No, this isn't my attempt to trivialize or downplay the awful attacks that happened on Saturday night/Sunday morning. Like everyone else, I am in prayer for the victims and am personally still brooding about what happened. It was a heinous act of barbarity that will never be forgotten.
You can't be like Dr. Faustus and stop time, not even for a moment. These terror attacks-while gruesome, disturbing and painful-are on the decline. A big reason you hear about them more is how connected we are in 2016, and that is a very good thing. The more connected we are to each other the more we recognize the humanity in one another. That might sound naive, but it isn't. In fact it's the least naive thing in the world. We have more options for news, so obviously we hear more about the bad things that happen. Terrorist attacks don't happen to us every day. They still remain rare.
We will never forget the victims of 9/11, the Paris attacks, or the Orlando attacks. Sadly though, we will forget who did it. Should we forget the perpetrator? No. We need to remember who did it so we take precautions to make sure it didn't happen again.
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