Something tells me, that the writer of this post obviously believes that nothing in his lifetime would render a situation, where one of his family members may be tortured or raped on this planet, by some brutal soldiers or a mob/crowd and hence this empathy for the vacationers and the hotel owners.
Kudos for your post.
That wasn't what my post said, not even the part that you quoted. In fact, it is a serious misrepresentation.
I was specifically commenting on the immediate assumption by more than one person that because those people on the Greek islands are better off than the refugees, that there is no reason whatsoever to sympathize with them because they didn't ask for their life to be turned upside down. That they have no right to complain. Which attitude I believe is wrong.
It seems there are so many people who immediately side one way or the other, because people see things so one-sided to begin with, without worrying about whether situations affect others and whether those affected have any right to expect fair treatment themselves - often making problems worse. Too many people are happy to condemn "the evil rich vacationers" or the "evil businessman" (many of whom are neither, and many of whom had no responsibility for what happened to others and are being forced into the situation themselves), who is worried about his own livelihood and providing for
his family to the point where they seem to say that this class of person has no right for concern where others are involved if they are less fortunate.
Nowhere did I say that the refugees should be turned out because they were caught between a rock and a hard place. Nowhere did I say I had no sympathy for those who were fleeing ISIS. You are simply putting a meaning to my writing which doesn't exist.
But, one tries to look dispassionately at a situation and make others see that the story may not be so one-sided and what do I get? I guess the lesson here is to completely impassioned without looking at both sides or shut up?
If you are so worried about these refugees, and you are so worried that the rich vacationers and businessmen will mistreat them - instead of trying to make me feel guilty for having sympathies on both sides of the problem, why not do something about it? That's what I meant in the part of my post that you quoted. And I sure wouldn't think any worse of you for not doing so - after all you are not affected by this directly and personally, as neither am I, aside how we may feel about all of the human misery that rains down upon people every freaking day on this god-forsaken planet.
It's OK if you feel that the Greek islanders and their vacationing clients deserve no consideration because they are better off than the refugees. It is as much your right to be what I consider somewhat hypocritical when it comes to who should have any rights to complain, just as you seem to consider me inhuman and cold when it comes to the plight of others because I try to see both sides of the situation and try to look at it without undue emotion.
Let's agree to disagree, shall we?
