Islamic Terrorism in the West ( Mega thread)

[Halifax Tar]

Yup, we have quite a mix of extremists in Canada. Some imported as immigrants, many home-grown. Anyone can self-radicalize online and we’ve seen that for many years now.

Better checks and controls on who’s coming in would help somewhat… But we have a whole lot of problem children who are Canadian born and raised.

Echo echo echo

 

[OldSolduer]

If we controlled our immigration better we would have less problems from elsewhere. That doesn't mean we would have no problems, it means we would have less problems.

Assholes are assholes, Canada has lots of them; lets just not import any new ones.

Because we can grow assholes as good as anyone else....in fact some ways we are superior....

 

[Czech_pivo]

A name like Charlotte Lynn Kates doesn't jump out at me as person that tighter immigration could have prevented. Some of her followers perhaps but I wouldn't be surprised a lot of them have Canadian birth certificates as well. It seems she is a domestic product.

Maybe she's a CUPE member?

 

[Fishbone Jones]

And then there are the Irish

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'America's always had a love-hate relationship with immigration'​

But historically, did those waves of earlier immigrants face similar fear mongering as what you describe is happening today?

Absolutely. The Irish who came in the 1800s were greeted with 'No Irish Need Apply' signs. In 1882, the federal government enacted the so-called Chinese Exclusion Act which specifically forbade further immigration of Chinese people to America.

In 1924, the federal government enacted the National Origins Act which set quotas for Italians and Eastern Europeans so that they could exclude largely Jewish immigrants.

America has always had a love-hate relationship with immigration. On the one hand, we have the Statue of Liberty telling us that we welcome the poor, the tired, the huddled masses. On the other hand we have a long tradition of prejudice and laws designed to keep immigrants out.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/episode-415-midterms-and-the-impeach-o-meter-pot-marketing-laws-how-not-to-propose-vimy-oaks-and-more-1.4896932/america-s-always-had-a-love-hate-relationship-with-immigration-the-caravan-and-the-country-s-immigrant-past-1.4896938

Wasn't just the Irish. My grandfather was put on a ship, alone as a small child, aged 5 years, from England and sent here as child labour. The note pinned to his coat was his identification. He worked as a blacksmith appretice

 

[daftandbarmy]

Wasn't just the Irish. My grandfather was put on a ship, alone as a small child, aged 5 years, from England and sent here as child labour. The note pinned to his coat was his identification. He worked as a blacksmith appreticeView attachment 89106

Indentured servitude enters the chat...


Until the late 18th century, indentured servitude was common in British America. It was often a way for Europeans to migrate to the American colonies: they signed an indenture in return for a costly passage. However, the system was also used to exploit many of them, as well as Asians (mostly from India and China) who wanted to migrate to the New World. These Asian people were used mainly to construct roads and railway systems. After their indenture expired, the immigrants were free to work for themselves or another employer. At least one economist has suggested that "indentured servitude was an economic arrangement designed to iron out imperfections in the capital market". In some cases, the indenture was made with a ship's master, who sold the indenture to an employer in the colonies. Most indentured servants worked as farm laborers or domestic servants, although some were apprenticed to craftsmen.

Indentured servitude - Wikipedia

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[Fishbone Jones]

Indentured servitude enters the chat...


Until the late 18th century, indentured servitude was common in British America. It was often a way for Europeans to migrate to the American colonies: they signed an indenture in return for a costly passage. However, the system was also used to exploit many of them, as well as Asians (mostly from India and China) who wanted to migrate to the New World. These Asian people were used mainly to construct roads and railway systems. After their indenture expired, the immigrants were free to work for themselves or another employer. At least one economist has suggested that "indentured servitude was an economic arrangement designed to iron out imperfections in the capital market". In some cases, the indenture was made with a ship's master, who sold the indenture to an employer in the colonies. Most indentured servants worked as farm laborers or domestic servants, although some were apprenticed to craftsmen.

Indentured servitude - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

More along the line of Home Children, methinks.

Home Children - Wikipedia

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