The entire world is aware of the plight of the refugees fleeing from the conflict in Syria…….of course there are those that hate the idea that some refugee will be coming to a town near them……
I have heard many say that they should just stay where they are and fight for lives……that would be a valid argument if there was some place they could stay and live and fight……
No amount of explanation will get these afraid people to accept the idea of a refugee next door…..for whatever reason….they are afraid……
Me? I have no problem with a refugee living next door……I have no problem helping these people any way that I can……
I mean come on…..would you want to live like the photos above?
I would be looking for a new home if it were me and my family…..no matter where it was located….as long as I knew my family were safe…….
You would to but right now you are just too afraid of the unknown to admit it…….
Seriously would you stay and watch your family suffer?
This will fall on deaf ears….but I had to put my 2 cents worth in on this whole refugee situation…….
So they screwed up their own country and now they come to do it to is as well. Yes … deaf ears!
THey did not screw up their countries…do gooders and assholes fucked their country……yeah that what we need to do….blame them for the damage being done…the American way.
Let’s just make sure we do not import it
correct that to “…. do it to US as well ….”
“Paranoia runs deep; into your life it will creep. It starts when you’re always afraid….”
Buffalo Springfield
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Very nice — Now what does it mean?
Sorry John but they all are not after the destruction of another country…..saying it constantly will not make it so
Saying it constantly may not make it so but saying it consantly might wake somebody up to the fact that it will probably be the eventual result … like it is in Germany and Sweden. They may not be “After” the destruction of another country but it is evident that is what is happening whether they are “After” it or not. Termites are probably not “After” the collapse of a house either … they may only be hungry …. but if the infestation is not corrected the house collapses nonetheless.
This country people that warned us about the Japanese, the Cubans, the Irish, Italians…you get the point…..there will always be someone that gets the attention….comparing refugees to termites is wrong and you know it…these are people in trouble and lost everything….I would hope that you would be more considerate of your neighbor if it happens to him/her…..
Depends on whether or not my neighbor has a hidden agenda of slicing my throat and taking over my country.
So your answer is no….we can always find something to justify not helping…. in the post I asked a simple question and so far few have answered it….I am well aware of your fear of the refugees but the question was……would you live like that? Instead of an answer I have gotten the talking points of the day…..before someone asks…NO I would not live like that…I would be concerned for my family first and country later……
I hve lived in squalor and an archtypical predator/prey neighborhood right here in America so I am a bit more sensitive to these issues than a lot of people — I know what life is like with the moralistic blinders off and reality staring you in the face.
I worked in the areas you describe for 10 years 10 hours a day even at late night and I found not everyone was out to get me……the blinders are the oes people have that lump all into a category
The powers do not want to address the issue…..arms for sale…arms for sale….oil for sale…oil for sale..religion for sale religion for sale and as always the people suffer….and we watch…
The U.K government is sending money to the relevant countries hosting the refugees, in order to assuage their guilt.
The Cameron government does not want them here.
The residents of this country are fearful as others in Europe.
The media is on overdrive….
The American way is not the way…..neither is the British way.
I concede I have always had pretty much contempt for the American Imperial way…
We lost our empire….so now we are poodles of the USA.
Keep up the good work chuq.
You might be interested…
UK promises to double aid to Syria. Who will lose out? http://voxpoliticalonline.com/2016/02/04/uk-promises-to-double-aid-to-syria-who-will-lose-out/ … via @MidWalesMike
A blog I follow.
Also well said; an excellent summary of current events on planet Earth.
I endorse the last line, too….
gigoid
Thanx Pennie….I appreciate the interest and the comments….chuq
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So very well said ….. “would you want to live like the photos above?”
Not very likely that you’re going to have to is it …. maybe once they all get settled over here we can get a taste of what it is like.
Thanx my friend your re-blogs are always appreciated….chuq
You’re most welcome!!
Have you read some of the comments…they are telling….chuq
No …. I’ll have to go look!! In a bit ….
Read them …. & left my 2 cents!! 😮
Thanx….. I figured you might be appalled by them….chuq
Well said….
gigoid
Thanx….chuq
Reblogged this on The Militant Negro™.
We have many since Christmas that have moved to Quebec and we expect more. I am proud that we can help and only hope I would be treated with such welcome compassion if I were in this same situation. Bless you for writing this post!
Thank you for the visit and the comment…..I cannot watch without comment……hope to see you often….chuq
The news here first said we were expecting 50 to 60,000 but it is more like 25,000 by the end of 2016. Here is a heartfelt video http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/refugees/welcome/video/youssef.asp
Thanx for the link and the visit…I appreciate your interest and I hope to see you often…..chuq
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/09/02/13/syrian-migrant-boy-turkey.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/if-these-extraordinarily-powerful-images-of-a-dead-syrian-child-washed-up-on-a-beach-don-t-change-10482757.html&h=1772&w=2048&tbnid=FKNX2NKtZn32qM:&docid=PGc9vUoDDJFGSM&ei=6_-zVpnMIZSyjQOevp24DA&tbm=isch&ved=0ahUKEwjZ7Z-ewd_KAhUUWWMKHR5fB8cQMwgvKBMwEw
One view of the Syrian experience and another – https://scontent-sjc2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/v/t1.0-9/1011660_674463715909212_1538358581_n.jpg?oh=64dadc460ed7b998e90451bf88997cc8&oe=57398E3C
If these were both in your mind, would you try to find some peace for yourself and your family? Especially when you were just trying to live and not supporting violence against anyone?
I appreciate the links and I will see that more is said on this subject……chuq
Okay, I expect to be verbally flogged. Chances are these people that are scrambling to GTFO are not making the decisions or they would be staying the F in. They are likely like you or I. There will be the miscreants who join the exodus because although they are shitheads, they have their own interests in mind. I dare you to disagree with me that we have our own brand of shitheadery. Just watch the news and listen about a 6 month old who gets shot or a 90 year old who lives their entire life only to be beaten for a social security pittance. People in other countries think we are a laughing stock but they have their own brand of us. It is human nature. I ztill think we lock the bigwigs in a room and let them deal with it. The last one standing gets eaten.
No flogging from me…I agree….chuq
😃 another rant. Just doesn’t make much sense…and when i said “you”…i didn’t mean you..
No problem…..chuq
With WWII, the English, Germans, French, etc, etc stayed and fought for their countries and then they stayed and rebuilt their cities – why do these refugees expect to have it handed to them? I do not fear a refugee living next to me, but leaving his country shows his character and I have no respect for him.
True that…but they knew who the enemy was….they knew exactly who to trust or to blame….I cannot say the same for some of the refugees…,me? my family comes first then the fight…..
Lobotero … I can’t believe some of the comments that your followers are leaving behind. Guess the “ugly American” is alive and well and rearing its head. Sad to see …. 🙁
Heard somewhere …. “you broke it, you bought”. Guess is applies only one way!!
I understand paranoia but to blame everyone for the acts of some…I cannot understand…chuq
Me neither, Chuq … Me neither. I used to follow one of them & stopped bc of that!