"So the billionaires’ families are gonna get billed for all of this like the time my family got billed for my ambulance ride, right? Right?" - eviltoast
  • johnkree@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    What really makes me angry is that media is full of some millionaires drowning in a rattle can steered with a 30$ Logitech controller while there are 100s of people drowning in the Mediterranean Sea every week because they are illegally pushed back by authorities and media is silent about it…

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        1 year ago

        They are forced out of their countries. I get your opinion if it is about young people just looking for work. This is also happening. But there are mothers and babies and kids among those people. They don’t go onto a rubber boat for fun. I bet you wouldn’t care about laws if the live of your family is in danger. And even if it is illegal, can you explain how it is ok to push them back into the water and let them drown? Mothers and their kids?

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          1 year ago

          They are forced out of their countries.

          What prevents them from seeking safety in the first safe country? Egypt etc, there are no civil wars there

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            1 year ago

            Usually, because they know a second language, but the first safe country they pass through doesn’t use that language, or because they’ve got a relative living legally in a different country that they think can help them.

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        1 year ago

        The master of a ship at sea as the moral and legal obligation to assist a ship in distress, if they can. There’s no skirting that obligation by assessing the legality of the ship’s planned path.

        But maybe we should also stop rescuing people in house fires, as they might be burglars?

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      1 year ago

      What do you mean, the media is silent about this? There’s tons of articles about that exact thing.

      • johnkree@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        There has been a lot of coverage, yes, but media didn’t make as much noise… the stories about migrants drowning was soon banned to page 7-13 on local newspapers… while this millionaire drama is all over the media for days now…