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Parable of the sword and the pen and the rising tide against free thought in society

NAIROBI: I never doubted the inherent risks in providing comic relief to a society constipated with bitterness and hardships, but I never suspected those provoked could consider murder as a response to satire.

Satire, after all, is a quest to laugh at oneself, thereby providing fresh insights into a problem or subject.

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