Europe's Waiting Room

Re:Europe's Waiting Room by venomsnake on Sunday August 02, 2015 @03:32PM (#9992064)

I would not stop. But I also don't pretend to care if they live or die. For me national borders are sacrosanct, so you have no good reason to break one.

But you gave the answer - a few generations ago people were not afraid. Now even people like you are afraid of them.

But if they carry knives and their first instinct is to stab any stranger that offers them help - why do we want them in Europe then :P

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Re:Europe's Waiting Room by bbcbasic on Sunday August 02, 2015 @04:28PM (#9992322)

> For me national borders are sacrosanct, so you have no good reason to break one

National borders are fairly arbitrary and are being fought over all the time. Nations with more military power can obviously get away with occupation of land that is not 'theirs' (as if it is anyone's, but for arguments sake, let's talk about who was previously settled there).

I think the person who is trying to save his family from plight has more 'good reason' to break one than crusading governments.

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Re:Europe's Waiting Room by lordnacho on Sunday August 02, 2015 @04:10PM (#9992219)

What you're saying is you don't care if they live or die. Really? Your fellow human beings? You're happy for your elected officials to just leave things more or less in the current state?

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Re:Europe's Waiting Room by venomsnake on Sunday August 02, 2015 @04:21PM (#9992276)

No. I want my elected officials to create effective system that prevents them on landing on the shores in the first place.

And well ... they are not my fellow human beings. I long ago shed my humanitarian beliefs.

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