Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: May 8, 2024, 11:45 pm

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
My (probably unpopular) opinion on arab refugees
#24
RE: My (probably unpopular) opinion on arab refugees
(December 5, 2016 at 2:52 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: I was concerned about the wacky demographics of some of the refugee groups.  I'd be less concerned about women, children and elderly as opposed to males 20-40, which for some reason seemed over represented by a factor of 10X.

"Some reason"? Who do you think is going to attempt the difficult and dangerous journey, through war-torn countries and militarized borders, to alien, often hostile places, with no guarantees of anything? And who's most likely to successfully complete such a journey - adult men, or women with kids? It's not like most refugees get on a plane and end up in Europe, or wherever, a few hours and a couple of drinks later, to receive a house and a job as soon as they arrive - even if many people in our western bubble seem to think so. Of course the majority of them are going to be young males. Many of them will die on the way, but death's even more likely for women and children.

This is how immigration usually works: young males travel first, get a foot-hold - a place to live, a job - then they use the money they make and the knowledge of the immigration system, to get their families over. Going on such a trek with your entire family is dangerous and impractical and even desperate people will avoid it if they can.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
Reply



Messages In This Thread
RE: My (probably unpopular) opinion on arab refugees - by Homeless Nutter - December 5, 2016 at 3:17 pm

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  I know I'm in the minority with this one-but this is a slippery slope in my opinion A Godzilla fan 19 1263 September 30, 2019 at 1:14 pm
Last Post: Anomalocaris
  Nice Gesture But It Probably Won't Help Minimalist 0 204 October 14, 2018 at 12:08 am
Last Post: Minimalist
  What is your opinion about Communism? ErGingerbreadMandude 170 24766 November 26, 2017 at 10:04 pm
Last Post: The Grand Nudger
  Actual fake news is literally destroying America in my opinion NuclearEnergy 23 8831 May 19, 2017 at 8:15 am
Last Post: Zenith
  U.S refugees to Canada Amarok 3 1055 March 13, 2017 at 6:24 am
Last Post: abaris
  Kellyanne Conway says 2 Iraqi refugees responsible for Bowling Green Massacre Cecelia 26 3938 February 3, 2017 at 8:41 pm
Last Post: BrianSoddingBoru4
Video Roger Waters' opinion of Trump Doubting Thomas 1 645 January 21, 2017 at 10:57 am
Last Post: Whateverist
  Why are people so cruel? Refugees AdamJa 68 7468 July 8, 2016 at 2:55 pm
Last Post: Napoléon
  Refugees Sappho 6 851 July 7, 2016 at 12:32 am
Last Post: Minimalist
  Can someone help me? I'm trying to open my mind to new ideas about Refugees DespondentFishdeathMasochismo 100 11410 November 30, 2015 at 2:59 am
Last Post: Thumpalumpacus



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)