Mayor Peduto Wants The Syrian Refugees To Come To Pittsburgh (2013, neighborhoods)

[eschaton]

Originally Posted by Goinback2011

You have no idea if the Syrians coming to Pittsburgh are educated or not.

You're right, I don't. But provided we take them in from the same sources as Europe, they are probably going to have broadly similar background.

Originally Posted by ny789987

Yes, we are. Like it or not, ISIS and the remnants of Al-Qaeda are actively at war with us. They have affirmatively declared that the Paris attacks were just a prelude of what is to come. They have openly admitted to and bragged about using the refugee crisis as a way to sneak foreign fighters into western nations in order to engage in jihad.

The threat of terrorism we have in this country is nothing compared to what the refugees deal with on a daily basis though. I mean, I understand on a public policy level that the U.S. government needs to look after the interests of its own citizens first and foremost. But at the same time I don't think my life is any more valuable than a Syrian just because I happened to be born here.

[eschaton]

Originally Posted by UKyank

Unless one can prove to me that we are 100% sure that any refugee allowed here is not & never will be a radical islamacist then it's not worth risking the lives of a single Pennsylvanian in my opinion. Parisians were compassionate in allowing refugees into their fine city & im sure if you asked the families of those killed they would have a different opinion now of that compassion

Last I checked they now believe that all of the shooters/suicide bombers were EU citizens. The Syrian passport may be a "false flag" operation to sow discord.

[Merge]

Originally Posted by Der Schwabe

That's just a strange statement to make. I guess macabre jokes are still in vogue.

^ Truly made me laugh. Perfect. Deja vu.

[Merge]

Originally Posted by UKyank

It wasn't a joke at all

Unless one can prove to me that we are 100% sure that any refugee allowed here is not & never will be a radical islamacist then it's not worth risking the lives of a single Pennsylvanian in my opinion. Parisians were compassionate in allowing refugees into their fine city & im sure if you asked the families of those killed they would have a different opinion now of that compassion

I feel the same away about a lot of NRA members, but I'm not trying to exclude them from living here. You'd have as much chance of some good ol' American gun-lovin' nutjob extremist shooting you amongst a group of randoms as you would have of getting attacked by one of the 500 Syrian refugees. But trading on fear is big business here in America, especially in the midst of the presidential election campaigns... so have at it if you must.

[erieguy]

Thank goodness for the NRA. Stuff like this makes me appreciate them and the Right to Bear Arms more everyday.

[Goinback2011]

Originally Posted by eschaton

You're right, I don't. But provided we take them in from the same sources as Europe, they are probably going to have broadly similar background.

That's not reassuring and I'm not talking about education levels.

[Goinback2011]

Originally Posted by eschaton

Last I checked they now believe that all of the shooters/suicide bombers were EU citizens. The Syrian passport may be a "false flag" operation to sow discord.

May be it's a false flag.

May be they'll be educated.

And maybe it's not and they won't.

Where do you imagine all those weapons came from that were used?

[UKyank]

Originally Posted by Merge

I feel the same away about a lot of NRA members, but I'm not trying to exclude them from living here. You'd have as much chance of some good ol' American gun-lovin' nutjob extremist shooting you amongst a group of randoms as you would have of getting attacked by one of the 500 Syrian refugees. But trading on fear is big business here in America, especially in the midst of the presidential election campaigns... so have at it if you must.

So by you're own admission they may be dangerous.

Sorry if I don't see the necessity of adding another possibly dangerous element to our society.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by UKyank

So by you're own admission they may be dangerous.

No worries. Peduto and city government says it's all good, then it's all good.

[Der Schwabe]

Originally Posted by UKyank

It wasn't a joke at all

Unless one can prove to me that we are 100% sure that any refugee allowed here is not & never will be a radical islamacist then it's not worth risking the lives of a single Pennsylvanian in my opinion. Parisians were compassionate in allowing refugees into their fine city & im sure if you asked the families of those killed they would have a different opinion now of that compassion

I don't have to prove anything to the ignorant and fearful. Show me the risk. Prove to me that you are 100% sure an attack is coming. Extremes like this help no one and stifle the conversation.

It is certainly amusing that two days after making that faux outrage statement in the minimum wage thread you're engaging in exactly the kind of ridiculous attacks on the Peduto plan as predicted, using the attacks to score cheap points. Those terrorists were by and large Belgian and French citizens. Of course this doesn't fit your narrative.

Originally Posted by Merge
Seriously. I don't understand why these guys are even bothering with this thread while they could be usefully employing their energy on facebook, blaming Obama and Peduto for the Paris attacks.

Like goddamned clockwork. Didn't even take 48 hours.


Anyway, fearful and threatened middle-aged white men - I'll leave you to it.