He was thin, unsure of himself, sweet-natured and shifty-eyed; and he was Lata’s favourite.

Denial is the first act when the perpetrator refutes the very nature of the planned measures, explaining the steps as justified and legitimate actions to cope with the identified problem. The denial then lives on during the different stages of the genocide and is invoked continuously by the perpetrator whenever its actions are criticized or labeled as atrocities and unlawful. At the end, once the practical stages have had their course, all that remains and thrives is the denial.

Since man is equipped to gnaw and mob, Nimblesome fingers to dig for gold …

They [idols made of gold and silver] have hands, but they handle not