Posted on 07/19/2017 10:55:46 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Australian published a story last week written by a 71-year-old woman named Lynn Barber who lives in London. Barber was influenced by seeing pictures of refugees struggling to make it to Europe and one day she decided she had to do something about it. She happened to know an artist (Mike) who had worked at a refugee camp in France and told him that, if he knew of a refugee who needed a home, she would take that person in. A few weeks later, Mike called and brought Mohammed over. And just like that, Barber found herself alone with a stranger in her house.
Nothing terrible happens. Mohammed doesn’t steal. He isn’t threatening. He even cooks Barber dinner a number of times. Despite this, all of Barber’s friends keep telling her she’s crazy. She doesn’t know anything about this person. Who is he? Why did he leave his home? On the few occasions when the topic does come up he gives vague answers about his motives but has a memorable story about his travel across Europe:
He was studying oil engineering at Khartoum University when he “got in trouble” (unspecified) and was advised to leave Sudan quickly. That was last April. His uncle paid people smugglers to take him by truck across the desert to Libya, a five-day journey, and then by sea to Italy. The boatman had no navigation equipment so they were bobbing about in the Mediterranean for several hours before a Red Cross plane spotted them and sent a boat to guide them to the Italian shore. The police detained them for a couple of days, then sent them on their way; they took a train to Ventimiglia, Nice, Paris and eventually Calais, where he joined the so-called Jungle, an informal migrant camp.
He was there for five months, walking eight kilometres to the docks every day, trying to board a semi-trailer. One day he found an empty truck where he could cling inside the wheel arch, and a short while later heard the ferry hooting and was on his way to Dover. But he had to remain hidden, and when they reached England the truck drove for almost an hour — he almost died of cold — before stopping at a petrol station. When the driver went to pay, Mohammed jumped down and hid behind some trees; the driver never knew he had carried a passenger.
Six months later, Barber decides to write an article about her experience having a refugee as a houseguest. Her goal, she admits, is to convince others it’s a risk worth taking. She sends the completed article to Mike, the person who brought Mohammed to her door, and assumes he will share it with Mohammed. And suddenly, Mohammed won’t talk to her anymore. She finally confronts him, asking if something in the article offended him:
At first he just kept shaking his head and moaning, but then he burst out furiously: “I am not a refugee!” What! What are you doing here then? Why are you living in my house? “I am a political leader! My family are very rich! We could buy you up like that. Do you want money? Is that why you write this filth? I get you money. You First World women are all the same, you are heartless. You have no feelings. You Christians are all racists.” And more and more increasingly incoherent rambling — it was bewildering but also frightening because he seemed to feel such deep hatred towards me. Eventually he said with great rhetorical flourish: “I can no longer live in this house.
And just like that, Barber walked him to the door. Weeks go by and Barber’s computer is having problems. She goes to get the old computer she had been letting Mohammed use and finds a cache of porn and personal photos which suggest his story about struggling through Europe weren’t quite accurate. “What pulled me up sharply were many pictures of Mohammed and a group of friends sightseeing in Paris and in various pools. His journey across Europe looked more like a holiday jaunt than a desperate flight to asylum,” Barber writes.
In retrospect, Barber realizes she really knew nothing about the person she was living with for six months. In the end, he wasn’t violent and he didn’t steal anything, he just hated her for being a heartless, Christian racist. But it could have been anyone. She took a big risk. And despite all that, Barber says now that another six months have passed she is ready to consider inviting another refugee to stay with her.
The need to virtue signal (notice her need to write an article about her good deed) is probably going to get this woman killed or robbed or both.
Title should read..”Desperate Lonely 71yr. old women seeks room mate.”......
Just how old is this story? it doesn’t make chronological sense. First, it says Mohammed left Sudan “this April.” April 2017? Then it says he was in a refugee camp for five months, stayed with Ms. Barber for six months, and finally claims it has been six months since he left the house. 5 + 6 + 6 = 17. And that doesn’t count his time in Libya, Italy, and the days he spent in England before Ms. Barber took him in. For the time periods to be correct, Mohammed would have to begin his journey a year and a half ago, at least.
she is an idiot.
The story in ‘The Australian’ says the story starts in 2015.
It’s MSM stuff. It might be taking liberties with an actual event, or might be made up.
I hope the next one beheads her. She’s too stupid to live.
Good lord what a fool and she still hasn’t figured it out. Hard headed in her stupidity as all liberals are.
Heh...great post!
I have no problem with her trying to help a refugee but she is an idiot who took in a complete stranger and then never took the time to even get to know the person and is then surprised to find out the guy has no appreciation for her allowing him to stay and then when she learns a little about him finds out that he is not a person with out options ( in his words NOT A REFUGE)... this woman in a cautionary tail in how most people who support liberal policies are good people but have no comprehension of what the real world is like.
I myself have a room mate I found four years ago by placing a ad on Craig’s list something I would advise against if at all possible but at the time I was desperate for the extra money that I got for renting the room. I had over 50 inquiries for the room and most I could tell by talking on the phone that there was no way that I even wanted them to know where I live. I scheduled a meeting with someone who turned out to be a great room mate. this gal taking in a refugee was just as risky as me inviting in a person to live in my house who answered an ad on Craig’s list
This clarifies what you question and are confused about...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4560498/Woman-took-refugee-kindness-thrown-face.html
I met Mrs. 2ndDivisionVet on Craigslist, believe it or not.
And despite all that, Barber says now that another six months have passed she is ready to consider inviting another refugee to stay with her.
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What? She is going to keep doing this until she finds one who will behead her?
You got that right. I saw a TV clip the other night of another big batch of "refugees" pouring in somewhere (here, I think) and they were all bearded, 20-ish men of fighting age.
Didn't see any elderly, women, kids or babies.
We're being conned in so many ways, it's impossible to keep track.
Leni
Consider yourself lucky to be alive, lady.
“Woman invites Sudanese refugee to live in her home, months later he calls her a heartless racist”
To paraphrase Mark Twain, If you take in a starving dog, feed him and make him prosperous he will not bite you. That is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
Idiot woman
She probly heard bout all the mooslim rapes an thought she'd join in the fun......don't bother with the "YOU'RE a beast to say that....you'll waste your time typing cause I dunt care bout the "WELCOME REFUGEES" crowd !!!
EVERYTHING liberals do is to increase their odds of getting laid. Think about it.
I hope she wakes up and stops taking savages into her home.
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