Should we stop any more immigration?

Don't come on here insulting me - the question asked whether or not one thought immigration should be stopped. I gave my opinion. I didn't say it could be done. Everybody is talking idealistically. I understand fully that they go hand in hand.

No one is insulting you.

This is what you said:

'Well, there has to, if we stay in the EU, be some serious discussions about having control of our own borders for one. I think we should adopt a system like Australia's.'

You were clearly making a serious suggestion about how we should reform our relationship with the EU. All I said was that this tack has been attempted and has failed and has always been without hope given the leading member states' support for freedom of movement. The idea of being in the EU and having an Australian points-based system only exists on the other side of the looking glass

No, I clearly wasn't. I was trying to say that in an ideal world, that would be preferable. I know it isn't going to happen because it can't.

Calm the **** down and stop trying to tell me what I said, I know what I said, I also know what I meant far more than you will ever.

If you knew it can never happen you would not have said 'Well, there has to, if we stay in the EU, be some serious discussions about having control of our own borders for one. I think we should adopt a system like Australia's.'

If you had meant what you now say you did, you would have inserted a phrase such as 'in an ideal world', or 'I know it's never going to happen but it would be great if'. I suggest embracing the fact that you have made a comment which demonstrates a total lack of understanding of the subject matter and move on with your life.



You have lost your temper because someone has politely disagreed with you in an online discussion about the European Union. Think that over for a moment or two.

Either you express yourself very poorly or you are understandably so embarrassed by your original post that you are trying to pass it off as not intending to mean what it very clearly did.

Oh my word, you know what, I'm not entertaining you further. You are spending a lot of time responding, trying to tell somebody what they meant when they said something. Well that person knows better than you what they meant, regardless of what your interpretation of it was. I am not embarrassed in the slightest, I'm laughing at how immature you're behaving. Get a life.

Oh my word, you know what, I'm not entertaining you further. You are spending a lot of time responding, trying to tell somebody what they meant when they said something. Well that person knows better than you what they meant, regardless of what your interpretation of it was. I am not embarrassed in the slightest, I'm laughing at how immature you're behaving. Get a life.

Let's not completely end immigration but make sure that we only accept people whose skills we need and do not have enough of (certain engineering and medical specialties) and only accept them after a rigorous screening procress. Something like Australia's points based system but a bit more restricted would be good. We should also accept a number of refugees but only after a rigorous screening process to make sure that they have no links to terrorism or organised crime. We need to make sure that we only accept a number that we can afford to keep and should focus on trying to combat ISIS and ending the Syrian regime, the sources of the problem.

Let's not completely end immigration but make sure that we only accept people whose skills we need and do not have enough of (certain engineering and medical specialties) and only accept them after a rigorous screening procress. Something like Australia's points based system but a bit more restricted would be good. We should also accept a number of refugees but only after a rigorous screening process to make sure that they have no links to terrorism or organised crime. We need to make sure that we only accept a number that we can afford to keep and should focus on trying to combat ISIS and ending the Syrian regime, the sources of the problem.

should focus on trying to combat ISIS and ending the Syrian regime, the sources of the problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGfP8CyJAhg

I am all for helping people. Really, I have posted as much here, too. However, one cannot do so at the expense of one's own citizens' welfare. It's gotta be a pretty sad state of affairs if a young girl makes such a video saying she is now scared in her own town...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGfP8CyJAhg

I am all for helping people. Really, I have posted as much here, too. However, one cannot do so at the expense of one's own citizens' welfare. It's gotta be a pretty sad state of affairs if a young girl makes such a video saying she is now scared in her own town...