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dang! now I understand, that's horrifying.
I'm surprised that the guards at the roadblocks were so polite, who was manning them and why would they be so polite?

I think most of the guys knew us. They were being manned to stop the guys with big shooting up everything in sight. We have lived here a long time and cultivated many friendships...

and it pays to be nice and develop many friendships!