**** Elections thread *****

[wufwugy]

So if we let in 65,000 Syrians they're all terrorists and drug lords?

There is very good reason to believe that opening the doors to Syrian so-called refugees would create a serious danger of terrorism. Politicians have said flat out that they can't vet them and IIRC the ratio of young male "refugees" is far greater than women and children. There are definitely bad motives involved. Definitely many who just want to come in here and provide no value and get benefits, and some who are looking to undermine the country and the people and do some killing.

[bigred]

There is very good reason to believe that opening the doors to Syrian so-called refugees would create a serious danger of terrorism. Politicians have said flat out that they can't vet them and IIRC the ratio of young male "refugees" is far greater than women and children. There are definitely bad motives involved. Definitely many who just want to come in here and provide no value and get benefits, and some who are looking to undermine the country and the people and do some killing.

That "good reason" boils down to fear and xenophobia imo. A few bad apples shouldn't prevent thousands of people from getting help from a nation who can help them. Also, terrorism isn't a threat. Your drive to the grocery store today is tremendously more risky, statistically, than letting in 65K Syrians. This "terrorism threat" is nothing short of fear-mongering and sensationalism to scare the simple minded people who fear a religion they don't understand.

[wufwugy]

That "good reason" boils down to fear and xenophobia imo. A few bad apples shouldn't prevent thousands of people from getting help from a nation who can help them.

It's not a few bad apples. It's many, many bad apples.

Also, terrorism isn't a threat. Your drive to the grocery store today is tremendously more risky, statistically, than letting in 65K Syrians. This "terrorism threat" is nothing short of fear-mongering and sensationalism to scare the simple minded people who fear a religion they don't understand.

The threat is greatly underrated. Historical and doctrinal exploration of the world of Islam is astoundingly horrific.

[bigred]

It's not a few bad apples. It's many, many bad apples.



The threat is greatly underrated. Historical and doctrinal exploration of the world of <Insert any religion here> is astoundingly horrific.

FYP.

Also, there's 1.6 billion Muslims in this world. So that's what, .00000000000001%, plotting to blow us up?