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Fljotsdale · 09-01-2001, 07:51 PM

I've really hesitated about posting on this thread, 'cos I have such mixed feelings about it, and I worry in case I am being racist, which I don't wish to be.
My instinct is to say 'of course we must give them asylum! Its inhuman not to, they are people like us, in trouble and scared.'

But then I wonder. These people have behaved aggressively towards the captain, if the media is to be believed. I don't find that an attitude I would be willing to have in a neighbour.
In Britain, we have had asylum seekers tring to get into the country via the channel tunnel, despite the fact that they are safe in France. Why? I would be glad to be given succour in ANY friendly country if I needed asylum.

Also, Britain seems to have had too many immigrants in too short a time at present, and we are having difficulty absorbing them. Although I agree with many of the points made in this thread, and agree with Silver Cheetah about language problems, it makes absorbing them VERY difficult if they clot together in what is in effect a 'little India', a 'little China', or whatever, turning a part of your own country into a foreign land. It makes the (currently) native inhabitants feel vey uncomfortable and resentful and leads to expressed racism, even violence.

What is needed is to make the need for asylum a thing of the past, so that people can be safe in their own country of origin - which is where most of them would probably prefer to be anyway, just as I prefer to be in England. I have no idea how to achieve this aim, though. Just saying it would be the best solution.

I hope I do not sound racist - I am just expressing my anxieties, which are, I think, the anxieties of many.

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09-01-2001, 07:51 PM	#32
Fljotsdale Thoth - Egyptian God of Wisdom Join Date: March 12, 2001 Location: Birmingham, West Mid\'s, England Age: 88 Posts: 2,859	I've really hesitated about posting on this thread, 'cos I have such mixed feelings about it, and I worry in case I am being racist, which I don't wish to be. My instinct is to say 'of course we must give them asylum! Its inhuman not to, they are people like us, in trouble and scared.' But then I wonder. These people have behaved aggressively towards the captain, if the media is to be believed. I don't find that an attitude I would be willing to have in a neighbour. In Britain, we have had asylum seekers tring to get into the country via the channel tunnel, despite the fact that they are safe in France. Why? I would be glad to be given succour in ANY friendly country if I needed asylum. Also, Britain seems to have had too many immigrants in too short a time at present, and we are having difficulty absorbing them. Although I agree with many of the points made in this thread, and agree with Silver Cheetah about language problems, it makes absorbing them VERY difficult if they clot together in what is in effect a 'little India', a 'little China', or whatever, turning a part of your own country into a foreign land. It makes the (currently) native inhabitants feel vey uncomfortable and resentful and leads to expressed racism, even violence. What is needed is to make the need for asylum a thing of the past, so that people can be safe in their own country of origin - which is where most of them would probably prefer to be anyway, just as I prefer to be in England. I have no idea how to achieve this aim, though. Just saying it would be the best solution. I hope I do not sound racist - I am just expressing my anxieties, which are, I think, the anxieties of many. ------------------ [This message has been edited by Fljotsdale (edited 09-01-2001).]