Меня, мне кажется, сложно заподозрить в большой симпатии к пуританским устоям англо-протестантской морали, но что-то у автора какие-то совсем уж
спесифисские понятия о «свободе»:
What Americans could learn about "freedom" from Berlin [ Alan Nothnagle | OCTOBER 5, 2014 | via OpenSalon ]
THERE'S A MOVEMENT UNDERWAY calling for a complete ban on the consumption of alchoholic beverages in the vehicles and stations of Berlin's far-flung public transport network, the BVG, and I think it's a bad idea. Sure, I understand where the initiative is coming from: Alcohol-fueled violence and vandalism, let alone the inevitable mess they leave behind, have long since reached unacceptable levels, and the city's passenger association, under the leadership of a conservative Christian Democratic suburbanite, wants to put a stop to it. But is banning booze on the bus, as other German cities have done, the solution? No, it isn't. At least, it isn't as long as Berlin doesn't want to become like any other European metropolis - or, God forbid, like any city in the so-called Land of the Free, a.k.a. "The Exceptional Nation."
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У меня, к слову сказать, стойкое ощущение, что в 98-м году я был к каком-то другом, неправильном Берлине.