Should've known there's no escape from reality

Gotta respect the fighters

Happy endings depend on two things. Who's telling the story, and where do they stop?

o_o

I see where you're coping l coming from, but don't quite see the connection. I was well desensitized to gunfire before I was even 10, but if shots started popping off right now, I think I'd be able to identify them even faster because of that exposure.
The problems I see is that blanks are still loud enough to damage hearing, and even trained soldiers tend to be more careless with them than if they had live rounds loaded, which has caused injuries that would never had occurred otherwise.

The entire fucking world was so poor we had to get involved.

UN might have it beat on that front.

And that's why there were a dozen votes held? They were treating referendum like a magic 8 Ball, just shake it until you get the answer you want.
No, the big wigs just weren't willing to trade temporary comfort for autonomy.

Europe ain't the only game in town.
From where I'm looking, these problems stem from the old establishment dragging their feet. Refusing to abide by the vote they subjected themselves to.
And really, you underestimate the power to walk away. Britain was great before the EU, they can be great again. On their terms, under their own power.

Opposed to subordination to an outside power? Yeah.
Britain is not sovereign if subject to non-Brit authority. The EU has it's own laws and regulations. Non-Brits were keeping taxation from being competitive. Non-Brits were steering their economy. Non-Brits did away with British money. Non-Brits are advocating to place the British military under European command. Non-Brits were importing terrorists and pedophiles to Britain.
Britain is not Wisconsin.
The EU is not the US.
But of course a German is upset, they are now the only pillar left in the union, and it's getting to be a heavy burden indeed.

A small price to pay for national sovereignty and liberty.

It would be pretty stupid to not already have your weapon loaded with a magazine close by, wouldn't it?

@mrfahrenheit By Odin, it's worse than I thought.
@funkmasterrex There is a stark difference between threatening to slit a man's throat while detailing that you know where he lives and what his schedule is, opposed to telling somebody to fuck off while dining at Wendy's.
Threats aren't free speech, hurting feelings is.