The Swiss context is somewhat different. For its size, the country has a huge
army with little to do since nobody has bothered them since Napoleon, so they
spend their time hiking around the mountains with their guns.
Cheers,
Nathan
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> On 06 Jun 2017, at 17:47, SwissPace <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Living in Switzerland I am used to seeing armed military (and their tanks
> etc..) especially at the strain stations on a Sunday, I have much the same
> sentiment as the other Europeans here, however that would probably change
> quickly change if they became as gung-ho as the police in America appear to
> be.
>
> On 06/06/17 16:18, Chris Trask wrote:
>> Same here. When I was last at Charles de Gaulle International there
>> was a trio of security personnel (2 men, 1 woman) with automatic weapons and
>> wearing the distinctive "lizard" caps. I thought nothing of it, instead
>> felt reassured. I felt the same when I was approached by a pair of security
>> police near Gare du Nord who asked to see my passport. It's a concession
>> you make for being in an orderly society, and protesting is a very bad idea.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>> I am often in Brussels and Paris, both places where one sees lots of
>>> armed soldiers and police at the airports, outside the EU institutions
>>> where I spend much of my time in Brussels, and in other sensitive
>>> locations. Their presence does not alarm me; it reassures me.
>>>
>
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