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This is a normal post I disagree, he has spent his recent political life consumed with concern about immigration
It doesn't make him a racist, merely a bit obsessed. Unfortunately the waves of migrants featured in this poster don't feature white Europeans, because they are coming from countries where people have darker skins. The sort of wanker who immediately accuses him of being a cunt because he is concerned about uncontrolled migration are themselves a spastic, and a pretty tragic one at that
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 10:11, , Reply)
This is a normal post There is a whitey in the bottom right hand corner
They've put the strapline over him, though


 (I helped save b3ta! Mr Mann I love pigs, best of all the animals, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 10:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post Looks like a Slovenian policeman to me
Unless migrants have taken to wearing body armour.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 11:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post Maybe it's a latter-day Conrad Schumann
looking for a better life in the West?
 (I helped save b3ta! Mr Mann I love pigs, best of all the animals, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 11:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post Refugees are not economic migrants.

(I helped save b3ta! slartifartfast When all around are losing their heads, duck., Fri 17 Jun 2016, 10:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post not sure what point you're trying to make here

(I helped save b3ta! Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 10:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post seems self explanatory to me

(I helped save b3ta! slartifartfast When all around are losing their heads, duck., Fri 17 Jun 2016, 10:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post well yes, your point would be self explanatory to yourself
maybe you could elaborate for the rest of us?
 (I helped save b3ta! Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 12:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post Absolutely.
So you see those refugees in the photo. Those ones Farage is pointing at. They are no migrants.

Hope that clears it up for you. If not you could try reading something other than the Daily Mail/Sun/Mein Kampf
 (I helped save b3ta! slartifartfast When all around are losing their heads, duck., Fri 17 Jun 2016, 16:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post Migrant
"one who moves, either temporarily or permanently, from one place, area, or country of residence to another".

Oxford English Dictionary.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 18:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post How can you tell by looking at them that the're refugees?

(I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 11:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post it's what the original photos were labelled as
Syrian refugees escorted to Slovenia
www.google.co.uk/search?q=Syrian+refugees+escorted+to+Slovenia&espv=2&biw=1062&bih=697&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFtKnm7q7NAhVRF8AKHf1KBQ0Q_AUIBygC
 (I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 11:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post Getty images who source the photo label them as migrants
www.gettyimages.co.uk/pictorial/a-million-migrants-crossed-into-europe--ttZH-AuqoEiCjioKJVJdGw#migrants-are-escorted-through-fields-by-police-as-they-are-walked-picture-id493896788

Also the photo features mainly young men, was taken in Slovenia so presumaly they've already passed through Turkey, Greece or Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary or Croatia.

If you make the assumption their refugees then they've already passed though a number of safe havens where they could have claimed asylum. (If the EU hadn't closed the internal borders leaving Greece to deal with it)
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 12:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post I don't buy that 'not refugees once they've crossed a line in the sand' thing
They're refugees until they've found somewhere that will accept them. And it's ridiculous to think the outer countries of Europe should take absolutely everyone. Especially when the central EU countries have had a part in bombing the fuck out of their country.
 (I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 12:11, , Reply)
This is a normal post Is the correct answer :)
No matter how unpalatable it will be for our political overlords, and for the gung-ho elements of our populations who whooped along to the whole thing, we HAVE to accept some responsibility for the absolutely dire situation in the Middle East.
The entire region has been a strategic playground for global powers for nearly a fucking century. They have played countries, tribes, religions and societies agaianst each other for their own strategic ends. Who'd have thunk that the outcome would be a region-wide bloodbath eh?
 (No6, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 12:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post That used to be the EU rule but I agree.
However you just cannot tell from a photo if someone is an economic migrant or a refugee.

Until that distinction is made "migrant" should be an acceptable term.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 12:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post Good grief...
Why stop there? You can't tell from that photo that they're not cardboard cutouts, either, in which case no-one has a problem at all.
 (I helped save b3ta! Hol[]y - WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 13:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post Well...
I can tell from that photo that Farage is a cunt.
 (I helped save b3ta! slartifartfast When all around are losing their heads, duck., Fri 17 Jun 2016, 14:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post That's a tad different, no?

(I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 15:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post They are Syrian refugees
and were identified as such in the original photos.
 (I helped save b3ta! slartifartfast When all around are losing their heads, duck., Fri 17 Jun 2016, 11:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post Technically if they have passed through the first safe country they reach they are no longer refugees.

(I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 11:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post Turkey
The first country they landed at was Turkey. If Turkey's such a great "safe" country then why are people up in arms about the prospect of them joining the EU? Confusing eh?

The refugees (yes, refugees not "migrants", even if the correct terminology does make you feel uncomfortable) in the photo were trying to get to Germany, who at the time had said they were welcome.

It's really not a hard concept to grasp.
 (No6, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 11:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post Because that goat-rimming twat Erdogan imprisons journalists
Among many, many other factors.
 (I helped save b3ta! Mr Mann I love pigs, best of all the animals, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 11:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post Exactly
Which is exactly the point I was making. Someone suggested that the poor fuckers in the photo weren't refugees because they'd passed through the first "officially" safe country they'd landed in.
 (No6, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 11:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post Was that me? I used the term "migrant" because it's neutral.
The BBC uses it also for that reason.

Also where that photo was taken they would have passed through at least 4 safe countries and could have claimed their rights of asylum under international law.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 17:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post I've no problem with Turkey joining the EU. If it wasn't safe how come so many people go their on holiday?

(I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 11:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post We have a solution then
You can fuck off and live in Turkey which you clearly consider a veritable paradise, whilst the refugees escaping 6 years of bombardment, starvation, murder, rape, brutalisation and excruciating deprivation can pass through Turkey to more civilised societies in Europe. You won't have to live near refugees and I won't have to share the same air as you. Win win eh?
 (No6, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 11:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post I know this sounds a little bit Dritten Reich...
...but can't we put them in camps in Lincolnshire and get them pedalling exercise bikes that are plugged into the national grid. That way they'd be singing for their supper, and we could make sure that the minority of rapists among them would be firmly under control.

[edit: Drittes Reich]
 (I helped save b3ta! Mr Mann I love pigs, best of all the animals, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 12:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post Or, we could put ground troops into Syria and try and stabilise the region and bring an end to the sectarian violence?
You know, treat the cause, not the symptoms?
 (I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 12:01, , Reply)
This is a normal post Fantastic idea!
Just like "troops on the ground" solved all the problems in Afghanistan and Iraq!

Christ, I wish I'd had such clarity of thought!

Oh, hang on a minute... Sorry... I've just realised a flaw in your masterplan... 13 years of military interventions might actually the root cause of the rise and consolidation of sectarian and extremist groups and ideologies. If only some people had raised this spectre 13 years ago eh?

Shit, I really thought you had the answer to all the world's problems there as well. HashtagSadFace
 (No6, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 12:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post Ok, so what is the solution?
We just empty Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, Libya, Nigeria into Europe? We don't try and help fix things? We just turn a blind eye to the ill and infirm that aren't able to make the journey to escape?
 (I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 12:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post The point is..
That its not a simple situation with a simple answer. In fact, the whole scenario is an absolute clusterfuck and will require a more nuanced response than either closing borders or sending in troops. However, we have a media and a majority of the population who want to portray the situation in the childish paradigm of goodies vs baddies.
The problem is, the people who we call baddies were goodies not too long ago and the goodies were baddies before that, and at some point soon we'll be calling THEM baddies again. Meanwhile, outside the Western geopolitical sphere, there are other players who are calling OUR goodies baddies!!!

What is very patently fucking obvious though to anyone with a modicum of intelligence, is that 13 years of military invention has made things a HELL of a lot worse.
 (No6, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 12:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post Whilst the EU sat with its thumb up its arse Putin increased the numbers of refugees fleeing.
No side of the political debate has proposed anything that remotely sounds like trying to find a solution.
 (I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 12:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post Another minor flaw in your plan...
Soooo, we have a refugee crisis because of an ongoing armed conflict in Syria, yes?

You suggest we ESCALATE the conflict by sending in foreign ground forces, yes?

I'm just wondering, do you think an escalation of the conflict will:

A) decrease the number of refugees

OR

B) increase the number of refugees

I know its a toughie, but if you rub your two brain cells together for a few minutes, I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out.

(I'm a nice guy so I'll give you a clue, the answer is "B")
 (No6, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 12:11, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yes, there are only ever two possible outcomes in this digital world.
Clearing an area of hostile forces and having it under UN protection would in no way create a safe area for people to exist and build a life.

The problem we have is the world has lost its appetite to commit long term to anything and the complete mess of alliances and proxy wars means we are just turning a blind eye to the suffering unless it can make its own way to Calais.
 (I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 12:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post So much angry!

(I helped save b3ta! Mr Mann I love pigs, best of all the animals, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 13:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post That's the same Turkey that merkal made a deal with to send migrants back to after they've risked their lives crossing into Greece?
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Merkel,
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 12:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yep
One of the most shameful episodes of European diplomacy
 (No6, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 12:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post and yet nobody is kicking up much of a fuss.
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Except for MSF
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36558694

Good for them taking a stand on this shameful fucking policy.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 15:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post "If you dont agree, YOU are a spastic"
That's how every UKIP leaflet should end.

Do they have a eugenics program yet? Surely only a matter of time
 (benito vaselini no not that one, Fri 17 Jun 2016, 12:14, , Reply)