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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I completely agree that if you have changed your mind from September because the reasons you relied on for your position in September no longer seem convincing upon reflection, or some information you didn't have that is pertinent has caused you to change your mind, you absolutely should. Despite many peoples' apparent inclination to the contrary, there's nothing laudable about sticking to your convictions; if you thought something but it turns out you're wrong, stop being wrong.
However, if in response to a horrifying event like this you're reacting out of fear, and let's face it that's all a change of position as a result of this news would be... that's not a rational re-examination of your perspective. It's not considered and it should be discouraged.
And to address your third paragraph, the danger existed before and was weighed as a risk factor in the overall cost-benefit analysis. That risk has not changed simply because it has materialized elsewhere. If this was a good idea before in spite of that risk, however remote or not remote, it's still a good idea. If it wasn't a good idea before, it hasn't become a worse one.
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Sorry I thought we were talking about your average Canadians outlook on accepting 25,000 Syrian refugees fleeing war ravaged conditions, not some government policy backed by "cost-benefit" analysis.
If you think in September (and even today) that any "vote" made in a poll about this wasn't based almost exclusively on emotions of the moment, I have ocean front property to sell you in Arizona...really cheap. They sure as hell weren't thinking about cost-benefits. This is an average person answering a pretty simple question.
Yes people are going to be basing that decision now on fear (or having more information)...because its now turned out that ISIL operatives have posed as refugees to gain access to the West and helped pull off a large scale attack.
I really don't understand what anyone could have a problem with in understanding this. Again, things have changed from when those poll questions were asked, and changed in a big way.
Also, and again, I might be wrong about it, but I somehow doubt that the average Canadian wouldn't lean towards their own safety as an over riding factor in making a decision like the one being asked.