To appreciate the ludicrous nerve behind this, imagine a parallel situation.
Nora knows that she might be in a parallel situation, forced to give up her children for their own good.
Alex, this is a parallel situation to the gun issue, and it's just starting to accelerate.
And there had been a parallel situation in that case.
"I didn't know there would be a parallel situation going on."
More than that, there are parallel situations in the two parts.
There may be a parallel situation in the supplier country.
"Katrina and the war were parallel situations in terms of failed leadership."
A parallel situation is developing with respect to mercury.
A parallel situation exists today, though with different details.