I have lived to see, first-hand, how an entire society goes mad, and loses all ‎humanity…‎The personal is the political, and the choices we make in our ‎everyday lives translate into ‎good or evil in the (supposedly distinct) public ‎sphere. Whether misled by ambition, or ‎blinded by ideology, our actions ‎have consequences beyond the family and private life: ‎they can make or ‎destroy the lives of strangers. ‎

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It was only later that I had enough leisure to ponder the fact that these two people – the ‎retired judge who had sat on the highest court of the land, and his distinguished wife – ‎were allied to a party that drew its funds with the agency of students-turned-thugs: and ‎this was no secret. Everybody knew that the parties employed the services of musclemen ‎‎– more like muscleboys – to extort money. But what were an alleged gentleman and lady ‎doing with these people? ‎