Auckland

Hatred breeds hatred. First it was people pretending to be of Muslim faith committing atrocities, now there are people pretending to be the opposite carrying out reprisals. Senator Anning's outpourings of bile (the shortest word I can think of) has attracted 17 THOUSAND comments, and I don't feel like reading any of his or his respondents' remarks. Yesterday, the families of those killed in the Bloody Sunday murders in Londonderry expressed their simmering resentment and hatred, 47 years after the event. They want revenge. After 9/11, Islamophobia went into hyperdrive, which has now led us to New Zealand. Social media has its part to play, and it's not a good one. In conclusion: An eye for an eye - (to quote Mahatma Gandhi) ends up making the whole world blind.