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Nov 20, 2016 -- 5:01PM, PorcupineorPineapple wrote:
How would you estimate as a percentage the number of muslim terrorists compared to non-terrorists? I'll let you use 15 decimal points if that helps.As an aside, some absolute christian nutjob on the Frankie Boyle show as I type.
Regarding Christian nutjobs: Did you hear about that reasonably famous US politician that wanted to take money from HIV/AIDS care programmes and redirect it to conversion therapy?



Nov 20, 2016 -- 6:32PM, anxious wrote:
Edy I think most people would agree with that
They probably would, yes. Not sure how much there really was to do however. The EU members had long tried to find a common refugee policy, which was constantly blocked. The cursed and highly egoistical Dublin III had already collapsed because Greece had been overwhelmed and let people just travel onwards (as Italy had done for years with african refugees that landed on its shores, but numbers were never overwhelming nor Muslim enough so nobody really cared)
People always make out like it was a huge turn of events when Merkel officially suspended Dublin III in september of last year, but I don't think it made that much of an impact in reality as far as refugees are concerned. For the conception of Germany and Merkel it made a giant deal. What it actually did was that the refugees got to stay in empty housing in economically healthier countries like Germany and Sweden instead of sleeping in tents and stations in Greece and Hungary. They were already on european soil and Dublin III was de facto dead. If you look at the arrival numbers per months, you'll notice that after Merkel's words to suspend Dublin III for syrian refugees there was no significant pull of further refugees that hadn't been on european soil already.
If anything, I think an overlooked aspect is that a reasonably powerful country like Germany finally having to take on some refugees made it get a move on to make the Turkey deal and also increase efforts in africa to reduce flight reasons. Which in the end will reduce the number of arrivals.








