http://malcolmpollack.com/2015/11/22/the-refugee-question-further-thoughts/
As always, the commentary on social media is of typical fashion. Either you are for immigration, peace, love, sharing, progressiveness and all that warm fuzzy stuff, OR you are labelled a cold-hearted, xenophobic, racist, ignorant hillbilly if you so much as question whether or not mass immigration from certain parts of the world is a good idea. Social media is garbage. Well, that's unfair I suppose. It's just a tool for individuals to share their thoughts. It's depressing to see the level of ignorance exhibited by a significant portion of the population, however. Anyway, I digress.
At this point I am undecided on the Syrian Refugee issue, but lean toward a more cautious approach and a limiting of immigration from that part of the world, largely for the reasons Pollack outlines in this post. My Christian commitments require a certain degree of charity, of course, but this charity must be guided by a consideration of the relevant goods involved - including those of the welfare of my home country and fellow countrymen, as well as the long term development of the culture in which I live. There never seem to be any easy answers!
I would like to think a better solution would involve bringing over orphaned children and finding them homes with Canadian and American families, or setting up some sort of relief program on foreign soil. But what do I know? Maybe those aren't workable solutions.
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