Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office
A repost from March, 2018
Yes, Yes, But They Need Jobs in the Real World
“Forward Electronics, your victory’s achieved! In all communication, progress is our creed! Ignorance is darkness, technology is light! Radio, our watchword; radio, our might!”
-Komsomol youth singing in “For the Good of the Cause,” Solzhenitsyn, 1963
The plans for your construction are precise The design and engineering are true The foundations solid, the drains are laid In mathematics pure, infallible
The offices are bright with light, well-aired The flow of work geometrically set The shops and stores convenient to the staff In tactical practicalities placed
But do you wonder, at night, beneath your lamp - Why are you building a concentration camp?