Oh, make no mistake: it's an attempt to demoralize anyone watching. It's them saying, without words, that they will send everything they have at you if you dare step out of line.
See, this is where the bystander effect comes into play…
If you stand by, on the other side of the street, and don’t step in, to stop this, you are not a good person. I don’t care if you’re filming. I don’t care if you’re yelling. You do not let this go down on your watch. Not good enough. Sorry, but it isn’t.
No, you don't get it, never taking any action is HOW WE WIN! He DID do something. He's raising awareness; he literally started a conversation.
Now everyone will be outraged (bonus points if you think about how the world would go crazy if it was The OTHER WAY AROUND) and when the next opportunity to vote comes up, we will SURELY see the end of this...
This didn't just happen. This culture has been building for years and Germans let it. There was no fight for the soul of their country unlike most of the rest of the western world.
I lived in Germany in 2010, briefly. It was… Interesting. I was in a small town, which clearly impacted upon my experience, but yeah…
If nothing else, I certainly got the feeling that teenagers (I was 15, I think) had more comparative “freedom” than we did in Aus, but then again, thinking back on it, maybe that was just me…
I was probably just much more… Liberated, per se, than I was at home. But honestly who knows. 🤷🏻♂️
There were a lot of things I did there, that I had never done before, I’ll say that much. And that, at least, I do not regret.
Their entire culture is based around letting people believe they the right to do things many western countries consider bad, or just repressed in many countries, but it's government sanctioned 'rebellion'. Actual free thought and freedoms are linked with Nazism and far-right extremism, even when the exact opposite. It's how they maintain order. Whores and underage drinking are their bread and circuses. Germans are well-trained dogs, barking only at the appropriate times.
Another aspect is that the Germans encourage/direct the natural anger and rebellious nature of the youth (and perpetually emotionally undeveloped) towards approved targets. This keeps dissent against their authoritarian bullshit down. Think of it as having goats eating the weeds so you don't have to mow them down yourself.
Honestly, on that trip, Berlin and Hamburg were amazing. And I’ve lived in Australian cities which are larger than either. So…
I guess that says something.
I think Europeans have a few things right that us “Antipodeans” just don’t. Like… Treating teenagers like actual sentient beings, for example…
And just… It’s hard to explain how cloying the Australian nanny state is, everywhere you go.
I just didn’t feel that, to quite the same extent, in Germany. They even replaced my camera, which I bought in Australia, because I broke it, but was made by the same company (i.e. Canon, or whatever) and was under warranty…
I guarantee you that the same wouldn’t apply, if you tried bringing in a German camera, and getting a replacement under warranty, in an Australian store… 😑
Things often look different when you're a guest. Or looking in from the outside, in general. As opposed to when you're stuck right in the middle of it as a matter of course.
Woman said something like "this is crazy" (prior to filming, but she is claiming that she said it).
Police women understood it like "you are crazy" and considered it an insult to herself.
Women wants to continue walking after nothing changing. Guy stops her. "Stop touching me". Don't understood everything then, but then the older woman says to police woman "Ah, you just waited for this".
People basically only say "shame on you". "She could be your mother". "Think of the dog".
Woman cries for help and "my dog!".
Policeguy in blue mostly "back off, go away from the street".
They’d better call for backup. Half a dozen police isn’t enough to handle one old lady.
Oh, make no mistake: it's an attempt to demoralize anyone watching. It's them saying, without words, that they will send everything they have at you if you dare step out of line.
See, this is where the bystander effect comes into play…
If you stand by, on the other side of the street, and don’t step in, to stop this, you are not a good person. I don’t care if you’re filming. I don’t care if you’re yelling. You do not let this go down on your watch. Not good enough. Sorry, but it isn’t.
No, you don't get it, never taking any action is HOW WE WIN! He DID do something. He's raising awareness; he literally started a conversation.
Now everyone will be outraged (bonus points if you think about how the world would go crazy if it was The OTHER WAY AROUND) and when the next opportunity to vote comes up, we will SURELY see the end of this...
"opportunity to vote..."
I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. Thanks.
I didn’t say anything about KILLING the cops, but you certainly should not just stand there, lol…
Go over, and challenge their authority, at minimum…
Take that as you will.
This didn't just happen. This culture has been building for years and Germans let it. There was no fight for the soul of their country unlike most of the rest of the western world.
I mean… Germans fought back more than Aussies, Kiwis and Canadians did (plus arguably Scotland, Ireland and Wales), this last two years, so… 🤷🏻♂️
Last 2 years was 20 years too late.
Probably true…
I lived in Germany in 2010, briefly. It was… Interesting. I was in a small town, which clearly impacted upon my experience, but yeah…
If nothing else, I certainly got the feeling that teenagers (I was 15, I think) had more comparative “freedom” than we did in Aus, but then again, thinking back on it, maybe that was just me…
I was probably just much more… Liberated, per se, than I was at home. But honestly who knows. 🤷🏻♂️
There were a lot of things I did there, that I had never done before, I’ll say that much. And that, at least, I do not regret.
Their entire culture is based around letting people believe they the right to do things many western countries consider bad, or just repressed in many countries, but it's government sanctioned 'rebellion'. Actual free thought and freedoms are linked with Nazism and far-right extremism, even when the exact opposite. It's how they maintain order. Whores and underage drinking are their bread and circuses. Germans are well-trained dogs, barking only at the appropriate times.
Another aspect is that the Germans encourage/direct the natural anger and rebellious nature of the youth (and perpetually emotionally undeveloped) towards approved targets. This keeps dissent against their authoritarian bullshit down. Think of it as having goats eating the weeds so you don't have to mow them down yourself.
Honestly, on that trip, Berlin and Hamburg were amazing. And I’ve lived in Australian cities which are larger than either. So…
I guess that says something.
I think Europeans have a few things right that us “Antipodeans” just don’t. Like… Treating teenagers like actual sentient beings, for example…
And just… It’s hard to explain how cloying the Australian nanny state is, everywhere you go.
I just didn’t feel that, to quite the same extent, in Germany. They even replaced my camera, which I bought in Australia, because I broke it, but was made by the same company (i.e. Canon, or whatever) and was under warranty…
I guarantee you that the same wouldn’t apply, if you tried bringing in a German camera, and getting a replacement under warranty, in an Australian store… 😑
Little things like that.
Things often look different when you're a guest. Or looking in from the outside, in general. As opposed to when you're stuck right in the middle of it as a matter of course.
That is very true, indeed.
But nonetheless, Australia is still a pretty oppressive place, these days…
We didn’t just attack dog walkers. “We” also killed the rescue dogs, remember..? For “safety”… 😑
Germans know first-hand where all this leads.
Anybody here speak German? The guy filming, what's he saying?
Apparently she "insulted a public official," which is a crime for some reason
Tell me, what year is this again? If it weren't for the modern shoes, I might think this was a clip from The War In Colour.
Woman said something like "this is crazy" (prior to filming, but she is claiming that she said it).
Police women understood it like "you are crazy" and considered it an insult to herself.
Women wants to continue walking after nothing changing. Guy stops her. "Stop touching me". Don't understood everything then, but then the older woman says to police woman "Ah, you just waited for this".
People basically only say "shame on you". "She could be your mother". "Think of the dog". Woman cries for help and "my dog!".
Policeguy in blue mostly "back off, go away from the street".
Nazi Germany hasn't changed one bit since the 1940s