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Pribnow  ·  2984 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: France’s highways descend in chaos and lawlessness

These videos are absolutely ludicrous and I'm legitimately angry watching them. Completely ridiculous disregard for the laws and customs of the country they've come to. I have no idea what a reasonable solution is which makes it even more frustrating. I feel like countries have a moral and ethical obligation to accept refugees but this kind of thing simply isn't acceptable.





rrrrr  ·  2982 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm not too keen on the people in the cars who recommend opening fire on the migrants etc. Can people really have no concept of how another person can be desperate? No-one would choose to be wandering around a highway trying to sneak into the back of a truck if they felt they had a better option, and the lack of empathy is as depressing as the sight of all these people wandering around. But clearly there's a big problem caused by economic difficulties and wars, and there's no easy and nice solution.

Pribnow  ·  2982 days ago  ·  link  ·  

>I'm not too keen on the people in the cars who recommend opening fire on the migrants etc.

I agree, that's just as ludicrous.

>No-one would choose to be wandering around a highway trying to sneak into the back of a truck if they felt they had a better option, and the lack of empathy is as depressing as the sight of all these people wandering around.

That's true, but desperation isn't the entire story. Not all desperate people behave this way. I think a big part of is just the difference in culture; road laws aren't respected pretty much at all in a huge part of the world. My experiences in India come to mind, where right of way is determined by games of chicken, crosswalks are irrelevant, intersections are a madhouse, etc. It's not like migrants are required to take classes on traffic laws, regulations, and customs before they're allowed into the country.