Syrian refugee crisis.
Nov 27th 2015 | 9:20 am
#676
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Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
Hmmm. The context of the rest of that paragraph would help. Again, it may be that my German is not good enough to see the nuances of tense and mood, but Mesovic is speaking hypothetically here. In English his comment might be renderes as "A refugee might only notice that their information has been incorrectly translated..." And he goes on to say that refugees might not avail themselves of a lawyer because they're not aware that they have the right to bring one, and not only because they can't afford it. Most of the opinion in the piece comes from Reinhard Pohl, who runs training courses for translators, and from Monika Eingreiber, national spokesperson for the Trade Union representing translators and interpreters. Both of whom have an obvious vested interest in pushing for greater regulation and certification in the interpreting business.
The more I read the piece in die Welt, the more I wonder what the point of it is? If it had been about any other subject than refugees, it would've been spiked at first draft. Imagine if it really had been a load of old cobblers:
It's still a red herring.
The more I read the piece in die Welt, the more I wonder what the point of it is? If it had been about any other subject than refugees, it would've been spiked at first draft. Imagine if it really had been a load of old cobblers:
It's still a red herring.
Nov 27th 2015 | 9:29 am
#677
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Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
I was going to try to work an elf or two in as well, every shoemaker story should have some elves. But it's equally important that the much-overlooked word "aiglet"* should see the light of day occasionally. Think on it as my service to society.
*the little plastic sheath on the end of a shoelace, in case you were wondering
*the little plastic sheath on the end of a shoelace, in case you were wondering
Nov 27th 2015 | 9:30 am
#678
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Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
As an immigrant myself I'm anti chaos not anti immigrant. Social order/Civic society is starting to fall apart at the edges in parts of Europe which I don't think is a good thing. Who would have thought the Swedes would start burning down refugee hostels and closing their borders? The fact that I don't think that is a good development doesn't make me xenophobic whatever you may think. Chaos just breeds extremism.
Nov 27th 2015 | 9:30 am
#679
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Nov 27th 2015 | 9:55 am
#680
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Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
Chaos and extremism have a very symbiotic relationship. How many countries did the Americans destabilise leading to how many extremist groups? The migrant crisis didn't need to cause chaos if our leaders hadn't been so short sighted.
Nov 27th 2015 | 10:43 am
#681
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Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
I'm especially confused as to who our leaders are.
Nov 27th 2015 | 10:46 am
#682
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Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
I'm going to try to set up a series of benefit concerts at our venue for the Regina Open Door Society. It shouldn't be hard to involve the local community radio station and their top music show personality (= free advertising), local bands will support it for the exposure (maybe local tv), and a decent meal and drinks rider and all we have to do is donate the hall in the hope the bar covers staff and security. I was thinking of trying for 3 shows, one each in Dec, Jan, and Feb. Our patrons have benefit dances here for the food bank regularly and they usually do well so I'm pretty confident about this.
Nov 27th 2015 | 11:49 am
#683
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Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
My point has probably been lost a few posts back sorry.
When I refer to "our leaders" I suppose I'm really referring to the leaders of the EU countries , US and Canada.
Nov 27th 2015 | 2:56 pm
#684
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Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
So we'll end up with a civil war in the EU, instead. You simply cannot have radical progressivism and radical Islam in the same nation.
Nov 27th 2015 | 8:46 pm
#685
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Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
The best way to combat the rise of extremism would be to deport all the extremists back to the Middle East. But that's not allowed, because Human Rights.
So we'll end up with a civil war in the EU, instead. You simply cannot have radical progressivism and radical Islam in the same nation.
So we'll end up with a civil war in the EU, instead. You simply cannot have radical progressivism and radical Islam in the same nation.
Nov 27th 2015 | 9:33 pm
#686
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Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
So we'll end up with a civil war in the EU, instead. You simply cannot have radical progressivism and radical Islam in the same nation.
Nov 28th 2015 | 1:57 am
#687
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From: Toronto
Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
Gun nuts aren't extremists as they exercise their "right".
Nov 28th 2015 | 5:00 am
#689
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Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
If there are extremists in the West, they're the ones flooding it with millions of people from completely incompatible cultures. One way or another, the end result can only be war.
Nov 28th 2015 | 6:13 am
#690
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Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
What's 'extreme' about that? It would be normal social behaviour pretty much anywhere on the planet except Europe and North America.
If there are extremists in the West, they're the ones flooding it with millions of people from completely incompatible cultures. One way or another, the end result can only be war.
If there are extremists in the West, they're the ones flooding it with millions of people from completely incompatible cultures. One way or another, the end result can only be war.
