Jon writes:
These people have no right to flee?
I never said people haven't a right to flee.
What I have said is we have no obligation to receive such folks...
If no one will receive them, what good is the right to flee?
Simple humanity demands we receive people fleeing from groups like the Nazis, the Taliban, ISIS, Boko Haram, etc. We failed the Jews before and during World War II, we shouldn't repeat the mistake with fleeing Syrians, Iraqis, Nigerians, etc.
...and should, given what we know of Muslims in the region be very cautious about importing extreme radicalism...
Of course.
That, of course, is just an anecdote. If we look at actual evidence (surveys of what people believe) we find things like this bit that Mod kindly pointed out long ago but has been doing a good job of forgetting:
Mod's quote in his
Message 131, taken from
Stoning Adulterers at the Pew Research Center, was provided to support his argument of a wide variety of opinion among Muslims. For example, the 2nd sentence of the 2nd paragraph states, "In contrast, Muslims in Lebanon, Turkey and Indonesia largely reject the notion that harsh punishments should be the law in their countries."
It's not unreasonable to want to keep their crap out of the West.
I could agree with summarily rejecting refugee status for all mad bombers, but not all Muslims. It would be inhumane.
--Percy