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practo10 karma

Have you considered creating an Android TV App? I browse a lot of youtube on my Android TV and being able to have it available right there would make this very attractive to me. As an example, I currently use HopWatch for r/videos and others.

Now that I think of it, I could probably just add your subreddit to my list on hopwatch and watch it that way.

practo3 karma

I was born in Lebanon and follow these issues, albeit not as much as I should. I have heard and seen about the stuff that you describe and for that, I'm sorry. Actually, my dad's aunt married a Palestinian refugee, and although her kids have lived a decent and good life outside the camps, they have always had problems attending public schools and universities, and obtaining public jobs.

Not to defend the Lebanese government, but to be honest, Lebanon went through a pretty terrible war, and even though the country is doing a little better, they have so much debt, that they can't spend a lot on social programs. I know this sounds like a lame excuse, but if you can't spend money on your own people, how do you justify spending money on refugees?

The second issue that has always been huge in Lebanon, is giving citizenship to these 400,000 refugees and allow them to live like everyone else. I can see both sides of the argument, but I just can't get over the fact that by doing that, you are increasing your population overnight by 10%. This is like the US granting citizenship to all illegal immigrants.

My question is, what, as a refugee, do you see is a solution that would be good for both the refugees and the host countries?

practo2 karma

I was in your shoes for a couple of years too. The way I got through it is by listening to it on audiobook. I actually really enjoyed it that way, much more than trying to read it for some reason.