A European immigration rant.

I'm reposting a piece I wrote as a response to an article in our Catholic paper, TheCatholicSpirit.com. (I've written a bunch there, posting as Charles C.) The article dealt with a speech given by Pope Francis on Monday, the 11th of January, to the assembled diplomats accredited to the Holy See. The speech dealt with many topics (and can be found in its entirety at:
en.radiovaticana.va/news/2016/01/11/pope_francis_speech_to_diplomatic_corps/1200146

The article I responded to was entitled "Politics of mercy: Pope knows ‘welcoming the stranger’ is controversial," and dealt almost entirely with immigration. It seems our local paper, and American Bishops in general, are all for immigration, the more the merrier. Here is my response:



This speech opens up some interesting possibilities, I'm a little surprised by the Pope's comments, but it appears he has been "overtaken by events."

"Europe, aided by its great cultural and religious heritage, has the means to defend the centrality of the human person and to find the right balance between its twofold moral responsibility to protect the rights of its citizens and to ensure assistance and acceptance to migrants."

But does Europe have the means? As Pope Francis said, in the same speech:

"All the same, the massive number of arrivals on the shores of Europe appear to be overburdening the system of reception . . . Given the immense influx and the inevitable problems it creates, a number of questions have be raised about the real
possibilities for accepting and accommodating people, about changes in the cultural and social structures of the receiving countries, and about the reshaping of certain regional geopolitical balances."

Now, at last, there is a recognition that the State has a moral duty to protect the rights of its citizens, even if that requires limiting total assistance to migrants. I hope that concept spreads to the American Bishops.

"Migrants come to Europe with cries of "Allahu Akbar." They want to take over. Pope Francis doesn't know the situation and many so-called refugees are actually economic migrants. They're not refugees. This is an invasion. The influx of migrants posed a threat to Europe's Christian universal values. Many of them are not deserving of help as they have money. They leave rubbish behind and have refused food and water. Most of them behave in a way that is very arrogant and cynical."
Laszlo Kiss-Rigo, Bishop of Szeged-Csanad, southern Hungary.

"Now all of a sudden we are facing the challenge that refugees are coming to Europe and we are vulnerable, as we see, because we do not yet have the order, the control, that we would like to have."
German chancellor Angela Merkel, Europe's leading fan of immigration. (or, at least, she was)

Are European citizens in danger of losing any rights? Read about "Taharrush gamea," Taharrush gamea involves mass attacks on vulnerable women which are reportedly common in the Middle East and North Africa. German authorities have created a task force to combat it. Why should they bother with this harmless Muslim cultural practice?

Cologne. New Year's Eve violence up to 516 reported cases. At least 100 young women groped, raped, or robbed. One group of 11 women, thinking there was safety in numbers, were attacked by a group of 30. Women are too frightened to walk alone in the city. A Cologne Councillor has labelled parts of the city as "No-go" zones. Cologne mayor Henriette Ryker says it's women's responsibility to "keep arm's length" from migrants.

Mass attacks by migrants on women were also reported in Hamburg, Stuttgart, Desseldorf, Bielfeld, and Berlin. That does even consider the attacks in Sweden, Austria, Finland, and Switzerland.

And it is not a stretch to connect this to Chancellor Merkel's decision to allow over a million immigrants from Islamic countries to immigrate in to Germany last year.

"Gerhard Schroeder, Merkel’s predecessor as Chancellor, said this week that Merkel had ‘a lot of heart but no plan’ when she opened the borders to migrants in August, saying all Syrians were welcome. Her mistake, he added, ‘was to allow an exception to turn into a new normality — an unlimited influx’."

Could that also describe Pope Francis? "A lot of heart, but no plan."

Perhaps the immigrants were never welcome, and so they are reacting to the lack if welcome? It doesn't seem like it.

"A refugee worker told MailOnline how public opinion in Germany is turning against refugees, saying: 'The perception of refugees has changes with each new incident like this.

"'Most people used to have sympathy for them, but that is changing, you can see it in people's attitude and hear it in the way they talk about foreigners.' "

So, what does Europe do now? Give in to the anger caused by the rapes, sexual abuse, murders and other offenses which the Islamic culture and religion bring with it? (You've forgotten Charlie Hebdo?) No, that's not right.

Allow for the Islamization of Europe? That's an impossibly ugly choice.

Hope that the Muslim immigrants will become model citizens, proud and supportive of free speech and religious freedom? And that they will abandon attempts to institute Sharia law? Yeah, right.

Stop, or severely slow, the immigration to allow time and limited resources to attack the problem? I don't think the Pope would like that.

But that's just Europe, what about Muslims in the US? Well, that's the topic for another discussion, but I found the results of a Pew poll interesting. In 2006 they asked Muslim men, aged 18 through 29 if they thought suicide bombing was justified. The percentages of "Yes" answers?

Great Britain 35%
Germany 22%
Spain 29%
France 42%
And the moderate US 26%

No modern western culture, civilization, or country can survive if a sizable percentage of it's population holds that belief.


It was just something I wanted to get off my chest, sorry about the length.[/font][/font]