Saturday, June 20, 2015

Love, as Much as Anything, is the Answer to This Kind of Violence

   If you would stop murder, you must stop hate. There never was a killer who didn't hate someone. As we reflect on what can be done to stop mass violence, perhaps we should see that hate is the motivation behind so many of these crimes and wonder if there is something we can do to stop it.
  Ir it is said, Dylann Roof almost abandoned his plan because the church people were so kind to him. I also heard of an exchange Roof had with a survivor, as he asked her if she had been shot. When, she said she hadn't, he said that that was good, since they needed someone to survive since he was going to kill himself. I don't know if he was out of bullets. But, if not, he opted not to kill her. I wonder why. I wonder if the love they showed him saved her life.
   Think on this: If Roof almost didn't go through with this because of their kindness. Love almost stopped a terrible event. Love is as much an answer as anything as we reflect on what can be done to stop this kind of violence.

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