(July 25, 2016 at 2:13 am)CapnAwesome Wrote:(July 23, 2016 at 11:45 am)wallym Wrote: I think "Give us your tired, your poor, your hungry" is outdated like most of the things from horsey riding days. The US has all the tired, poor, and hungry it needs. Back when we were filling up the country, and building the infrastructure, and getting the industrial revolution going. Sure. Send us a bunch of people, we'll hook them up with crazy difficult/dangerous jobs building a railroad 14 hours a day or working in a mine, and in exchange, they can start a little life here.
Those days are gone, and then some.
As for foreign terrorists fears. It's not fears, it's practicality. Germany just had a refugee go bonkers 1 day ago. Why take the risk? It's like picking up hitchhikers. And of course, keep an eye on anti-government loons. I assume/hope they are being watched. And it'll be easier to do, when the govt doesn't have to split up resources keep an eye on a bunch of refugees as well. Alas, those crazy right-wing folks are our loons, and I don't think other countries will let us deport them to their land.
I always pick up hitchhikers. Like with the refugees, not only is it the decent thing to do, but the risk is extremely extremely low and you might end up with an enriching experience yourself.
It's an interesting question of how much risk is an okay amount of risk. And then the secondary question of how much risk is okay to subject other people to. I don't mind you picking up hitchhikers, because you're assuming all the risk.
A hypothetical: If there are 10k syrian refugees. And exactly 1 of them will attempt a terrorist attack, do you let them in? It's statistically unlikely any individual american will be harmed by the 1 attack, but that will be little consolation to the 3 people who get killed. It's a tough balance to strike because there is no way for you to assume all the risk like there is in hitchhiking.
