My (probably unpopular) opinion on arab refugees

[henryp]

Our general focus on "free speech" allows you to write your opinion, no matter how repugnant.

Doesn't mean we have to accept what you write, pat you on the head and give you a participation medal.

In fact, forum members may use their speech privileges to criticize you. I know it must come as a shock.

These must be trying times. Be brave.

I just said I like hearing what other people have to say.  That's the reason why I come here.   I'm not sure what you've read that'd make you think I'm unhappy with anything that's been said.

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It perfectly captures the "I don't have any responsibility to others in dire need" aspect of the OP. It's nothing more complex than that. It may be predicated upon a belief of "if no one cares for me, then no one should care for another", but at the end of the day it manifest the same way.

Reading this thread has Donne echoing in my head:

No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were:
Any man's death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind,
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.

It's a very old idea.  I wonder how much of the notion is biological vs. conditioning vs reason.

A question I've never thought to ask...Do you have a dissenting voice in your head on the matter?  Or are all the neurons working as a team 100% on the bell always tolling for thee front?