03.04.2017 12:28 AM

In which the United States, 2017, becomes Germany, 1941

And Sophie’s Choice is real.

5 Comments

  1. Kevin says:

    Petty and hateful. What specific security policy objective would this achieve? None. The only thing it will do is exercise power over vulnerable people. Macho strutting is often pretty funny, in this case it’s contemptible.

  2. Kelly says:

    Special place. Hell. Etc.

  3. dave constable says:

    What often crosses my mind about this is the Milgram experiments so many decades ago. An official can give orders, but to what extent will free thinking (and feeling) individuals follow those orders.
    How badly to you need your job to directly, physically, separate a kid from her or his mother?

    • dave constable says:

      …I guess a few of us did exactly that in programmes like the Sixties Scoop.

      • tf says:

        The history of Residential Schools…Indian agents, RCMP…stories of tearing children from out of their parents arms, some to never see them again. It’s all so easy when following Government Policies. “Just doing my job.”

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