MR CURRIN
We accept that, and we accept that it wasn't necessary to kill him to get the keys.  But what we need to do is, we need to decide as we understand the Act, whether -we have to look at the proportionality of the Act, to the objective that was pursued.  The objective that was pursued  - your argument will be correct, with respect, Judge, if the objective that was sought to be achieved, was to get some keys.  But that was not the objective.  It was much wider than that. You yourself, I think, asked a critical question at one stage, when you enquired as to the symbolism of the keys, and control of this building and the entire administration.  Certainly, if it was their objective to get the keys, to get keys, to get any keys, and that is it, it would have been disproportionate and we could never even try to address you on that.  Precisely, precisely.  But it goes PHOKENG HEARING	AMNESTY/GAUTENG
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so far beyond that, and we are saying that the objective, the associated political objective was enormous.  It was great in the context of the minds of the people. In that
context we say that it was proportionate.