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No, they should stay in fucking Syria. If they're so keen on western values such as democracy and freedom of religion, they should take up arms and fight for t
by hugh4 11y ago
No, they should stay in fucking Syria.
If they're so keen on western values such as democracy and freedom of religion, they should take up arms and fight for them, just like our ancestors did.
And if they're not keen on western values such as democracy and freedom of religion, they should stay the fuck out of the west.
The right to live in a peaceful, prosperous country is not automatic. For those of us in the west, our ancestors earned that right for us. For those in the Middle East -- well, they need to work hard now to earn that right for their descendants.
Is it fair that some are born in Europe and some are born in Syria? No. Is it fair that some are born human and some are born fish? No.
- vidarh 11y agoMost of our ancestors did nothing to "earn that right" for us. The vast majority tried to go about their lives as before. And a substantial number of "our" ancestors were part of messing up Syria and Iraq in the first place, going back to colonial times.
- comrh 11y agoThis has to be the most simplistic, nationalistic, view of history I've ever read. Ignoring that throughout history it is extremely common for groups to leave their countries and settle elsewhere when it becomes oppressive, for example America...