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## politics

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### politics

by nadir » Mon Oct 26, 2015 2:52 am

Just a chat question.
In europe we got a so called "crisis" regarding refugees.
It is pretty close to panic, everyone is loosing his mind (this ain't unusual for Germans. They declare the end of the world every few months ... ).
My pretty easy question:
Are the "problems" in europe a subject in american news?
tia
PS: The pics i see in the news are heartbreaking. A big and endless stream of folks walking through europe, rainy and cold weather ... it is weird to see something like that in europe, 2015
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### Re: politics

by golinux » Mon Oct 26, 2015 3:18 am

Yes, the refugee crisis was on the news a LOT maybe a month ago. Haven't seen much recently though. But don't follow news that much.
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### Re: politics

by fsmithred » Mon Oct 26, 2015 1:19 pm

I'm still hearing about it on public radio. The stories are covering what's happening in Europe, but I think it's not that we care about what happens there as much as it's about whether we'll allow them to come here, and how many of them we'll allow. And since we're in the year leading up to presidential election, we can expect to hear a lot of hot-button stories like this. We were already arguing about what to do with our borders before this crisis started.

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### Re: politics

by nadir » Mon Oct 26, 2015 3:32 pm

Thanks to both of you.
You seem to confirm what i assume:
While "here" (whatever it might be, say Europe or Germany) it is a really hot subject, we talk about nothing else anymore,
worldwide it is a rather little problem.
And yes, i heard about the mexican-US border problem. Now and then, of course.
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### Re: politics

by jheaton5 » Mon Oct 26, 2015 4:23 pm

Immigration is a hot political topic here in the US also. The left wants to accept all people coming into our country while the right wants immigration stopped.

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### Re: politics

by nadir » Mon Oct 26, 2015 9:43 pm

> jheaton5 wrote:Immigration is a hot political topic here in the US also. The left wants to accept all people coming into our country while the right wants immigration stopped.

I am aware of that, and i think it is quite well known in Europe, at least in Germany.
The amount of people who die at the border might be one reason (same at the borders of Europe, btw).
I also recall that Obama wanted to offer the illegal immigrants which are already in the US a legal status.
My main question in the OP was mainly if the subject is important for other regions of the world. We talk about it for weeks now and about no other problem. Well: ego-centric and way too excited, imho.
As i said in the OP: There are no new news in Germany which don't talk about the end of the world. I am 45 years now, and the world is still there ...
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### Re: politics

by jheaton5 » Tue Oct 27, 2015 3:51 pm

I think it is a global issue that must be resolved. But I don't have any helpful suggestions.

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### Re: politics

by golinux » Tue Oct 27, 2015 4:14 pm

> jheaton5 wrote:I think it is a global issue that must be resolved. But I don't have any helpful suggestions.

Birth control? In the near future I can foresee biologicals being released by vested interests to cull the numbers. There are those who think that AIDS was the first attempt.
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### Re: politics

by fsmithred » Tue Oct 27, 2015 6:48 pm

Prior art: Blankets with smallpox.

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### Re: politics

by nadir » Tue Oct 27, 2015 7:56 pm

I got no suggestions neither, but the obvious.
Stop delivering weapons, stop going for wars, stop supporting dictators all around the globe (as long they suit your needs), stop letting the shiny new clothes be produced in the third world, etc.
It will not happen, of course, the market needs or at least wants all of it. Hence i am back to the top: i got no suggestions.
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