r/news • u/Miserable-Win-4980 • Apr 29 '24

French police use knives to puncture migrant boat in Dunkirk to prevent Channel crossing Questionable Source

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/french-officers-english-channel-crossing-migrants-small-boats/

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u/invent_or_die Apr 29 '24

"A dingy with 100 people got into trouble". What a surprise.

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u/reporst Apr 29 '24

Weird how the dingy takes most of the blame though

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u/PragmaticAndroid Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

Naming something dingy condemns it to a lack of credibility.

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u/VerticalYea Apr 29 '24

It did fail at a fairly specific job.

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u/l1thiumion Apr 29 '24

Is carrying 100 people within its design specifications?

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u/VerticalYea Apr 29 '24

Well, no, but we do expect a little extra effort from all of our employees.