I have no ties with Syria so how is that my problem?

they aren't Dutch
they don't sound like me and they don't look like me

there are no ties

but the biggest question is why the hell does stepping on a lego hurt so much

@Queenie because you touch yourself at night

Your only ties with the boreres are that they look like you, you guys aren’t in the same and they aren’t more deserving of help then Syrians

Oh yeah that makes sense

@Obama_Bin_Laden like I said they are of Dutch descent.
South Africa was a Dutch colony and later British Colony
They speak a dialect of Dutch and UK English
They are closer to me in terms of descent than Syrians.

Either take in the Boere as well or take in neither

They are desendants of the Dutch but they aren’t better people than Syrians

Neither are better people or more deserving

they're still closer to me than a Syrians

And they are a lot farther away than Syrians

what ties do I have with the Syrians?

do they sound like me?
do they look like me?
was Syria at any point a Dutch colony?
what reasons do I have to take these people in?

It isn’t about wether they look like you or sound like you it’s about a humanitarian crisis happening in the Middle East and Africa and Europe is in a better location to help Syrians than boreres

that doesn't answer my question

why should I take them in?

another country's misfortune isn't my problem

If everything you owned was destroyed in a hurricane than by that logic no one should help you, because it’s your own misfortune and not there problem

Tribes stick together
Syrians aren't part of my tribe

Tribes don’t exist in modern Europe

Tribes will always exist.
people that are alike will always stick together.
Look at the relations between Belgium and The Netherlands of Luxembourg and Germany.

Tribalism is inherent to humans.

Yet countries like the US are very diverse

Even in the US you have tribalism.
African-Americans tend to stick together
Same with Hispanics still flying their Mexican flag.
It's only whites that ignore their own tribalism because they don't want to be seen as racist.

I live in Tampa

Any large enough minority will establish an ethnic enclave

Hispanics and White people live side by side here

how much hispanics live there? like what percentage?

I don’t know

could be a low percentage

But there is a lot where I live

for shits and giggles check around where they live and what shops they go to, what language they speak among each other

English

But they used to speak Spanish

They integrated into the local culture

once you hit a certain point people will just stick together
a local example would be Turkish migrants living in Turkish areas speaking Turkish for the most part shopping at Turkish shops.

again could be a low percentage

People who come to your country want to be a part of it

check around in more "diverse" states like CA