Today I learned that in 1942, the Canadian military simulated a Nazi invasion and "took over" Winnipeg
Especially_the_lies @ Especially_the_lies @startrek.website Posts 7Comments 165Joined 2 yr. ago

Especially_the_lies @ Especially_the_lies @startrek.website
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I've heard of fundraisers where members of the community are "arrested" and taken to actual jail by actual police until a certain amount of dollars are raised in that person's name. This sounds a lot like that, just scaled up.
My dad's stepbrother participated in one once. We knew ahead of time what was going on, so when he called to say he was "in jail" and needed help, my dad told him that he hoped my step-uncle would rot in jail and hung up. (He then called the official donation line and donated in his stepbrother's name.)