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Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say

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jmspring ◴[14 Nov 15 00:45 UTC] No.10563642[source]▶
The repeated attacks, heavy immigration of refugees...I'm hoping for the best, but I feel like there is a powder keg here. Whether or not it is based in any fact, how this is handled and plays out is a serious concern.
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untog ◴[14 Nov 15 00:51 UTC] No.10563676[source]▶
What do people think the refugees were running away from? Exactly these people.
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Cthulhu_ ◴[14 Nov 15 00:58 UTC] No.10563711[source]▶
I think a major problem is that even they can't know who among them - in the big groups of refugees making the journey - is an isis member or supporter, and even if they're not, there's no telling who is going to radicalise in the future. The attacks earlier this year in paris weren't done by someone that came from that area, iirc.
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toyg ◴[14 Nov 15 01:03 UTC] No.10563747[source]▶
Refugees carry little more than their shirts in their travels. Those guns and grenades didn't come with refugees. End of story.
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1. arcadeparade ◴[14 Nov 15 01:14 UTC] No.10563812[source]▶
They also carry their religion, genes and culture. And with that comes a clash of civilisations. With open gates: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cb0_1447249820
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2. facetube ◴[14 Nov 15 01:54 UTC] No.10563985[source]▶
Are you suggesting that migrants are somehow genetically inferior? Because that'd be, frankly, an insane point of view to have.
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3. jacquesm ◴[14 Nov 15 02:06 UTC] No.10564033[source]▶
P.O.E.
4. vox_mollis ◴[14 Nov 15 02:06 UTC] No.10564034[source]▶
A charitable reading would suggest that the parent is making a nod to behavioral genetics, which is substantially less insane.
5. threeseed ◴[14 Nov 15 09:01 UTC] No.10565024[source]▶
> Multiculturalism has never, at any time in human history, worked anywhere

What a load of complete and utter nonsense. I am embarrassed to even see that link on this site.

Multiculturalism is working just fine in Australia right now. In fact it is largely how this country was built. And just like most Western countries we have a fringe right who are xenophobic and anti immigrant but by and large the population welcomes different cultures and the benefits they bring.

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6. arcadeparade ◴[14 Nov 15 12:12 UTC] No.10565410[source]▶
Australia wasn't built on multiculturalism. The native culture was destroyed and Australia was built on its ruins.
7. arcadeparade ◴[14 Nov 15 12:59 UTC] No.10565505[source]▶
Inferior is subjective. Different groups have different traits. Not an insane point of view, but definitely one that is politically incorrect, for now: https://jaymans.wordpress.com/hbd-fundamentals/ Of course we are all human beings equally deserving of compassion, no matter what our differences, but the equality myth that we are all born the same and all have the same chances of having equal outcomes in life, is a very dangerous one that is destroying the social pacts modern Europe was built on.