tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post113492315083175978..comments2024-01-01T03:08:38.422+00:00Comments on Not Proud Of Britain (But Would Like To Be): Cameron on AsylumSnafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-1135063819477591822005-12-20T07:30:00.000+00:002005-12-20T07:30:00.000+00:00Lone Primate, it's a good point.Should Canada have...Lone Primate, it's a good point.<BR/><BR/>Should Canada have accepted all 6m Jews at risk of persecution by the Nazis or accept a "fair share", suggesting a limit on numbers?<BR/><BR/>How about those fleeing the Spanish Civil War? Chinese fleeing persecution following the Japanese invasion? Kulaks before they were murdered by Stalin? Ukranians before they were starved to death by Stalin?<BR/><BR/>Did Canada have a good welfare system in the 1930s? Should they have offered a home to millions of unemployed Americans following the depression or is there a limit on numbers?Snafuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-1135003748676692142005-12-19T14:49:00.000+00:002005-12-19T14:49:00.000+00:00No doubt Robert Mugabe is really worried about all...<I>No doubt Robert Mugabe is really worried about all the asylum seekers fleeing Zimbabwe!</I><BR/><BR/>This is sort of the point. If he's not -- and clearly, he isn't -- then somebody should be.<BR/><BR/>In 1939, Canada was asked by a delegation of Jews from Europe, "How many Jews will Canada take in?" The infamous reply of one of our immigration officials was, "<B>None</B> is too many." It's a little late in history for anyone -- especially the home of the Mother of Parliaments -- to incline its thinking in that direction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-1134975381850879442005-12-19T06:56:00.000+00:002005-12-19T06:56:00.000+00:00Lone Primate, no idea, I've never seen the film!No...Lone Primate, no idea, I've never seen the film!<BR/><BR/>No doubt Robert Mugabe is really worried about all the asylum seekers fleeing Zimbabwe!Snafuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-1134962243899770202005-12-19T03:17:00.000+00:002005-12-19T03:17:00.000+00:00Hosting asylum seekers does nothing to resolve the...<I>Hosting asylum seekers does nothing to resolve the underlying domestic problems of the home country they are fleeing.</I><BR/><BR/>I'm not sure... wasn't this a line from the movie <I>Holocaust</I>?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com