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Old 12th February 2018, 06:28 PM   #59
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Originally Posted by Checkmite View Post
Evidently you failed to completely read the article, because it's fairly apparent that the (one) Dreamer making the statement is not "threatening" anything, but simply acknowledging the fact that they will have to leave one way or another, and that they would prefer to do it voluntarily rather than live in fear until the day the Gestapo arrest them for not having papers whereupon they'll have to spend an indefinite and miserable amount of time imprisoned before being deported to some place not of their choosing and almost certainly without any assets.
Thank you for expressing it well in more words than I was willing to use on grumpy dog and his regal mate.
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