Re: Ingenious
Absolutely. I am born in the late 60es and grew up less than 200km from DDR in direct line; my dad patrolled the sea border with Poland in the mid 50es (they just sailed along, the Polish opposites had their guns manned).
What has struck me, after meeting my Portuguese wife, was that here it was just not an issue the was much discussed - really Someone Else's Problem (Not sure about the apostrophe there)