"Recently, the Federation achieved a tremendous victory in its war against District 25. No matter how District 25 promotes itself, it cannot change the fact that it is nothing but a paper tiger. This also proves just how false District 25's exaggerated propaganda is. Please do not believe any of its fraudulent claims!"
"We have arrived at Third Street. Everyone, take a look-the demonstrations are still continuing. Inciting crowds to march and plunging the Federation into chaos-is this what Jonas wants? Are we citizens of the Federation really so easily incited and exploited by others? I truly cannot understand why these people are doing this. Has the Federation treated us badly? I am a citizen of the Federation too, so why have I never experienced what you describe?"
"Beware of District 25's disinformation traps. Remember, you are a citizen of the Federation, not District 25. If you do not want to stay in the Federation, you can pay two hundred and fifty to renounce your Federation citizenship outright. If you do not want to live here, plenty of other people do."
The way to make a topic disappear was not, in fact, to ignore it. One option was to sincerely mend one's ways and offer a satisfactory solution. Another was to let a different topic overshadow the original one. After all, people still had lives to live. They could not pay attention to the same issue every moment of the day.
No one around them had been abducted or had their organs sold. Some might have read those documents and felt outraged by the Federation's actions, while those with greater empathy might have suffered on others' behalf. But one thing was certain: people could not truly feel what others felt.
*I know your broken bone hurts, and I know you