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Question for Mothers

posted 7 years ago by marialucia1985
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Would you have made the same agonizing choice as Sophie - sacrifice one child to save the other? (I realise there wasn't much of a "choice", per se)

OR would you have run like the wind, with your children and hope (to use a better word) that you'll all get shot, so you die together?

[–] bluebottlebe 7 years ago

I am a father and after having watched the movie. I'm still shocked by that scene. I feel numb and speechless.

I guess you can never know unless you are there (God forbid). But your second option seems to be more reasonable.

I just can't believe the world has seen so much pain. All those innocent children...