Why would we expect Sweden to keep looking after him if we wouldn’t do the same?
For the same reason that, if person A punched person B’s child, we would expect person B not to punch person A’s child (though punching person A themself is fair game). Keeping or deporting this man and others like him doesn’t affect Britain in any significant way; its only “justification” here is spite* and that’s just not enough to uproot people from their home of 25 years. The idea that deporting people like this is somehow “returning the favor” to Britain ignores the human reality of what’s going on here.
*That’s the English-speaking internet’s justification; I’m sure the Swedish government with its far-right sympathies doesn’t need any justification other than xenophobia.
For the same reason that, if person A punched person B’s child, we would expect person B not to punch person A’s child (though punching person A themself is fair game). Keeping or deporting this man and others like him doesn’t affect Britain in any significant way; its only “justification” here is spite* and that’s just not enough to uproot people from their home of 25 years. The idea that deporting people like this is somehow “returning the favor” to Britain ignores the human reality of what’s going on here.
*That’s the English-speaking internet’s justification; I’m sure the Swedish government with its far-right sympathies doesn’t need any justification other than xenophobia.
I agree completely. What the Swedes are doing is cruel and if we did the same thing (I bet we do) I’d be unhappy.
Forget xenophobia, it seems like there’s just a wave of cruelty for the sake of cruelty at the moment.
especially when they have dementia
Yeah - that’s the thing: de facto this guy can’t defend himself or even be expected to keep up with paperwork.
The metaphor about punching children is very close to reality in this specific situation.