Imagine for a moment, a man threatening to hit you with a pole, who is in a wheelchair. He cannot move toward you as long as he holds the pole. There is little, if any threat here. Now imagine that you have a dozen of your friends with you. The man, who is in a wheelchair, regardless of the stick in his hand, becomes almost no threat whatsoever.

If talking to the man nicely, which most likely did not happen, was unsuccessful, simply walking behind him to grab the pole would have been simple. A couple of children could have taken the pole away from Zareck, yet it took 10 cops, 3 beanbag rounds, and a taser.

“We just have far too many old people,” she said. “It’s ridiculous to be living in a country where we can put dogs to sleep but not people.”

“We need to accept that just because medical advances mean we can live longer, it’s not necessarily the right thing to do.”

Her solution to the problem? “Easy. Euthanasia vans – just like ice-cream vans – that would come to your home.”

“It would all be perfectly charming. They might even have a nice little tune they’d play. I mean this genuinely. I’m super-keen on euthanasia vans,” she said.

Greece is playing it correctly. Agree to everything. Give Germany no excuse to do what they want. Get the money.