Syrian refugee crisis.
Sep 11th 2015, 3:04 pm
#76
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Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
Maybe there aren't enough lefty Molly coddling ways as they are outnumbered by right wing xenophobic intolerant uncompassionate ways.
These kids were raised under the leftie mollycoddling regime so that's not true
"The right to live among us". Being born and raised in Britain makes them us. Maybe if they had felt more included they wouldn't feel disgruntled. Have you considered that?
These kids were raised under the leftie mollycoddling regime so that's not true
"The right to live among us". Being born and raised in Britain makes them us. Maybe if they had felt more included they wouldn't feel disgruntled. Have you considered that?
Why are you defending terrorists? No wait, I know, it's because it's always someone else's fault.
Sep 11th 2015, 3:11 pm
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Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
thanks for that clarity
I always understood it to be that CIC is the mother hen of all those that want to come to Canada & that the CBSA was a dept under CIC, and that CBSA & the POE officers are one & the same as CBSA?
Interesting what you posted (from that I take as) that CIC is purely for those wanting to come to Canada through the conventional immigration (to live, work, play or study) route & that asylum or refugees are not handled at all by CIC... would that be correct?
I always understood it to be that CIC is the mother hen of all those that want to come to Canada & that the CBSA was a dept under CIC, and that CBSA & the POE officers are one & the same as CBSA?
Interesting what you posted (from that I take as) that CIC is purely for those wanting to come to Canada through the conventional immigration (to live, work, play or study) route & that asylum or refugees are not handled at all by CIC... would that be correct?
So CIC actually makes all the legislation regarding work, study, visit and refugee policies and only do this at the overseas offices. Anything at a POE is done by CBSA. As compensation for doing all this additional work when we were just Customs Officers and not doing Immigration they gave us a reclassification which upped our pay by about $3,000.
So needless to say if I am somewhat critical about certain CIC policies you now have a basic idea why.
I have nothing against CIC employees per se just some of the stupid policies they impose upon us who work at POE'S across the country.
Sep 11th 2015, 3:12 pm
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Sep 11th 2015, 3:12 pm
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Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
Terms like these need some reference point. Some context.
If you take the upper estimate of their number then to be consistent you have to take the upper estimate for the overall figure.
The upper figure of 2000 as a proportion of the upper figure of 100,000 is 2%.
If you take the 2000 Brits as a percentage of Brits in the UK it's even smaller.
A lot doesn't seem an accurate way to describe it.
If you take the upper estimate of their number then to be consistent you have to take the upper estimate for the overall figure.
The upper figure of 2000 as a proportion of the upper figure of 100,000 is 2%.
If you take the 2000 Brits as a percentage of Brits in the UK it's even smaller.
A lot doesn't seem an accurate way to describe it.
If you saw 500 people standing in field would you not say 'hey there's a lot of people standing in that field'?
Sep 11th 2015, 3:16 pm
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Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
Are you volunteering to go out & do a head count? Maybe you can give them a cuddle while you're over there, I'm sure that's all that's needed to stop all this murdering nonsense
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Sep 11th 2015, 3:25 pm
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Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
. If yesterday 100,000 were abducted, no I wouldn't say 2000 was a lot.
If you saw 500 people standing in field would you not say 'hey there's a lot of people standing in that field'?
If it's a field at Glastonbury when the festival is on, then 500 in a field wouldn't be a lot because there are usually a lot more.
Context.
Sep 11th 2015, 3:27 pm
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Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
Hang on you started this topic... All I asked you to do was provide an unbiased reputable source to back up your assumption of all these terrorists raised in the UK? Clearly you are unable to do so and so have moved on to mockery... Well done you, aren't you clever.
Sep 11th 2015, 3:28 pm
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It's the lefties who want him tried for war crimes.
Sep 11th 2015, 3:28 pm
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Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
It would depend on how many were normally abducted . If yesterday 100,000 were abducted, no I wouldn't say 2000 was a lot.
Yes. Because relative to the size of the field that would be a lot. It's not usual to see 500 standing in a field so it's a lot.
If it's a field at Glastonbury when the festival is on, then 500 in a field wouldn't be a lot because there are usually a lot more.
Context.
. If yesterday 100,000 were abducted, no I wouldn't say 2000 was a lot.Yes. Because relative to the size of the field that would be a lot. It's not usual to see 500 standing in a field so it's a lot.
If it's a field at Glastonbury when the festival is on, then 500 in a field wouldn't be a lot because there are usually a lot more.
Context.
Sep 11th 2015, 3:36 pm
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Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
It would depend on how many were normally abducted . If yesterday 100,000 were abducted, no I wouldn't say 2000 was a lot.
Yes. Because relative to the size of the field that would be a lot. It's not usual to see 500 standing in a field so it's a lot.
If it's a field at Glastonbury when the festival is on, then 500 in a field wouldn't be a lot because there are usually a lot more.
Context.
. If yesterday 100,000 were abducted, no I wouldn't say 2000 was a lot.Yes. Because relative to the size of the field that would be a lot. It's not usual to see 500 standing in a field so it's a lot.
If it's a field at Glastonbury when the festival is on, then 500 in a field wouldn't be a lot because there are usually a lot more.
Context.
Where does the context end & who decides what context to put it in?
Sep 11th 2015, 3:42 pm
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Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
It's really a shame that there is so much paranoia that the Syrian refugees represent a serious terrorist risk. Newsflash: terrorists exist, foreign and homegrown, and rejecting a mass of homeless people is not going to change that. You can argue that you don't want to pay or you don't want the cultural impact, but arguing potential terrorism is ridiculous.
Sep 11th 2015, 3:44 pm
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Maybe he used his evil ways to win. Who did the lefties vote for during that period, surely not the tories that would make them xenophobic Nazis. They must have been wondering around like lost little lambs.
Sep 11th 2015, 3:44 pm
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Using that logic you could say that last year one person joined ISIS but this year 500 people joined. As Tirytory pointed out (after I already had (slow clap)) we don't have official figures so who's to say what's correct.
Where does the context end & who decides what context to put it in?
Where does the context end & who decides what context to put it in?
you can slow clap all you like, I haven't pointed anything out. I asked you to provide evidence to back up your assertion. I'm glad you're admitting that you were talking tripe in your original post. Progress