Should we give humanitarian aid?

[Gaylord]

The people in need of aid are generally the ones who dont make any policies

They do have policies...STEAL as much of the (people's) money and hide it in a Swiss/Cayman Island bank account's & or buy the most expensive London real estate they can get their sticky little hands on .

So I guess the general consensus is that money should be given regardless of a countries domestic humanitarian policies!


GL

[Alec Horan]

They do have policies...STEAL as much of the (people's) money and hide it in a Swiss/Cayman Island bank account's & or buy the most expensive London real estate they can get their sticky little hands on .

So I guess the general consensus is that money should be given regardless of a countries domestic humanitarian policies!


GL

Thats not a particularly well thought out argument Gaylord.

You were talking about aid for people that need it - Of course you help them, If a child is starving but his folks are homophobic will you feed that child ? or if a man is starving and he is a racist or sexist or in some manner not the sort of person that agrees with all your beliefs should you allow him to starve. I think not.

If we do then we have become a vengeful God. Who is to say we would not have been like him had we been brought up in the same environment.

[RicFlair]

I don't think Ireland is in a fit financial state to be giving money away as aid. We can't even run our own affairs at the moment. Plus we spend 90 million euro a year on Asylum Seekers that keep coming in. Its very unsustainable and dangerous. The only reason Ireland signs up to these things is to look generous to the international community. Its bollox.