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Forum: New Zealand

Dec 20th 2016, 11:51 pm

Replies: 64

This refugee thing.

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Posted By Charismatic

Re: This refugee thing.

I'm very much appreciating our place in the quiet corner of the world and the distance between us and the Middle East/North Africa at the moment. Hopefully geographical constraints continue to be a...

Forum: New Zealand

Jul 26th 2016, 12:07 pm

Replies: 64

This refugee thing.

Views: 7,055

Posted By Charismatic

Re: This refugee thing.

It's certainly proving to be a rough couple of years in continental Europe and events appear to be accelerating in frequency :(.

It must be clear now that legal, vetting, integration and security...

Forum: New Zealand

Jul 19th 2016, 11:54 am

Replies: 64

This refugee thing.

Views: 7,055

Posted By Charismatic

Re: This refugee thing.

At the moment the problems stem from North Africa, the Middle East and Bangladesh.

If they get any closer though we might have to move in with the penguins :p.

Forum: New Zealand

Jul 16th 2016, 1:14 pm

Replies: 64

This refugee thing.

Views: 7,055

Posted By Charismatic

Re: This refugee thing.

All over now, just the loose ends to mop up. By 'mop up' I mean further restrictions on media, opposition and the systematic imprisonment and torture that will now follow of course. Still it's not...

Forum: New Zealand

Jul 15th 2016, 12:48 pm

Replies: 64

This refugee thing.

Views: 7,055

Posted By Charismatic

Re: This refugee thing.

It's not looking so good for the European integration experiment by my reckoning :(.

Again we should be very thankful we live in a society which, by design or dumb luck, has a viable social mix...

Forum: New Zealand

Feb 14th 2016, 11:19 am

Replies: 64

This refugee thing.

Views: 7,055

Posted By Charismatic

Re: This refugee thing.

So much for the argument Syrians could replace an aging German workforce:

Forum: New Zealand

Jan 11th 2016, 10:21 am

Replies: 64

This refugee thing.

Views: 7,055

Posted By Charismatic

Re: This refugee thing.

Well we shouldn’t force people to live in a Western country. There will be people for who the liberal nature of wester society will be very confronting and they may not adjust well to societal norms....

Forum: New Zealand

Jan 8th 2016, 9:16 pm

Replies: 64

This refugee thing.

Views: 7,055

Posted By Charismatic

Re: This refugee thing.

Hopefully not, as recent events have shown there is sometimes a real 'clash of cultures' between the Islamic world and western societies. It would be very unfair to burden Western societies with...

Forum: New Zealand

Sep 8th 2015, 11:57 am

Replies: 64

This refugee thing.

Views: 7,055

Posted By Charismatic

Re: This refugee thing.

They are well motivated however.

I suppose we all have our own prejudices really.

Forum: New Zealand

Sep 5th 2015, 9:21 am

Replies: 64

This refugee thing.

Views: 7,055

Posted By Charismatic

This refugee thing.

I'm so glad we live in a country so remote and forgotten at times. After looking at the spectrum of possible solutions and ideas all I can say is that there are no nice or easy choices.

Glad we...

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