It may be far away for most of you but it's relatively close to us - to me. I'm about 500 km away but my heart is closer since my youngest son lives in Hamburg, and I visited him recently. On Tuesday, we've been sitting in a relatively peaceful "Schanzenviertel" for a coffee, but apparently the protests are most severe there right now. He said a minute ago, "I am safe", but that is probably owed to sheer luck, at least partially, since he has seen fires in close vincinity before.
I dread those guys who create rumpus for the sole sake of it!
Talking about the big stage, I for one obtain positive signals from the one-to-one talks of the world's top guys and gals. There is hope as long as they can look into their counterparts' eyes!
God bless all those who believe in peaceful free speech, and let's keep up World Peace!