just told a friend, that this would be the time to leave this country, if i had the money.
i dont want to downplay what those women had to endure, but what happened and (even worse) IF it happened at all doesnt really matter now/anymore (no, i dont want to say "all lies! nothing happend!". as much as i dont want to say "cultural background has absolutely nothing to do with what happened!").
the damage has been done, wether it was 1 woman assaulted by 100 guys or 100 women assaulted by 1 guy or whatever numbers you wanna throw into the game... it made the news, everybody made up their opinion and (gotta be honest, its the way most people work:) those wont probably change, even if investigations result in "it was only 1 isolated incident".
nazis are already shouting "they are raping our women! we gotta protect them! also: WE TOLD YOU SO!" and all the stupid "worried citizens" that cant see nazi propaganda/indoctrination even if its poking them in the eye, got another reason to say "ive got no problem with immigrants, BUUUUUUT ... the women!"
karneval will be a fun time, i guess. even if there will be no attacks against women, i bet there will be more than one incident where someone overreacts because one tanned guy says "hi" to a german girl. "its just some weeks till karneval, think about what will happen THEN!" the media says. yeah, great way to heat up the tension and paranoia way in advance.
the "stay one arm length away from any bad person"-statement is as laughable as it is stupid as it is an insult to those, who had to go through this and as much as everybody is laughing about it: it just adds more to the paranoia.
looks like this will be a big clash of cultures, religions, political systems, worldviews, customs...
germany seems to be the "idiots! gather here and start to fling the ****!"-hotspot of the world. as much as im happy to live in this country with all its benefits... right now i wanna get out before all that **** really starts to combust.
TheE, you are right, everybody SHOULD wait until investigations are done, but sadly thats not the way reality works...