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Is the world ending because of Syria?

BLKNSLVR 8y ago
No, but it's bad enough that the US wants to extricate itself from the situation. The tip of the spear only causes a small wound.
- ThomPete 8y ago
  You are mixing your political opinion into this which makes it impossible to debate this rationally.
  - BLKNSLVR 8y ago
    It's inescapably a political issue, but my point wasn't based on politics, it was based on the complexity and duration of the situation. Highlighting that the time scales involved to solve these issues are longer than it appears you are giving credence to. You could point to Germany as an example of a country that's dealt fairly well with an influx of refugees from 2015, at 890,000 refugee applications, but it takes time to process them all, it's far from a smooth transition[0], plus there's a human toll associated with mass migration that falls along a purely subjective 'scale of acceptability': More than 5,000 asylum seekers died in sea crossings, either by drowning, fuel inhalation or suffocation in overcrowded and unseaworthy boats.[1] The issues of integration into the community, work, language barriers, and other cultural differences will mean there will be a limit at which a population will tolerate an influx of refugees. There will also be a limit to what governments can afford to provide to refugees finding their feet. Elections are already won or lost on refugee and immigration policy, with the 'more restrictive' policies generally being more popular amongst voters. These things aren't new, but the scale has the strong potential to be much greater. [0]: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-03/germanys-open-door-refugee-problems-12-months-on/7811116 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-03/germanys-open-door-re... [1]: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/refugee-crisis-germany-asylum-seekers-numbers-drop-600000-in-2016-angela-merkel-syria-middle-east-a7521191.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/refugee-cris...
    - ThomPete 8y ago
      None of those things are even close to being unsolvable though and that's really the point here. I am being downvoted for not panicking which is fine and just shows how religious people are treating this topic. With regards to limits, the cost of that is absolutely nothing compared to the cost of using inferior technologies to solve a problem we don't even know will be a problem in a 100 years from now.
      - BLKNSLVR 8y ago
        Your arguments are very absolute. None of those things are even close to being unsolvable nothing compared to the cost of using inferior technologies solve a problem we don't even know will be a problem in a 100 years from now None of those comments ring true with me.

No, but it's bad enough that the US wants to extricate itself from the situation. The tip of the spear only causes a small wound.

ThomPete 8y ago
You are mixing your political opinion into this which makes it impossible to debate this rationally.
- BLKNSLVR 8y ago
  It's inescapably a political issue, but my point wasn't based on politics, it was based on the complexity and duration of the situation. Highlighting that the time scales involved to solve these issues are longer than it appears you are giving credence to. You could point to Germany as an example of a country that's dealt fairly well with an influx of refugees from 2015, at 890,000 refugee applications, but it takes time to process them all, it's far from a smooth transition[0], plus there's a human toll associated with mass migration that falls along a purely subjective 'scale of acceptability': More than 5,000 asylum seekers died in sea crossings, either by drowning, fuel inhalation or suffocation in overcrowded and unseaworthy boats.[1] The issues of integration into the community, work, language barriers, and other cultural differences will mean there will be a limit at which a population will tolerate an influx of refugees. There will also be a limit to what governments can afford to provide to refugees finding their feet. Elections are already won or lost on refugee and immigration policy, with the 'more restrictive' policies generally being more popular amongst voters. These things aren't new, but the scale has the strong potential to be much greater. [0]: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-03/germanys-open-door-refugee-problems-12-months-on/7811116 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-03/germanys-open-door-re... [1]: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/refugee-crisis-germany-asylum-seekers-numbers-drop-600000-in-2016-angela-merkel-syria-middle-east-a7521191.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/refugee-cris...
  - ThomPete 8y ago
    None of those things are even close to being unsolvable though and that's really the point here. I am being downvoted for not panicking which is fine and just shows how religious people are treating this topic. With regards to limits, the cost of that is absolutely nothing compared to the cost of using inferior technologies to solve a problem we don't even know will be a problem in a 100 years from now.
    - BLKNSLVR 8y ago
      Your arguments are very absolute. None of those things are even close to being unsolvable nothing compared to the cost of using inferior technologies solve a problem we don't even know will be a problem in a 100 years from now None of those comments ring true with me.