Death in the Mediterranean

People from shitty, war-torn countries are migrating en masse to Europe.  Lots of them.  They are looking for a better life, I assume, so they get on overcrowded ships and simply sail off from the shores of Africa, hoping things will get better.

Things are not getting better. 

Humanitarian groups have estimated that last year about 90 people died between January and April of last year, and about 900 have died in the same period this year.  That last number is going to increase in the next few days, simply because yet another smuggler boat sank this Sunday, and they have yet to recover all the bodies.

This is a tragedy, no doubt.  

While the death of people trying to escape is horrible, these people knew the risk they were taking, when they decided to flee their home countries in order to illegally trespass into another country.  The strangest thing (to me, at least) is how EUROPE is being attacked for not helping these people.  After all, Europe is in its own financial and social crisis right now.  But (unfortunately), the bottom line seems to be that EUROPE should claim responsibility for the lives of people who do not live in Europe, were not invited to Europe, and are illegally attempting to gain a foothold in Europe.

Where is the international attack of Libya?  Or Tunisia?  After all, these are the two most common launching points for the run to Europe.  

Yes, countries should do their best to help people trying to escape dangerous situations, but the real tragedy is that people aren't trying to improve their own homelands; instead they create mass chaos and strife in the countries to which they flee.  

To be even MORE politically incorrect, I state the following:  If you come from a country with Sharia Law, and you LIKE Sharia Law, then stay there.  It is incomprehensible that people would descend on a democratic country, and then complain that the laws don't suit their lifestyles.  If you don't like the law, go elsewhere.  If you don't like the law, change it.  If you LIKE the law, don't go somewhere else and try to impose it on other people.  

Oh, and if you're being herded onto a ship and told to crawl underneath the deck, stacked body-to-body with other people, it's probably not going to turn out well.  Don't expect an ice cream social when you arrive on the shores of a country which has clearly stated that immigrants must come LEGALLY; expect to be deported, immediately.  

Yes, I probably sound like a giant asshole, and for that, I'm sorry.  I just think that taking risks has NEVER been a guaranteed win.  That's why it's called a RISK.