▁years , ▁and ▁I ' ve ▁never ▁seen ▁this ▁level ▁of ▁self - c ensor ship ▁in ▁public ▁disc ourse , ▁ever . ▁The ▁worst ▁is ▁the ▁self - c ensor ship ▁that ▁rep or ters ▁are ▁subject ing ▁themselves ▁to , ▁and ▁the ▁dist ort ion ▁of ▁facts . ▁I ▁hope ▁it ' s ▁a ▁short - l ived ▁phenomen on . ▁In ▁a ▁young ▁country ▁like ▁our s , ▁you ▁cannot ▁suppress ▁diss ent . ▁At ▁least ▁not ▁forever ." ▁" It ' s ▁an ▁embar rass ing ▁thing ▁for ▁journal ists , ▁though . ▁We ' ve ▁forgotten ▁our ▁duty ▁and ▁become ▁la pd ogs ▁of ▁the ▁establishment . ▁Some ▁of ▁us ▁will ▁have ▁to ▁stand ▁up ▁and ▁fight , ▁and ▁be ▁firm ▁about ▁values . ▁It ▁is ▁when ▁we ▁stand ▁up , ▁then ▁things ▁will ▁change ." ▁ ▁In ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁Pre eth a ▁N air ▁for ▁The News Min ute . com , ▁Joseph ▁said : ▁ ▁" It ▁is ▁a ▁coinc idence ▁that ▁my ▁book ▁comes ▁at ▁a ▁time ▁when ▁we ▁are ▁celebr ating ▁ 2 5 ▁years ▁of ▁liberal isation ▁and ▁ 7 0 ▁years ▁of ▁independence . ▁A ▁lot ▁of ▁us ▁born ▁in ▁the ▁social ist ▁era ▁have ▁come ▁to ▁believe ▁that ▁middle men ▁are ▁part ▁of ▁our ▁system . ▁Liberal isation ▁has ▁given ▁a ▁fill ip ▁to ▁middle men ▁and ▁they ' ve ▁grown ▁a ▁hundred ▁times . ▁If ▁you ▁get ▁the ▁right ▁middle man , ▁you ▁can ▁even ▁buy ▁a ▁government .