I'm going to go with my first response to the news first.
This is a national tragedy.
It is a stain on every citizen of South Africa that we have a society where such an event can happen. We should all hang our heads in shame.
It is unacceptable in a democratic society that so values individual human rights, that claims to be a humane, peace loving and compassionate society, that we should even get close to such an event happening, let alone have it actually happen.
This morning I cried.
I cried for the people who died.
I cried for the people who were injured.
I cried for the people who pulled the triggers and the leaders who led these people to this tragic moment - they will have to live with this consequence of what they have done for the rest of their lives.
I cried for their families.
And I cried for our country.
This blood should not have been spilled. And as a member of this South African society that would be so great, I feel hurt and partly responsible.
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