Germany: Mass stabbing on bus

[LittleLebowski]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/20/knife-attack-german-bus-least-14-wounded-stabbing-city-ofluebeck/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44904183

[RJ]

Well that sucks.

Hope there are no fatalities.

Reminder to me to get back to carrying an IFAK daily.

[Guerrero]

Nonsense. Mass stabbings do not occur.

[TiroFijo]

Move along...

Hier gibt es nichts zu sehen.

[Peally]

I know this shit is statistically rare, but I have pretty much zero desire to travel internationally. Makes me a catch with the ladies.

[HCountyGuy]

Some folks from the culinary program at the tech school I attended were loading up to head to Germany this morning. Wonder if they’re reconsidering.

[TiroFijo]

Some folks from the culinary program at the tech school I attended were loading up to head to Germany this morning. Wonder if they’re reconsidering.

I think that mass shootings in schools account for more people in the US...

[TGS]

I know this shit is statistically rare, but I have pretty much zero desire to travel internationally. Makes me a catch with the ladies.


Some folks from the culinary program at the tech school I attended were loading up to head to Germany this morning. Wonder if they’re reconsidering.

I don't see these as particularly sensical (or healthy) outlooks.

[HCountyGuy]

I don't see these as particularly sensical (or healthy) outlooks.

Oh I know it’s a statistical anomaly and can happen anywhere. My point was just the timing of it relative to the trip the students are taking might give some pause.

[Peally]

I sleep fine at night ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . Never wanted to travel, not being able to defend myself against nutbar bullshit is just icing on the cake. We have nutbar bullshit here mind you, but in a few places the laws are sane enough to "let" you do something about it.

YMMV, but people feel like they're the same everywhere and travel just doesn't do it for me. I don't get any jollies seeing slightly different looking buildings, hearing people talking that I can't understand (hell I get that here), and experiencing unusual-for-the-month-for-me temperatures. All that on top of a government I can trust even less than the US and laws I'm not completely familiar with, for the money it costs I'll pass on the offer and go to a Thai restaurant.

Like, I get the whole don't let 'em win thing, and I can understand escaping work for a week, but the travel stuff just doesn't register. I'd rather have my bed and hang out with my dog and pad my bank account than visit Paris/Germany/Belize/whatever. Germany having garbage nonexistant defensive laws is sprinkles on the sundae.

That's my thread drifting travel tangent.

[Kyle Reese]

Some folks from the culinary program at the tech school I attended were loading up to head to Germany this morning. Wonder if they’re reconsidering.For all we know, the perpetrator in this case is a culinary nut with a grudge. Expect waiting periods on knife sales moving forward in Deutschland.

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[Clusterfrack]

I and my wife love to travel, as do our daughters. I rely on the State Department travel map (https://travelmaps.state.gov/TSGMap/) for safety advisories. For example, I will travel most anywhere in Europe, Morocco, etc., but will not go to Mexico.

I also take personal safety seriously, and so does my family. I've had dangerous encounters in the US and abroad (e.g. knife attack in Paris), but refuse to let that keep me from traveling. There are just too many incredible things in the world to see, eat, and drink. So I train hard and will be as prepared as I can for whatever happens.

[Duke]

Oh I know it’s a statistical anomaly and can happen anywhere. My point was just the timing of it relative to the trip the students are taking might give some pause.

I was born there. Lived there as a child/teen and traveled back every other year until 2012

As much I love the land - the country is basically a total shit hole at this point. I have zero reason to return

To that point - having traveled all over Europe I’ll take a pass on a revisit there also.

Only the smallest places remain pure.

[Peally]

I have seen, eaten, and drank all I care to. More power to you, stay safe.