Choose the Christians

Vincent J. Curtis

17 Nov 2015

A couple of months ago I argued among friends that if we are going to take in 25,000 Syrian refugees quickly, we should select Christian families.  First, the Christians are the ones most persecuted, and families are the most in need.  They are also the ones most likely to be peaceable.  What we should not do is take in large numbers of single, young men. That would be asking for trouble, since the ability to vet these people is practically non-existent.

The Hamilton Spectator, in its inimitable way, cares nothing about the opinions of those who want to be careful about this.  In fact, polls show that Quebecers are the most worried about taking in large numbers of Muslim refugees in the wake of the attacks this year in Paris.  The Spectator is in the position of accusing French Quebecers of being racist Islamophobes because of their empathy for their cultural and linguistic kinsmen in France.  For the sake of utter foreigners, The Spectator condemns our French fellow-countrymen: well done Spectator!

I put the case briefly before the Spectator, as below.  Of course, the Spectator launched editorials, some packaged as news stories, condemning the idea that we should be careful about admitting large numbers of young, single Muslim males, or of using selection criteria of any kind.

You would think that given the racism and sexism rampant on university campuses these days, and the condemnation of "white, male privilege," the Spectator might be sensitive to the concern about bringing in large numbers of young, single males from Syria who have extremely sexist attitudes and a high sense of privilege.  Apparently not.  The compartmentalization of Politically Correct thinking is truly a thing to behold.  It keeps modern liberalism from becoming aware of its plentiful self-contractions.

The opinions expressed below have now become practically self-evident truths among right-thinking individuals and political parties south of the border.



Justin Trudeau can save himself and Canada a lot of trouble without having to debunk any “myths” about the dangerous refugee.

All he has to do is select his 25,000 Syrian refugees from among Christian families, and by families I mean Mom and Dad and children.

Why Christian?  There are two simple reasons.  The first is that it is the Christians who are having their heads chopped off by ISIS.  Secondly, and most important, there are no Christians working for ISIS or any other Islamist terror group.

Why families?  Because they are the most in need.

Picking 25,000 “Syrian” “refugees” from among the millions of displaced persons in the Middle East and in Europe should be easy and fast.  Show the Canadian diplomat your Syrian passport, declare that one is a Christian, prove it by making the sign of the cross, and you get your visa issued on the spot.  All 25,000 could be chosen and in Canada by Christmas.  The Canadian diplomats could begin combing the refugee camps immediately.

As they say in Paris these days, “Voila.”
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