BTW - mostly not friends i am referring too. My friends have many views, not all I agree with but we have so much more in common than that and we are not afraid to express our opinions openly. Im talking about family LOL

1. I agree but the odds are in their favor that nothing will happen to them. The Gestapo and Stasi could not arrest everyone and most people just altered their behavior. I imagine a lot did not mind.

2. The irony of course is part of the family is Jewish. They, the millennials, are so afraid of right wring bogeymen, they will accept anything in the name of security. Also their historical knowledge is nil. Even regarding events directly related to them. Im the nerd of the family as I am the only one who is aware of history that occurred before 1990. To them, this includes my offspring also, the world is supposed to be some benign place where nothing bad ever happens and when it does we just need more laws against bad things like guns.

Tragic. But its Saturday night, the family is out of town, this nerd just got out for 9 and shot a 38 and there is a decent cab (Freemark Abbey) in the bar, so am going to enjoy the night before we touch off WWIII in the Ukraine.