Summary
Germany is enforcing a strict knife ban at Christmas markets as part of a new security package passed in October following a deadly knife attack in Solingen that killed three and injured eight.
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser pledged “strict enforcement” and “zero tolerance,” with fines of up to €10,000 for violations.
The ban applies to knives at festivals, markets, and large events, with police ensuring compliance.
The measures aim to enhance safety at Germany’s iconic markets, which have already seen one unrelated injury this season.
Unfortunately this just amounts to symbolic politics:
- anyone seriously willing to hurt others will ignore it or find ways around it
- the general public is mildly inconvenienced by any measures to enforce/control it
Knives aren’t the problem. Islam is.
Mental illness is the problem, of which all religions are at the top of the list.
Currently one religion creates a lot more random acts of violence than the rest unfortunately. The current islamic religion seems to be incompatible with western society and a civilized society as a whole.
All of Islams problems can be explained entirely by demographics, modern history, and wealth distribution — which directly impacts quality of education.
Iran was a relatively liberal democracy before western plutocracies chose to arm radicals and overthrow the government.
Afghanistan was relatively stable until the soviets invaded and overthrew the government, and the west taught them how to do terrorism/insurgency.
But sure, let’s just ignore history and act like Christianity wasn’t a radical terrorist org prior to science and universal education.
My life has been directly, negatively impacted by Christian extremism far more than Islamic extremism.
So far I have yet to enter a clinic that has been damaged by a Muslim’s molotov because someone is doing a thing that they think their special book says not to do.
All religion is incompatible with civilized society as long as there are those who would twist it into a cudgel to beat down the nonbelievers.
If you think that Islam is somehow worse than others, not only are you misinformed of current issues the world over, you are also misinformed about history in general.
How to enforce it? Random searches, metal detectors? Seems unconstitutional.
Unconstitutional in regards to which constitution?
The German Grundgesetz.
Not really. The police can search you without cause, it’s the whole reason “Waffenverbotszonen” exist.
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For entry to private events? I doubt it, it’s not just searching people randomly on the street.
