My last night in Siberia

Slander is like a wasp that bothers you, and against which no movement should be made, unless one is sure of killing it, otherwise it comes back to charge, more furious than ever.

(Sbastien-Roche Nicolas de Chamfort / 1795)

For this story, the place or period doesn't matter.

The law guaranteeing the exorbitant privileges of the State does not prohibit the euthanasia of the average citizen caught in the gears of slander, if the security of that State is presumed threatened.

Jacob BILLIGER had the bitter experience of it.

Now everything's fine for him.