Their method of sending this message surely takes everyone's breath away and should bring us all to tears. In no way do I mean this to sound like I am condoning what these boys did - or saying it is they are blameless. The messages we keep getting seem clear, closer to home, written in large print. The cruel ways we treat each other, even in the smallest of incidents, must stop in order to stop the cruel ways we treat each other, on a larger scale. This is the only hope I have, as I am not confident that those in the power positions want to change how they are governing.
Violence begets violence.
When we turn the other cheek, we turn our head in another direction, and find another view, see things a different way. In this case, we don't have to shoot the messengers, but work at understanding and then acting on the message within our own communities. At the moment, I do not feel totally distraught or hopeless, but filled with sorrow and hope, a strange mixture. Feel free to e-mail me with your thoughts.