I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d like to pass on
> If disaster comes, you will find that all the myths you once cherished are of no use to you.<p>This spring I visited Notre Dame in Paris. I saw four soldiers patroling the street, spread out a few meters apart from each other, one finger close to the triger, barrel pointing to the ground. Reminded me of a patrol in a vietnam movie.<p>A similar scene I saw last year in Italy altough the soldiers were much more relaxed.<p>In Bern, Switzerland the Christmas market was protected by huge concrete blocks wrapped in gift paper.<p>This may be all security theatre. Or the times are really changing.<p>I found "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century" a good read (the lessons, not the comment). I depends on us simple citizens to carry and defend civilization and avoid disaster.