tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post105926121060444382..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Economic Myths: A richer Africa means fewer migrantsMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-23069928936310639572016-04-01T13:18:28.430+01:002016-04-01T13:18:28.430+01:00"Using one religion to explain another, is li..."Using one religion to explain another, is like using one sport to explain another. In Rugby forward passes are illegal therefore they should be in American Football."<br /><br />Or, in other words, no religion can bear any resemblance to another unless all forms of football are identical. Are you sure the crocodile isn't greener than it's wide?<br /><br />Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-67283638026321338212016-04-01T10:44:35.645+01:002016-04-01T10:44:35.645+01:00Using one religion to explain another, is like usi...Using one religion to explain another, is like using one sport to explain another. In Rugby forward passes are illegal therefore they should be in American Football.L fairfaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12274756119129254373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-6837846785544213072016-04-01T10:30:04.701+01:002016-04-01T10:30:04.701+01:00"I hope the Syrians are economic migrants. I ..."I hope the Syrians are economic migrants. I fear that they also want to spread Islam one way or another."<br /><br />I doubt that it is the economic migrants who would be doing that. After all our (Christian) economic migrants are usually not the same people as our missionaries. Thumpers (of bible or koran) are usually much more effective at "spreading the good news" than poor people driven from their homes by war or starvation.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-91006320394977623552016-04-01T08:24:01.961+01:002016-04-01T08:24:01.961+01:00G, give it a try, if you don't get homesick, t...G, give it a try, if you don't get homesick, then stay there.<br /><br />LF, me too.<br /><br />After that we drifted off topic.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-17510622823596631222016-03-31T12:16:33.745+01:002016-03-31T12:16:33.745+01:00DBCR, spot on , the danger is not Islam, it is pur...DBCR, spot on , the danger is not Islam, it is puritanism and fundamantalism. It matters not to what religion the puritans and fundamentalists subscribe.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-18176830593191928092016-03-31T11:54:11.029+01:002016-03-31T11:54:11.029+01:00@mombers
"@L Poland and Hungary's policie...@mombers<br />"@L Poland and Hungary's policies come along with all sorts of other stuff like homophobia and general xenophobia... Not my cup of tea."<br />We don't have to copy everything they do. On the subject of homophobia have you never read why Pym Fortune started to get anti Islam?L fairfaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12274756119129254373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-56607525535739952032016-03-31T11:29:37.494+01:002016-03-31T11:29:37.494+01:00@L Poland and Hungary's policies come along wi...@L Poland and Hungary's policies come along with all sorts of other stuff like homophobia and general xenophobia... Not my cup of tea.mombershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650866436764567516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-52600588447443418742016-03-31T11:17:58.702+01:002016-03-31T11:17:58.702+01:00DBCR. I'm not sure. OBL was a bit of a liberti...DBCR. I'm not sure. OBL was a bit of a libertine/playboy in his youth wasn't he?paulc156https://www.blogger.com/profile/12412449043451685404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-3598975759332775482016-03-31T09:33:15.001+01:002016-03-31T09:33:15.001+01:00Mind you, you don't have to try very hard to t...Mind you, you don't have to try very hard to think who might be propagating this particular economic myth.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-64121812547889994042016-03-31T01:11:49.866+01:002016-03-31T01:11:49.866+01:00One month living in Seville over Christmas suggest...One month living in Seville over Christmas suggested to me that I should become an economic migrant, The more I reflect on it, the fewer are the real ties that bind me to Britain.Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11007306140530173428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-55902168817908329082016-03-30T21:34:13.556+01:002016-03-30T21:34:13.556+01:00I’m an economic migrant too.I’m an economic migrant too.paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02235916672731045819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-88857680743739887292016-03-30T20:48:51.504+01:002016-03-30T20:48:51.504+01:00B,probably it's true that we don't, almost...B,probably it's true that we don't, almost certainly they believe that. But they are still economic migrants (neither a good thing or a bad thing in itself, it's rational behaviour).Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-28019592495949753322016-03-30T19:50:05.380+01:002016-03-30T19:50:05.380+01:00I did hear an Syrian refugee on the radio say that...I did hear an Syrian refugee on the radio say that it was widely believed amongst refugees that the UK would not deport them back to their country of entry into the EU.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.com