Boat carrying Haitian migrants grounds off the Florida Keys
Federal officials say a wooden boat carrying hundreds of Haitian migrants in a suspected human smuggling operation ran aground just off Key Largo, Florida
Haitian refugee boat runs aground in FL
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SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
- Oct 22, 2014
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Perhaps they were looking for a Golf Course to play or maybe some fresh Conch...
For some, maybe. It probably has more to do with the numbers and the method and their desperation. The Irish were once treated like that, as well as Polish immigrants, and anyone else who seemed to come in dense numbers and forced the current residence to accommodate the needy. It's inconvenient to people, even if the only way it touches their lives it by seeing it on the news. It gives them something to blame their woes on and allows them to be self-righteous. The fact that there is an easily recognized visual distinction between "them" and "us" makes it that much easier. It's too bad there are still so many who fail to understand the true meaning of brotherhood of Man (not to mean anything political by putting this in sexist terms
).-Will
I moved this here because it has taken a turn away from the nautical aspects of the story. It's winter so the thread will remain open but a warning: when you start talking about voting, political parties, etc., your post will be deleted and we get grumpy when we have to do that.