Lorry kills nine at Christmas market

[NotAllThere]

In other words be careful sending petty criminals who are idiots to prison.

Most of the prison population are idiots. If they weren't they wouldn't have been caught.

Only if they actually sought asylum. What's to stop a few (or many) simply walking across he border and disappearing? If their intention was to cause "trouble" they wouldn't want to be on any databases.

Your original statement was that Merkel was

... letting these people into Germany with no questions asked...

When I countered that by pointing out that questions are asked, you then come up with some nonsense of people "walking across the border". What next? "But what if they cover themselves with white paint, shave their beards and pretend to be Tory Lords"?

As anyone who has the slightest clue about the refugee/migrant crisis in Europe would know, the various national borders within the Schengen area have been closed or restricted now for many months. There is no question of people "walking across". Anyone without the right paperwork will be turned back, with the instructions that if they wish to claim asylum they must do so in the country they're already in.

[RasputinDude]

I'm amongst Germans daily, from my work to my language lessons. Never a reactionary statement from such events. No knee-jerk calling for radical action. Polar opposite thinking from the UK. Neither does it means they're tree hugging idealists. If they see a situation a bullet will be used. You'll not see a wishy washy capture option with a court case dragging out for years.

Same here. My German colleagues have been very calm about it. Very different to the UK's reaction.

[darmstadt]

Hard to fault her logic when you consider they have been trying to struggle past with intellectual lightweights like darmstadt and scooterscot greasing the wheels of industry.

Oh the petty little fascist is off again...sad isn't it?

[milanbenes]

Oh the petty little fascist is off again...sad isn't it?

the nice thing with Shaun is his reliability

Milan.

[shaunbhoy]

Oh the petty little fascist is off again...sad isn't it?

Touch a nerve did I jellyhead?

[milanbenes]

Touch a nerve did I jellyhead?

man o man

haven't we grown out of this yet

Milan.

[northernladyuk]

I am a doughnut.

[shaunbhoy]

I am a doughnut.

"Ich bin ein Berliner".....shirley?

[woohoo]

Same here. My German colleagues have been very calm about it. Very different to the UK's reaction.

Which UK reaction is that?

[darmstadt]

Touch a nerve did I jellyhead?

You tell me little Nigel Hitler...