It was an ultimate attempt to divert the direction in which the earth was heading, a way of interrupting cycles of ignorance and destruction which kept on repeating themselves.

它是扭转地球前进方向的最后尝试，是终止那不断重复的蒙昧与毁灭的怪圈的一种方式。

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The screams and groans and gunfire from the TVs keep repeating in looped cycles and soon lose all sense of being connected to murder.

NEWYORKER: Indianapolis (Highway 74)