Sep. 14th, 2015
there's something I don't get
Sep. 14th, 2015 06:32 pm"Turkish authorities later arrested four individuals in connection with the illegal journey, although they appeared to be low-level intermediaries.[17]
Alan Kurdi's father, Abdullah Kurdi, has stated that the inflatable boat became uncontrollable as its engine had failed, with the 'captain' abandoning it and everyone else. An Iraqi survivor from the same boat, Zainab Abbas, who also lost two children from the disaster, told reporters that Abdullah had behaved recklessly as 'captain' when the boat flipped over and also claimed that Abdullah was a people smuggler.[28] In response, Abdullah denied the accusation, stating: "I lost my family, I lost my life, I lost everything, so let them say whatever they want."[29] The Reuters agency reported that interviews with three other passengers in the boat, Iraqis Ahmed Hadi Jawwad and his wife, and 22-year-old Amir Haider, corroborated Abbas's account.[30]" (from wiki)
So, those adult males, their children are drowning, and they are just swimming back to the shore.
This is interesting. Can you imagine yourselves abandoning your little children in water? Or other people's little children?
Blame Canada, of course.
This is something we should keep in mind when arguing about this. You may say, oh, no, these people are actually professionals. Ok. But these professionals don't care about children drowning around. I really don't want to deal with this kind of professionals. Ok, maybe 95% of the people around are like this. I better not check.
Alan Kurdi's father, Abdullah Kurdi, has stated that the inflatable boat became uncontrollable as its engine had failed, with the 'captain' abandoning it and everyone else. An Iraqi survivor from the same boat, Zainab Abbas, who also lost two children from the disaster, told reporters that Abdullah had behaved recklessly as 'captain' when the boat flipped over and also claimed that Abdullah was a people smuggler.[28] In response, Abdullah denied the accusation, stating: "I lost my family, I lost my life, I lost everything, so let them say whatever they want."[29] The Reuters agency reported that interviews with three other passengers in the boat, Iraqis Ahmed Hadi Jawwad and his wife, and 22-year-old Amir Haider, corroborated Abbas's account.[30]" (from wiki)
So, those adult males, their children are drowning, and they are just swimming back to the shore.
This is interesting. Can you imagine yourselves abandoning your little children in water? Or other people's little children?
Blame Canada, of course.
This is something we should keep in mind when arguing about this. You may say, oh, no, these people are actually professionals. Ok. But these professionals don't care about children drowning around. I really don't want to deal with this kind of professionals. Ok, maybe 95% of the people around are like this. I better not check.