'The roundup I witnessed was most deliberate. Those innocent men became victims simply because they happened to be in town that day, simply because they chanced to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. The idea that a mere whim might bring on death spreads terror better than anything else. If there were only some law, or some rule, that determined who was to die, we could protect ourselves by adhering to it, but there was nothing we could do to thwart chance. After the incident, the people of Lyon could no longer leave their houses. Going out just might mean death.'
from White Man by Shusaku Endo (Chapter VII)
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