Automatic guns are useless against hidden bombs typical of terrorist attacks in France. The ongoing militarization of society that makes seeing armed soldiers (not gendarmes) doing "you are safe" propaganda in a civilian area seem normal frightens me. Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
Seeing them all over airports after 9/11 in the US was spooky, especially considering how [apparently] lax security was before. Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?
It's just more police patrolling around locations with lots of people.
Secondly, their weapons may be unloaded, but they certainly move around in a ready to fire look, sometimes with hands on the trigger.
It doesn't prevent anything, but is certainly efficient in making those who want to feel 'secure' (although it doesn't make them any more secure) better ; and in getting the general population used to seeing soldiers in the street (which is a bad thing). Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
I think it sounds sound. A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!
