I mean,' said Marion happily, 'it's a continent in chains, well, isn't it?' {Tribune, thought Anna; or possibly the Daily Worker.} 'And measures ought to be taken immediately to restore the Africans' faith in justice if it is not already too late.' {The New Statesman, thought Anna.} 'Well at least the situation ought to be thoroughly gone into in the interests of everybody.' {The Manchester Guardian, at a time of acute crisis.} 'But Anna, I don't understand your attitude. Surely you'll admit there's evidence that something's gone wrong?' {The Times, editorializing a week after the news that the white administration has shot twenty Africans and imprisoned fifty more without trial.}
( Doris Lessing )
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