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Post by mobeach on Sept 1, 2015 16:43:49 GMT -6
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Post by jazznoise on Sept 7, 2015 7:16:49 GMT -6
You gotta feel for a guy like that. 2 hours in traffic and he should be dead from the fumes. What's there to do in a humanitarian crisis of this scale?
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Post by mobeach on Sept 7, 2015 7:42:27 GMT -6
You gotta feel for a guy like that. 2 hours in traffic and he should be dead from the fumes. What's there to do in a humanitarian crisis of this scale? What can you do... the engine heat must have sucked too. |
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Post by tonycamphd on Sept 7, 2015 9:10:31 GMT -6
that is godawful, it makes you realize how lucky you are.... or at least it should.
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Post by ericn on Sept 9, 2015 9:27:51 GMT -6
Oh my god ! How desperate can you be!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2015 9:36:30 GMT -6
ericn, most refugees, if from Africa or Syria, are as desperate as one could be. Uncounted hundreds of them drowned in the mediterranean sea this summer and despite they know how dangerous these routes are, they try to cross it in ridiculously small overloaded boats. They simply see no other choice and accept deadly risks. A hundred meter from here, my town builds a container village from danish modules for the many refugees that come here on the last stop before Scandinavia, a lot will stay here, exhausted, without appropriate clothes for the autumn weather. I am pretty proud of my small hometowns citizens... (Our train station since weeks with dozens of unsalaried helpers working 24/7 to organize food, clothes, sleeping places, translators, sleeping bags, some toys for the children, psychological help....)   Improvised sleeping after the last train.   
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Post by mobeach on Sept 26, 2015 9:46:44 GMT -6
ericn, most refugees, if from Africa or Syria, are as desperate as one could be. Uncounted hundreds of them drowned in the mediterranean sea this summer and despite they know how dangerous these routes are, they try to cross it in ridiculously small overloaded boats. They simply see no other choice and accept deadly risks. A hundred meter from here, my town builds a container village from danish modules for the many refugees that come here on the last stop before Scandinavia, a lot will stay here, exhausted, without appropriate clothes for the autumn weather. I am pretty proud of my small hometowns citizens... (Our train station since weeks with dozens of unsalaried helpers working 24/7 to organize food, clothes, sleeping places, translators, sleeping bags, some toys for the children, psychological help....) Improvised sleeping after the last train. I understand we're getting about 10,000 Syrians here in Massachusetts. Oh.. where's the free beer? That is Germany right??  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2015 10:31:30 GMT -6
Yes, it is.
Actually, the weekend before the last one, we made a spontaneous summer/autumn party in the biggest park to welcome the newly arrived refugees that were many that days to give them some hope and relaxation.
Yepp, there drinks and food was free. A few beer, too. But most muslims don't drink any alcohol....
Impressions from that weekend, incl. party. Sorry, german, but you get the picture. Most of the help comes privately from the people of the town. All needed goods and food are from donations.
What else should or could we do for these desperate people mostly from war zones in Syria and Afghanistan at the moment? Most have had horrible times in their countries and also from exhausting travels far from home. I guess this is already the best we could do from a humanistic point of view ...
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