So the “eye for an eye” adage was not intended to mean what it has come to mean, namely that killing be paid for by another killing. Given the brutality of the apartheid era, that would have never worked in my homeland.
因此与最初相比，“以眼还眼”的含义已经发生了变化，变成了以杀戮来抗拒杀戮。种族隔离时期的残忍暴行使得这种做法永远也不可能在我的国家获得成功。