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Immigration Poll

Recently, I introduced a Poll into this Blog (Bernie’s Greek Poll - July, 2015).  It developed very little interest, perhaps because most people are nationalists and considered Greece, wrongly, as insignificant.

Perhaps, as a Poll, I presented it to produce comments as answers, instead of check boxes.

Please excuse my persistence as I present another.  This time, about the really important, and controversial, subject of asylum seekers.

The world, that’s you and I, contribute trillions of dollars annually to the problem of asylum seekers, either nationally or by way of the UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees).

Recently, a serious suggestion has been presented that a new UN State be created to which all asylum seekers be sent (Australia has already created a germ of the idea).  There are hundreds of uninhabited islands globally for which this idea could be established if the trillions of dollars were directed to it.

The new state would be developed with temporary homes, schools, workplaces, etc., and immigration representatives from various countries would evaluate and select the real refugees from the illegal economic asylum seekers.

Once, developed, all countries could ban or deport the asylum seekers unless they had been registered by the UNHCR within the new state. 

Do you believe this to be a suitable answer to the immigration problem (I should welcome either a comment or just an anonymous check (Yes, No or Maybe).  Please note;  Your vote will be counted within the app. but, for some weird reason it will not be visible on this page.  I shall reveal the numbers at a later date.

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Votes so far: 0
Days left to vote: 372 

Immigration 2 - A New Country For Refugees

Today, I listened, on CBC Radio, to a discussion about the possibility of creating a new country solely for refugees, and thought that this would be perfect for my stated “intention to develop this blog to facilitate communication ... and discuss almost any subject ....”  For example;  Should we create a new country solely for refugees (Mentioned twice for affect)?

This week, according to French police, another man has been killed trying to enter the Channel Tunnel to get to England.  Hundreds of attempts to enter the UK, by this method, are made each day, say the tunnel operators.

Almost 2,000 people are believed to have died crossing the Mediterranean to reach Europe this year and, it is estimated that, there are 60 million displaced people throughout the world.

Now, a controversial plan has been developed, by a real estate developer, to solve, at least help to solve, the problem, by creating a “Refugee Nation” (A brand-new country for the world’s refugees).  Critics are concerned that it could become a type of prison camp ... are you?

Please comment here.

Religion 8 - Ancient Manuscript

I have just read an interesting article in the Toronto Star newspaper about two ancient fragments of the Qu’ran recently uncovered by the University of Birmingham in the UK.  My focus was attracted towards the words used by scholars who were captivated by the sudden discovery.

It seems that the pieces of manuscript, written in ink on goatskin, have been carbon-dated by Oxford University as “close to the time of the Prophet Mohammad”, who is believed to have lived between 570 and 632 AD.  “ The manuscript could well have been written just after he died,” said David Thomas, a professor of Christian and Islamic studies at the University of Birmingham.  Although, at the same time, it was stated that the goatskin was from the time of the Prophet’s life.

Muslim tradition says that the declarations of the Qu’ran were received between 610 and 632 AD, but were not written down immediately.  Nevertheless, the relationship to the Christian Commandments should not be dismissed.

The manuscript is to be displayed to the public in October and, already, there is some global hysteria developing.  Mohammed Ali, the administer of the Birmingham Mosque described his emotion as, “There were tears in my eyes,” he said, recalling his thrill at seeing something from the time of the Prophet.  “It is very much unique.  This is something from his life”.

I can’t help wondering how long it will be before these fragments will be demanded by the huge Muslim community in Birmingham (20% of the population) housed in a gold-framed glass case, becoming part of a future ceremony stating that they could be of the Prophet himself.

Bernie's Greek Poll

Bernie's Greek Poll

If you were eligible to vote in a Greek referendum today, would you vote 'YES' or 'NO'?