But though doors can protect us from the horrors we don't want to face, when that horror has an axe, the sanctuary can be short-lived.

但尽管门可以保护我们不去面对恐惧，若恐惧手持利斧，这避难所也将短命。

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This was, he said, a body where "leadership and organisation seemed to be in short supply", whose upper echelons "proved completely incapable of dealing" with the consequences of the decision to axe an investigation into the presenter's activities.

BBC: Savile inquiry: Media reaction to BBC transcripts