> I much prefer the approach taken in the USA, where our offices of government are accessible to the people that the government serves. It's very good that I ca

> I much prefer the approach taken in the USA, where our offices of government are accessible to the people that the government serves. It's very good that I can protest out front without worrying about that unfriendly man with his finger by the trigger to the Browning M2. And yet your government offices abroad (embassies) are the most fortified I've ever seen. I've been to several countries' embassies and the US one was like entering a secret nuclear bunker. There was airport-style security, and everyone I talked to was behind a massive sheet of bullet-proof glass; never mind the gates and moat around the building. This was in a small, US-friendly and highly developed country. Then there's the excessive amount of security around any US governmental visit to a foreign country. So I think it comes to a surprise to many outside the US that one of your main government buildings has less security than a museum even when all the most important politicians are inside. But yes I agree, I think government buildings should be 'friendly'.