Through the spectacles of a German doctor: Tortured dogs on Facebook vs. tortured refugees on borders

Published February 4th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT
"It is evidence of a remarkable attitude to morality, when one denounces the misery of a tortured dog on Facebook and, at the same time, wants to let all these people perish in front of our borders, before one’s eyes – even if it is only by omission. Is that a Western world worth protecting?" (AFP/File photo)
"It is evidence of a remarkable attitude to morality, when one denounces the misery of a tortured dog on Facebook and, at the same time, wants to let all these people perish in front of our borders, before one’s eyes – even if it is only by omission. Is that a Western world worth protecting?" (AFP/File photo)

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