miltiades wrote:The fact remains that the vast majority of people in Europe and on the Cyprus Forum recognize the dire intricacies of a human tragedy that has only just begun. Many on the CY forum will cast their vote today if only to shut you up.
Humans, the vast majority that is, are inexorably appalled, my self included, by the sight of children in desperate conditions such as witnessed on out tv screens of late.
Be it refugees or economic migrants they are primarily humans in distress trying to better their lives and that of their children.
Europe offers this hope.
I am sure that everybody recognizes the desperation which attends the plight of those unfortunates who have been forced to flee their homelands as a result of the conflicts taking place within them.
There is little point in trying to categorize the intentions of those who flee, nor is there any point in trying to determine what their motives for seeking refuge is.
What IS relevant, is the cause of their distress and who is responsible for it.
Political and Military pressures [by whosoever] created the problems and the REAL subject of debate should be directed towards the discovery of WHO should bear the responsibility for the upheavals rather than analysing the aftermath of them.
This "Poll" is of no consequence since it will resolve NOTHING, the affected unfortunates do not need classification, they need a roof over their heads and the means to sustain their lives in a safe environment [for themselves and their families/children] and whether or not they seek refuge in Cyprus, the UK or any other Western society, their plight remains the same [at present] and will probably deteriorate unless some "Good Sense" prevails in the "Halls of Power" [wherever they may be].
Currently, Europe and Western societies are obliged [and quite rightly so] to accommodate these unfortunate people, rightly so in MY opinion since I contend that the Western powers [particularly America, UK, Israel and others] are the instigators of ALL the conflicts.
Britain's PM is currently hell-bent on unleashing MORE bombing attacks on Syria, nice one, THAT should do the trick eh ?.