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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday July 12 2017, @09:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the switching-to-mac dept.

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates has called on Europe to stop demonstrating generosity towards asylum seekers to avoid an overwhelming migrant influx. He also advises European states to make Africans' way to the continent much more difficult.

During an interview Germany's Welt am Sonntag, Gates, one of the richest people on the planet, warned of the grave consequences of exceeding generosity towards refugees coming to Europe, whose numbers would only rise unless something is done.

"On the one hand you want to demonstrate generosity and take in refugees, but the more generous you are, the more word gets around about this – which in turn motivates more people to leave Africa," Gates said.

While Germany has been one of the pioneers of the open door policy, it cannot "take in the huge, massive number of people who are wanting to make their way to Europe." Thus Gates advised European nations to take action in order to make it "more difficult for Africans to reach the continent via the current transit routes."

Source: https://www.rt.com/news/395356-migrants-overwhelm-europe-gates/


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  • (Score: 2) by Lagg on Wednesday July 12 2017, @11:29PM (5 children)

    by Lagg (105) on Wednesday July 12 2017, @11:29PM (#538433) Homepage Journal

    Oh please, jmorris' problem if he doesn't know what to expect from me just like I know what to expect from his posts by this point.

    This is also what pisses me off to no end. People with generally thick skin utterly fail to understand the concept of spreading rot. This is the only thing I can come up with when I read responses like this. I claim nothing but ignorance on how the human brain works but still the concept that people can be fooled repeatedly by recycled techniques is bewildering. This is the same shit the fentanyl manufacturers do even. The ability for people to pass off RT like it's in the same vein as the other places is astounding. Can I remind people that they propagate a total hoax of a battle suit by Star Wars SEO and passed this off as real [snopes.com] in a dick move way most tabloids wouldn't touch.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 12 2017, @11:47PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 12 2017, @11:47PM (#538440)

    If you don't like RT, you can read the interview in the other link provided, from an accepted Western MSM source.

    • (Score: 2) by Lagg on Thursday July 13 2017, @12:01AM

      by Lagg (105) on Thursday July 13 2017, @12:01AM (#538451) Homepage Journal

      Oh I loathe RT, its pre-election readership, its staff and especially its masters. Oh and the complacent citizenry that allows it to exist and revels in it who use terms I don't even understand like "Western MSM". Which is why I will continue to note their utter failure at journalistic integrity and incredible lack of credibility even by tabloid standards. Every time I see it. From the same recurring editors that fucking know better.

      I can already guess what Gates' actual opinion is based on past articles, and it's not as simple or stupid as presented. It's a practical disease science based one and one of economy. So personally speaking: Ain't a thang. Sorry to those of you that have to choose between the site ran by people who like being fisted by Putin versus the random german one with a paywall. :D

      Oh and I just discovered a primary translation source for this was Breitbart. I'm sure they have no agenda. They seem like great guys. Not people trying to sell ugly trinkets to trailer trash.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 12 2017, @11:57PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 12 2017, @11:57PM (#538447)

    Just look at this story:
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/12/giant-antarctic-iceberg-breaks-free-of-larsen-c-ice-shelf [theguardian.com]

    They actually include multiple interviews with scientists saying "they looked into it and as far as they can tell the iceberg is not related to climate change", yet it ends with something about Paris climate accords. This is the real nature of fake news.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @12:29AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @12:29AM (#538472)

      from your link (bracketed text in original):

      Twila Moon, a glacier expert at the US National Ice and Snow Data Center agrees but, she said, climate change could have made the situation more likely.

      “Certainly the changes that we see on ice shelves, such as thinning because of warmer ocean waters, are the sort [of changes] that are going to make it easier for these events to happen,” she said.

      • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @02:10AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @02:10AM (#538519)

        And then read the next sentence where they say "it was looked into but no that explanation doesn't fit".