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I think that the government of Belgium, knows how to protect its citizens better than you or I, at this current moment in time. Would you not agree?
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I can partly agree yes 
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Basically, unless you have direct workings with international security and you are a security expert in these matters, it is just your opinion, nothing more nothing less. You originally called it "useless". Saving one life, by implementing a "temporary" lockdown, is not useless.
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Yes it is, it is my opinion, nothing more nothing less, just as you said
A temporary lockdown is "useless" because if they want to, they'll hit something, it's just a matter of bodycount.
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Thank God, you are not in charge of anything important, like human lives. 
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Yeah that's the point about being realistic
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Slacker007 wrote: the government of Belgium, knows how to protect its citizens better
Only if one ignores the old saw of shutting the barn door after the horses have escaped. They made a conscious decision to "leave them alone" and hoped it would all work out.
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..imagine how many you could catch if you introduced a world-wide lockdown 
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Thanks for you explanation "why"
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Believe me, it is hard to be hero when such things happening in your neighborhood...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I believe you cause i don't have experience with that (at least no fire-armed attacks).
But what i wanted to say, and where my point is, is definitely not a proper lounge subject
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You can move to the Soapbox...I would like to know what you ment...
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as you wish
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In many places it may well be considered an over-reaction.
In Belgium, I do not think so.
They're so colonize (infested) that known terrorist can walk with impunity in many areas. I've only become aware of the state of that Belgium recently, described by Belgians on how they allowed the situation to occur. Essentially, they abandoned parts of their country to these 'guests' who run it like they never left their home country (which I thought they fled because they didn't like how things were?).
Islamic Imperialism at its best!
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..similar to locations like "Little Italy" and "Little China".
Fleeing from a government or war does not mean that you disagree with everything you learned or dislike all your traditions.
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Maybe it's different in the US - but places like 'Little Italy' and 'China Town' (== Little China) are not hostile to outsiders or running themselves as independent of the surrounding (host) country. The similarity ends with the collection of a single ethnic group into a community: sharing traditions vs. (essentially) overthrowing the host government's authority.
The general pattern in the US has been waves of immigrants arrive; settle in heavily ethnic communities (essentially, ghettos); They and/or their children, then fan out throughout the country - keeping and sharing their traditions so as to enrich the entire country.
Don't mix up preserving their culture (as in customs) with recreating their caliphate in miniature.
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HobbyProggy wrote: That's just a useless overreaction by Belgium
It is useless overreaction until the next kamikaze.
Living on France/Belgium border
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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It might be the safest time to visit Belgium?
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Probably.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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The pundits would have you believe that if you've ever wanted to visit France of Belgium, now's the time, as security is tighter than it's ever been and there's no lineup at any of the tourist spots.
I can't really fault that logic.
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Yes, bad moment indeed for Brussels, but Ghent is only 30 minutes away from Brussels by train and it is much nicer to taste Belgian beers in Ghent ... On "normal" days there is a fast train every hour, and there are a lot of good hotels over here - Ibis, Sofitel, Mariott ...
Cheers,
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Yes, we stayed in Ghent two years ago, and did a day-trip three years ago. But almost anywhere in Belgium is good for beer.
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- Homer
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Ok, het ziet er goed uit, I mean it sounds goed ... I'm just checking if Ghent is popular enough. But you had really bad luck - perhaps next time everything will be normal here
Cheers,
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My memories of my one and only visit to Ghent a few years back...
Morning - some work. Mostly talk.
Lunchtime - beers. Ended up pissed.
Afternoon - blur.
Late afternoon/early evening - more beers. Ended up completely sh*tfaced.
Dinner - sh*tloads more to drink, I think there was food because we were in a petty upmarket restaurant. Ended up completely and utterly hammered. Farked if I know who paid the bill - it wasn't me.
Next day 
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