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Easier to protect from E coli than terrorism

So E Coli is traced back to Chipotle and multiple restaurants are closed for weeks in the name of public safety.

Terrorists in France are traced back to Syrian refugees and Gov. Inslee makes a statement saying they will be welcomed here in Washington state. Who is really the intolerant one here?

At least with E Coli you can clean and sterilize the source of the public danger and make it safe.

And why should I be considered a racist when I don’t want to allow a group of people in my country that have proven enemies of my country among them? I could care less their race, if they were purple or from a former British Empire colony my response would still be the same. Keep them out of my backyard!

If Gov. Inslee wants to welcome them to Bainbridge Island and keep them there, free to go around and enjoy the island, fine. But don’t tell me Mr. Governor that I need to risk my family’s well being just because you think it is nice. Gov. Inslee, Sen. Murray and Cantwell, are you willing to let the military age male refugees live in your house with you and give up your protection detail? I didn’t think so, so why tell us we need to welcome them in?

Also how are we going to pay for the refugees, lay another tax on petroleum or take it from the schools that are underfunded according to the Supreme Court?

This story was originally published November 30, 2015 at 1:41 PM with the headline "Easier to protect from E coli than terrorism."

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