designed to sell MORE GUNS.

 

Edited September 30, 2023 by robosmith

[TreeBeard]

7 hours ago, NYLefty said:

As we headed to his home I noticed hmmmm not fenced, kids shooting hoops, hanging out in groups with no fences, no security, open doors? Children aged seven yrs old walking on their own to school. Single women walking the streets at night. America What the FvCK are we doing wrong here????.

Sounds like Canada.  

[Rebound]

On 9/29/2023 at 4:19 PM, robosmith said:

It was that way in my town growing up.

But now we have a LOT MORE GUNS and WHACK A DOODLES that live in a fear mongered echo chamber.

A few months ago, an elderly man freaked out cause a black kid knocked on his door (mistaken address), and the old guy shot the kid.

White man will stand trial for shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl, who went to wrong house, judge rules

^This is the result of fear mongering designed to sell MORE GUNS.

 

It’s the guns.

[Michael Hardner]

On 9/29/2023 at 3:56 PM, NYLefty said:

As we headed to his home I noticed hmmmm not fenced, kids shooting hoops, hanging out in groups with no fences, no security, open doors? Children aged seven yrs old walking on their own to school. Single women walking the streets at night. America What the FvCK are we doing wrong here????.

My kids' school has no locked doors, everybody knows everyone.  We live in a city of millions.

Went to a party last weekend, and kids were playing ball in a quiet street after dark... Parents inside doing dishes.. doors unlocked...

 

[ironstone]

On 9/29/2023 at 3:56 PM, NYLefty said:

As we headed to his home I noticed hmmmm not fenced, kids shooting hoops, hanging out in groups with no fences, no security, open doors? Children aged seven yrs old walking on their own to school. Single women walking the streets at night. America What the FvCK are we doing wrong here????.

Maybe you should think about who is in charge of most of the big cities plagued with rampant crime.

[robosmith]

2 minutes ago, ironstone said:

Maybe you should think about who is in charge of most of the big cities plagued with rampant crime.

Uvalde is not a big city. It's in Texas and plagued with millions of guns.

[Rebound]

2 hours ago, ironstone said:

Maybe you should think about who is in charge of most of the big cities plagued with rampant crime.

Big cities? None of these are big cities   

Blacksburg, VA. 33 children killed

Newtown, CT. 28 children killed

Uvalde, TX 22 killed 

Austin, TX 18 killed

Parkland, FL 17 killed

Columbine, CO 15 killed

Santa Fe, TX 10 killed

[NYLefty]

On 10/1/2023 at 1:55 PM, Michael Hardner said:

My kids' school has no locked doors, everybody knows everyone.  We live in a city of millions.

Went to a party last weekend, and kids were playing ball in a quiet street after dark... Parents inside doing dishes.. doors unlocked...

 

What part of Germany?

On 10/1/2023 at 8:07 PM, ironstone said:

Maybe you should think about who is in charge of most of the big cities plagued with rampant crime.

Dude it's the same way in Reichwing rural America where most mass slaughter of humans happen 

[Michael Hardner]

41 minutes ago, NYLefty said:

What part of Germany?

Two hours north of Buffalo NY 

[ironstone]

On 10/2/2023 at 4:44 PM, NYLefty said:

What part of Germany?

Dude it's the same way in Reichwing rural America where most mass slaughter of humans happen 

[Caswell Thomas]

NY Lefty said ( paraphrased) his cousin and his family.live in Germany and its safe on the streets even for single women at night, children play openly in yards and near schools, etc.  and the reason we don't here, the consensus seems so far to be, I'm rs because if the proliferation of guns here.  That's true in part, but what is more true is ATTITUDE and Common Respect has changed a lot...for that we Dan rightfully blame the Entertainment industry and not just in Hollywood though it certainly fuels the lions share.  Movies were the wonder of the age...for our parents...but they had the guts to do what we need to do and haven't, in the 1930's they established and enforced standards on the movie industry , standards of common decency. In their age it was about explicit sexuality appearing in movies that anyone with a dime could see. They forced regulations on the Movie Industry that held until Congress, heavily lobbied by the billionaires in the movie and entertainment industry altered " what" could be seen, and litigated until they got what they wanted, the " End Run" around the prior Rules.   Now, thanks to so called " smart phones", any 8 year old can log on and see whatever their parents would consider improper, if not actually illegal. So ..where do we go now? Its not guns by themselves, it's a lack of decency, A lack of common respect, and putting our needs and our children's ahead if the financial needs of Big Entertainment and forcing our Congress to address the issue, or...throw them out if those cushy , well paid seats and find some who will.  If this means dumping half of Congress, of both parties, out the Window and electing those who think we should be heading the world by our intellects, our mutual respect, our united causes, and not by a bunch of ignorant jerks...fine. 

[NYLefty]

5 hours ago, Caswell Thomas said:

NY Lefty said ( paraphrased) his cousin and his family.live in Germany and its safe on the streets even for single women at night, children play openly in yards and near schools, etc.  and the reason we don't here, the consensus seems so far to be, I'm rs because if the proliferation of guns here.  That's true in part, but what is more true is ATTITUDE and Common Respect has changed a lot...for that we Dan rightfully blame the Entertainment industry and not just in Hollywood though it certainly fuels the lions share.  Movies were the wonder of the age...for our parents...but they had the guts to do what we need to do and haven't, in the 1930's they established and enforced standards on the movie industry , standards of common decency. In their age it was about explicit sexuality appearing in movies that anyone with a dime could see. They forced regulations on the Movie Industry that held until Congress, heavily lobbied by the billionaires in the movie and entertainment industry altered " what" could be seen, and litigated until they got what they wanted, the " End Run" around the prior Rules.   Now, thanks to so called " smart phones", any 8 year old can log on and see whatever their parents would consider improper, if not actually illegal. So ..where do we go now? Its not guns by themselves, it's a lack of decency, A lack of common respect, and putting our needs and our children's ahead if the financial needs of Big Entertainment and forcing our Congress to address the issue, or...throw them out if those cushy , well paid seats and find some who will.  If this means dumping half of Congress, of both parties, out the Window and electing those who think we should be heading the world by our intellects, our mutual respect, our united causes, and not by a bunch of ignorant jerks...fine. 

I agree to some points made. But in Germany and all of Europe they watch the same movies, play the same video games and log on to the same sights online that we do?

[Nationalist]

5 hours ago, NYLefty said:

I agree to some points made. But in Germany and all of Europe they watch the same movies, play the same video games and log on to the same sights online that we do?

 

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-how-safe-is-it-for-women-at-munichs-oktoberfest/a-66934830

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9279/germany-no-go-zones-nrw

Ya...a real utopia...

[Caswell Thomas]

True, they do watch the same movies etc., but their societies matured a long time before ours, it takes a lot more to move them, likewise they don't really show movies entirely un-edited.  whereas here, maturity in movie production has not yet arrived. When you put spoiled children in charge of their own beach with little supervision don't be surprised if they build traps to protect their sand castle forts. Having lived in Europe for some years, I recall watching American movies there in several countries, then later watching the same movies uncut here years later. The American versions are always rougher, less couth, lines, even scenes are added which cater to stereotypes that you don't see in European versions.  I saw Star Wars in Germany for example where it was called Kreig der Stern " War of the Stars" , the lines to see it stretched three times around the theatre and down three blocks, it showed three times that day so everyone could see it. The next day though, everything went back to normal, little was said, in America fan clubs, and the whole Star Wars thing began almost immediately.  So...though we do export our movies, not all people are as easily influenced by them in the same way.