Last month my niece went to the funeral of a teaching colleague. Four weeks ago, he shouted at a pupil who was disrupting the class. The pupil threw a stone at the teacher. It hit him on the temple. He recovered from the initial shock, but had to take leave for stress. Two weeks ago he was buried. He left a wife and three children, one of whom suffers from Down's syndrome, another of whom has severe hearing difficulties.
I cite this example because we cannot point out often enough what is happening in our midst. If we do not come together as a society with a common purpose, the terror will not only continue, it will steadily worsen.
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