OK, Its Fill In The Blank Time

[InkAddict]

From Shalimar The Clown
Page 46 - Random House 2005
with "fair use" apologies to Mr. Rushdie

______(Place) was unpopular, the colonel knew that, but unpopularity was illegal. The legal position was that the _______ (adj.) military presence in _________(Place) had the full support of the population, and to say otherwise was to break the law. To break the law was to be a criminal and criminals were not to be tolerated and it was right to come down on them heavily with the full panoply of the law and with hobnailed boots and lathi sticks as well. The key to understanding this position was the word integral and its associated concepts. ___________(Place) was integral to the ________(adj.)effort and the ________(adj.)effort was to preserve the integrity of the nation. Integrity was a quality to be honored and an attack on the integrity of the nation was an attack on its honor and was not to be tolerated. Therefore _________(Place) was to be honored and all other attitudes were dishonorable and consequently illegal. _________(Place) was an integral part of ___________(Place). An integer was a whole and _________(Place) was an integer and fractions were illegal. Not to accept this was to lack integrity of those who did accept it. Not to accept this was latently or patently to favor disintegration. This was subversive. Subversion leading to disintegration was not to be tolerated and it was right to come down on it heavily whether it was of the overt or covert kind. The legally compulsory and enforceable popularity of _________(Place) was thus a matter of integrity, pure and simple, even if the truth was that _________(Place) was unpopular. When the truth and integrity conflicted it was integrity that had to be given precedence. Not even the truth could be permitted to dishonor the nation. Therefore, __________(Place) was popular even though it was not popular. It was a simple enough matter to understand.


Now, just what was on * reading list?