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Refugees

LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
edited September 2015 in Strut Central
It is time to stop calling refugees; migrants and illegal immigrants. Europe and the US need to open their boarders to refugees.

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  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    Just like they did during the Holocaust. The quote from one leading Canadian politician at the time is "even one [Jew] is too many". We have learned nothing from history, humanistic progress is a myth.
  • trzakhstantrzakhstan IA 198 Posts
    Bless you if you represent the fu.
  • granjerogranjero 147 Posts
    It's downright fucking evil. The Worst Newspaper In London had it on their front page today that - horror of horrors - the Eurostar train that goes through the tunnel from the UK to France was being delayed and some services cancelled due to these.. people.. climbing on the roofs of the trains and hanging off the bottoms.
    Plus there was a photo of some poor.. thing.. in the water somewhere trying to keep their infant above the water. Someone had seen it fit to digitally daub a religious head dress onto the woman's head so the photo might look more hateful.
    I'm avoiding the news and that makes me feel like a shit.
    The tragic desperation of humans received with zero compassion from most people
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    Meanwhile, in Iceland...

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/iceland/11835537/10000-Icelanders-offer-to-house-Syrian-refugees-after-authors-call.html


    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/01/icelanders-call-on-government-to-take-in-more-syrian-refugees

    "“[em]Refugees are human resources, they have experience and skills,” the Icelandic letter reads.

    “Refugees are our future spouses, best friends, or soulmates, the drummer for the band of our children, our next colleague, Miss Iceland in 2022, the carpenter who finally finished the bathroom, the cook in the cafeteria, the fireman, the computer genius, or the television host[/em].”

    (aka getting humanity right)
  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
    just read this, this thread seemed somewhat related. http://yearsoflivingdangerously.tumblr.com/post/86898140738/this-comic-was-produced-in-partnership-by-years-of

    i know i'm a pessimist but this shit is only going to get worse.
  • trzakhstantrzakhstan IA 198 Posts
    Sometimes doing nothing has greater consequences than actually doing something.
  • LazarusOblongLazarusOblong 896 Posts
    Soylent Green, coming soon.
  • kalakala 3,361 Posts
    gotta love iceland on every level

    meanwhile the mess in iraq destabilized syria to this point
    thank the neocons once again for the gift that keeps on giving
  • ketanketan Warmly booming riffs 3,167 Posts
    kala said:

    thank the neocons once again for the gift that keeps on giving

    the weapons industry is the absolute worst.

    war, in general, sucks too.

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/syria-migrants-canada-drowned-migrants-1.3213772

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/aunt-of-alan-kurdi-drowned-syrian-boy-did-not-apply-to-sponsor-family-in-canada-1.3214517
  • caicai spacecho 362 Posts
    Great editorial in the New York Times about my country's (Australia) shameful treatment of refugees.

    http://nyti.ms/1QaiBSR

    As someone who is currently utterly ashamed to be Australian, it's great to see this being written about so scathingly in the international press.





  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
    The Germans are doing a lot to improve their world image and put the rest of us to shame. https://twitter.com/jennyhillBBC?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

    Only hope that there's a chance that the nastier side of reality doesn't come crashing in too hard.
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,789 Posts
    cai said:
    Great editorial in the New York Times about my country's (Australia) shameful treatment of refugees.

    http://nyti.ms/1QaiBSR


    Not that Britain has a great record regarding refugees, but my main beef with Australia's attitude is that IT'S A FUCKING EMPTY CONTINENT! There's loads of space.


    A friend of mine is in Budapest, says shit is unreal.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Duderonomy said:
    IT'S A FUCKING EMPTY CONTINENT! There's loads of space.


    But is there water enough to support lots more people?

    Not defending Australia.
    The solution to a world wide refugee crisis, that is going to get worse with global climate change, is [em]not[/em] to look for desolate locations to dump people.
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,789 Posts
    Duderonomy said:
    IT'S A FUCKING EMPTY CONTINENT! There's loads of space.


    But is there water enough to support lots more people?

    Not defending Australia.
    The solution to a world wide refugee crisis, that is going to get worse with global climate change, is [em]not[/em] to look for desolate locations to dump people.

    I know I know it's a simplistic observation. Ideally the refugees wouldn't need to leave home...
  • ElectrodeElectrode Los Angeles 3,127 Posts
    It would be awesome if the rich Saudi oil barons helped with this crisis a little. But I guess there is that water issue, as well.
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,789 Posts
    Somethings never change

  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    Okem said:
    The Germans are doing a lot to improve their world image and put the rest of us to shame.

    Zee Jormans. Taking care of refugees for over 100 years. One way or another.
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
    A few days ago in Dresden:





    the writing says "welcome" in arabic.
    Quite cool, isn't it?
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,789 Posts

    Germany's response has been great. The rest of europe... not so much.
  • kicks79kicks79 1,338 Posts
    cai said:
    Great editorial in the New York Times about my country's (Australia) shameful treatment of refugees.

    http://nyti.ms/1QaiBSR

    As someone who is currently utterly ashamed to be Australian, it's great to see this being written about so scathingly in the international press.


    THIS. So ashamed of the Australian government. Both sides of politics are complicit in locking up refugees, so major debate is stifled.
    We also spend three times the UN budget for refugees on locking them up.
    Now our immigration force has been turned into this neo fascist military group that operates in secrecy and outside the usual checks of a democratic society.
  • UnoLoopUnoLoop 1 Post
    The VG+ forum members are running some record auctions where the money will go to helping refugees.
    http://www.verygoodplus.co.uk/forumdisplay.php/12-Events
    http://www.verygoodplus.co.uk/showthread.php/40912-Refugees
    Feel free to join, bidders and sellers alike.
  • trzakhstantrzakhstan IA 198 Posts
    I live near some refugee service centers, they are run by the local Lutheran Church, across the street the church holds services in for Lao and Sudanese people. The latest groups have been from Myanmar with small numbers from Nepal or Congo. Running these government contract services is basically thankless, the public money they get is a pittance and keeps getting cut every year. The refugees get three months of rent and help getting into school or low paying jobs.
  • Ex-BoyfriendEx-Boyfriend 795 Posts
    Most of these refugees are refugazi. Just your average economic migrants who are being falsely represented as refugees so as to create a pretext to import more foot soldiers in the left's long war on western civilisation. A war they are coming dangerously close to winning.
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,789 Posts
    Ex-Boyfriend said:
    Most of these refugees are refugazi. Just your average economic migrants who are being falsely represented as refugees so as to create a pretext to import more foot soldiers in the left's long war on western civilisation. A war they are coming dangerously close to winning.

    The left's long war on western civilisation?


    Pass the kool-aid :lush:
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Ex-Boyfriend said:
    Most of these refugees are refugazi. Just your average economic migrants who are being falsely represented as refugees so as to create a pretext to import more foot soldiers in the left's long war on western civilisation. A war they are coming dangerously close to winning.

    Time to take off your shorts and raise the white flag.
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