The Pangaean Union

I was reading between the lines in a Fox News article about the "pro-Palestinian" occupation of the admin building at Columbia University the other day. The story basically says the protestors held a maintenance worker "hostage," then let him go as an act of "good faith."

However the two pictures running with the article tell a far different story. It is my guess, and I cannot overemphasize that word guess, that conversation went something like this:
Protestor: You are our hostage!
Maint. Worker: [Insert really thick New York/Brooklyn accent] Oh yeah? I got your hostage right here.
Protester: **Ow... ** Hey! You're our hostage. You can't do... **OUCH** "Stop it!" **OWWWWWW**
Maint. Worker: I'm walking out that [expletive deleted] door right [expletive deleted] now. You got a [expletive deleted] problem with that?
Protester choking out words through an occluded airway: No problem, man.

I know, I know, small things to amuse small minds. I laughed way too hard while reading that article the second time after seeing those pictures.

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https://www.foxnews.com/us/columbia-university-facilities-worker-speaks-terror-takeover-held-hostage

Libervalley wrote:

What do you all think of the idea of bringing Palestinian refugees to the United States?

No thanks. We have plenty of terrorists here already without adding people who routinely chant "Death to America."

Magnus Phoenicia wrote:

They're not all terrorists.

Almost certainly. However, that part of the world has a significantly larger population of terrorists per capita than the rest of the planet. While they may not all be terrorists, a stunningly large number of Gaza residents routinely turn out for those whole death to America chants whenever it comes up. I really don't think people who believe in death to America should be welcomed to this nation under any circumstances, let alone with open arms.

It is certain that not all of them feel that way. How do you propose we sort them out? The honor system?

Magnus Phoenicia wrote:

If anything children should be removed from that nightmare that is occuring

From your mouth to [Insert deity of choice here]'s ears. By all means, let's save the children. (Being serious here, no sarcasm.)

Now then, how do you propose to accomplish that? What agencies and nations will carry out the logistics? Where do you plan to send those children and who will care for them while they are safely away from the war? What is the plan to repatriate those children once Israel finishes stomping terrorists. What happens to those children if the parents are dead, or cannot be found? Will the children be forcibly removed from the parents? Do we screen out children who have been watching children's shows formatted along the lines of Sesame Street drill in the messages "Hate Israel," "Jews are dogs, "Death to America," and "Infidels have no right to live?" What age constitutes a "child?"

Never awaken a soundly sleeping federal bureaucracy.