joe-90 said:
Will you answer this question please?
"Are you happy for fraudsters from afar to enter this country, tell lies, and make multiple claims for asylum in order to defraud the British people?"
There is no short answer, because your question is loaded with presumptions, but my answer is:
I particularly don't like fraudsters, e.g. I don't like
anyone making multiple claims.
I do, generally, like honest people.
I do, generally, like people from afar.
I don't mind honest people from afar entering this country.
I don't mind honest people from afar entering this country and living here.
I haven't seen any evidence to show that every asylum seeker is a fraudster. I know that some of them are, because some get prosecuted and/or deported. I also know that the chappies who offer to tarmac my drive reek of dishonesty, but I don't assume that all Irish people are therefore dishonest. I have an open mind, which means that I assume everyone is innocent until shown otherwise, on an individual basis,
not a racial, religious or circumstancial one.
I perceive that you want to goad me into saying that I don't like being robbed, which is true, and that there is an immigration problem, which is also true, but my saying so doesn't prove anything, let alone prove a point that we should close the boders. I don't believe that our government is doing enough to (a) estimate the size of the problem and (b) address it, but nobody on this topic, me included, has attempted to understand or explain the economical effect of, for example, turning away cheap labour.
Now then - if you want to have a reasoned discussion, it would be helpful to know which of my statements you align with, and which you don't - then we'll know where we stand and can debate the merits of each view.
And debates don't include sentences that start like this: "
Oh so the ridiculous interpretation of what you're saying is...". I'm not attributing that exact sentence to you, but the concept I am. Don't fall into the trap of reflecting a distortion of what I've written in an attempt to win ground - this is waste of time because then I have to refute things you've written that I haven't meant. If you're the slightest bit unclear about something, then ask. If you don't agree, then say so. If you want me to expand on a statement, then I will.