What better way to drive home the point that inhumanity and violence undermine the very foundations of society than to describe a situation in which a cosmic catastrophe results from human corruption and violence.

我们应该铭记在心的一点是,任何非人道的行为都会侵蚀人类社会存在的根基,而不是简单的描述一个人类因其堕落和血腥,招致的一场大灾难的场景。

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Cypriot officials share some of the blame for the catastrophe, but the point is that the process matters.

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There is no way to fill in the space between the spines so that they are proof against catastrophe, or easily fixable at any point of failure.

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