Peter Hitchens hits the nail on the head

[OwlHoot]

2015-09-07 We won't Save Refugees by Destroying Our Own Country

... Every one of the posturing notables simpering ‘refugees welcome’ should be asked if he or she will take a refugee family into his or her home for an indefinite period, and pay for their food, medical treatment and education.

If so, they mean it. If not, they are merely demanding that others pay and make room so that they can experience a self-righteous glow. No doubt the same people are also sentimental enthusiasts for the ‘living wage’, and ‘social housing’, when in fact open borders are steadily pushing wages down and housing costs up.

As William Blake rightly said: ‘He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars. General good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite and flatterer.’ ...

[NickFitz]

Can't be bothered to read Hitchen's spittly ravings. Can someone have a look and let me know if his fallacies are strawman, appeal to emotion, slippery slope, ad hominem, black-or-white; or, as usual, all of them? Ta.

[FatLazyContractor]

FFS leave them poor refugees alone

Instead help AtW buy a house.

[darmstadt]

[Flashman]

2015-09-07 We won't Save Refugees by Destroying Our Own Country

Good post. Did you read Brendan O'Neill on 'moral pornography'

we really need a rational debate about the migrant crisis, rather than people holding up a dead-child snuff photo and saying: ‘I cried, therefore I’m good.’

Sharing a photo of a dead Syrian child isn't compassionate, it's narcissistic - Spectator Blogs

[MarillionFan]

Can't be bothered to read Hitchen's spittly ravings. Can someone have a look and let me know if his fallacies are strawman, appeal to emotion, slippery slope, ad hominem, black-or-white; or, as usual, all of them? Ta.

Agreed no point in reading all of the views when you've already made up your mind you're right.

[MarillionFan]

FFS leave them poor refugees alone

Instead help AtW buy a house.

Has anyone checked HIS visa?

[suityou01]

Agreed no point in reading all of the views when you've already made up your mind you're right.

Precisely. No matter how many times the candidate tells you he turned up on time, ignore him and you know you're right.

[AtW]

Has anyone checked HIS visa?

I've got MasterCard

[MarillionFan]

Precisely. No matter how many times the candidate tells you he turned up on time, ignore him and you know you're right.

Funnily I don't always believe what people tell me

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