Refugees.

[zqglass]

My facebook feed is riddled with posts, pictures and videos about the refugee situation. I saw one article saying that Winston Salem and Greensboro have already received a few groups.
I have been really busy lately and haven't had much time to pay attention to the refugee crisis in Europe, but after doing some basic research I've seen quite a few compelling arguments for and against the welcoming of refugees.
Then i saw this unsettling video which seems like a propaganda piece. Worth a watch I think. Thoughts on this issue?

http://buzzpo.com/this-is-the-most-disturbing-muslim-refugee-video-you-will-ever-see/

 

[ImTheCaptain]

wrong board

 

[zqglass]

crap, I forgot about the tunnels. oh well, mods feel free to delete...

 

[TheTwinAndreBen]

I like all the "we are all immigrants in America" posts.

Uh, no.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

crap, I forgot about the tunnels. oh well, mods feel free to delete...

 

[IamThunderbolt]

Here's a good article written by the director or World Relief High Point in September when the refugee crisis started getting a lot of attention

Is our community safe in welcoming refugees?

 

[Liquid Karma]

We have a moral obligation to lend aid in this crisis, and IMO it outweighs the statistical improbability that one of the refugees might do us harm.

 

[Deacfreak07]

We have a moral obligation to lend aid in this crisis, and IMO it outweighs the statistical improbability that one of the refugees might do us harm.

Well said.

 

[MysteryMen]

We have a moral obligation to lend aid in this crisis, and IMO it outweighs the statistical improbability that one of the refugees might do us harm.

This

Plus it's important to note that any Syrian refugees coming to the U.S. have gone through an extensive 18+-month process where they have been approved by the U.N. and U.S. government. It's not even close to the situation in Europe where immigrants are entering the country by force.

ISIS is not going to register one of its operatives 18-months in advance and hope he passes all the screening checks just to get him into the United States. There are far easier ways

 

[MysteryMen]

I like all the "we are all immigrants in America" posts.

Uh, no.

Well for a large percentage of us it's true to an extent. I'm the child of a political refugee. If you go back three or four generations, I bet a substantial percentage, probably a majority, of people living in this country are descendants of immigrants

 

[buckets]

Not TAB, his forefathers were on the mayflower

 

[HuskyDeac]

We have a moral obligation to lend aid in this crisis, and IMO it outweighs the statistical improbability that one of the refugees might do us harm.

Particularly because there's no evidence of the current refugees actually having part in any terrorism.

 

[BillBrasky]

Not TAB, his forefathers were on the mayflower

The O(Refu)Gs

 

[MysteryMen]

Seems like most Americans with a brain have come out against the jingoistic Republican governors, even major Evangelical Christian organizations

 

[wakephan09]

Not TAB, his forefathers were on the mayflower

So, like, the first religious refugees.

 

[deacdixieboy]

The last time we actively refused refugees half of them ended up killed in the Holocaust.

 

[MysteryMen]

France says it's going to accept 30,000 refugees over the next two years. So maybe we can end this stupid debate?

 

[Deacs89]

The last time we actively refused refugees half of them ended up killed in the Holocaust.

good point. how were we able to stop those people in the end?

 

[ImTheCaptain]

good point. how were we able to stop those people in the end?

the refugees? we just didnt let them in the country

 

[Deacs89]

the refugees? we just didnt let them in the country

No the cause of the refugees. Try and keep up