Re:VW Strike in Slovakia Exposes a European Divide
by toyg on Friday August 25, 2017 @06:02AM
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> It sounds like you're saying "either be a colony, or get out".
Sorry, what I meant is that if they really are so bothered about a "feel", despite the overwhelming evidence surrounding them that the feel is misplaced, then they are free to leave, so that they will find out how wrong that "feel" was.
> Most migrants weren't even from Syria or affected areas.
And? I'm originally from Italy, where massive economic migrations have been observed for a long time (mostly in transient terms - people would use Italy as a port to Northern Europe). Syria or not Syria it was already a crisis for more than 20 years, it just became more visible. The causes are long-understood, we just kept refusing to deal with them or with the outcomes. Merkel did the right thing as far as I'm concerned - regardless of Syria.
Sorry, what I meant is that if they really are so bothered about a "feel", despite the overwhelming evidence surrounding them that the feel is misplaced, then they are free to leave, so that they will find out how wrong that "feel" was.
> Most migrants weren't even from Syria or affected areas.
And? I'm originally from Italy, where massive economic migrations have been observed for a long time (mostly in transient terms - people would use Italy as a port to Northern Europe). Syria or not Syria it was already a crisis for more than 20 years, it just became more visible. The causes are long-understood, we just kept refusing to deal with them or with the outcomes. Merkel did the right thing as far as I'm concerned - regardless of Syria.