“Prisoner at the bar,” said the Grand Inquisitor, “you are charged with
encouraging people to break the laws, traditions and customs of our holy religion.
How do you plead?”
“Guilty, your Honour.”
“And with frequenting the company of heretics, prostitutes, public sinners, the
extortionist tax-collectors, the colonial conquerors of our nation-in short, the
excommunicated. How do you plead?”
“Guilty, your Honour.”
“Finally, you are charged with revising, correcting, calling into question the
sacre
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