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Atheist - do you think anybody would say they don’t value empathy, kindness and understanding?
It’s the very definition of a “when did you stop
beating your wife” question.
What you need to try to understand is that people have different opinions to you. I know people having the ‘wrong’ opinion is anathema to the woke, but here’s where you need to try to understand, the opinion of people who have the ‘wrong’ opinion is just as valid as your ‘correct’ opinion.
It’s the very definition of a “when did you stop
beating your wife” question.
What you need to try to understand is that people have different opinions to you. I know people having the ‘wrong’ opinion is anathema to the woke, but here’s where you need to try to understand, the opinion of people who have the ‘wrong’ opinion is just as valid as your ‘correct’ opinion.
//Do any of you here value kindness, empathy and understanding?//
I’ll try to answer your question without insult or injury.
Most people in the UK value those things. The problem is, as far as the issue of immigration goes, to display kindness, empathy and understanding towards people arriving in rubber boats, it means that the resources for people already here are necessarily reduced. This country has only a limited amount of money, housing, healthcare and education facilities. They are not infinite resources and people here that need them are already facing severe difficulties. It is a little difficult, for example, for somebody struggling to secure an appointment with a GP when they learn that those who are to be accommodated on the floating hotel being made ready on the South Coast will have their own on-board medical facilities. The government defends this by saying it is being done so as to help mitigate the impact on local health services. But of course this is nonsense because if the migrants were not here the money spent on the barge could be spent on the local health services that are already under pressure.
So, as with most things, there are two points of view: those who think it is perfectly acceptable to spend money on bespoke services on those who have made an irregular journey from a safe country to burden the UK taxpayer with the cost of their keep; and those who don’t but who believe the country’s limited resources should be spent improving the lot of those already here.
The problem is, there are many people in this country who insist that those in the latter category are “wrong” and refuse to countenance a contrary viewpoint without resorting to offensive insults. What they should really try to grasp is that, like the country’s limited medical resources, there is only so much kindness, empathy and understanding to go round.
I’ll try to answer your question without insult or injury.
Most people in the UK value those things. The problem is, as far as the issue of immigration goes, to display kindness, empathy and understanding towards people arriving in rubber boats, it means that the resources for people already here are necessarily reduced. This country has only a limited amount of money, housing, healthcare and education facilities. They are not infinite resources and people here that need them are already facing severe difficulties. It is a little difficult, for example, for somebody struggling to secure an appointment with a GP when they learn that those who are to be accommodated on the floating hotel being made ready on the South Coast will have their own on-board medical facilities. The government defends this by saying it is being done so as to help mitigate the impact on local health services. But of course this is nonsense because if the migrants were not here the money spent on the barge could be spent on the local health services that are already under pressure.
So, as with most things, there are two points of view: those who think it is perfectly acceptable to spend money on bespoke services on those who have made an irregular journey from a safe country to burden the UK taxpayer with the cost of their keep; and those who don’t but who believe the country’s limited resources should be spent improving the lot of those already here.
The problem is, there are many people in this country who insist that those in the latter category are “wrong” and refuse to countenance a contrary viewpoint without resorting to offensive insults. What they should really try to grasp is that, like the country’s limited medical resources, there is only so much kindness, empathy and understanding to go round.
Atheist, //It's always mindless cliches, shortcuts and jargon, never rational discussion. //
I'll remind you that you were the first to launch a personal attack here and that has disrupted the thread. Discussion (not something you often indulge in) until then was civilised. You really do need to examine your own posts before criticising others.
I'll remind you that you were the first to launch a personal attack here and that has disrupted the thread. Discussion (not something you often indulge in) until then was civilised. You really do need to examine your own posts before criticising others.
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