Violence against another human being is wrong.
Sunset or Sunrise for us? Violence against another human being is wrong. It is evil. We must stop abusing our language and our silence to cover up our own damning prejudices. Once again, we have the horrendous manifestation of xenophobia in the spotlight. Ordinary people like you and me are forced to flee like animals because they are being attacked under the guise of their being foreigners. Most of us are horrified by this fresh spate of violence on innocent folk. Sadly, many of us want to pigeonhole these attacks as purely criminal activities. We say the brutal attacks on fellow human beings is criminal and therefore the perpetrators have to be punished. On one level, there is the comfort that our courts will deliver on this mandate. Those who broke the law will be punished. More concerning though, is that we have the Elephant in the room, a much more complex layer of attitudes and culture that has to be addressed. This is where we...