Eye on the world: The supremacy of good

In “Protest, not numbness, in response to mass shootingsThe Christian Science Monitor’s Editorial Board observes that despite an increase in mass shootings in recent years, the public’s general reaction is not one of numbness, but reflective of “a public protest of the power of good over evil.” The editorial notes that a “... desire to understand the [killers’] motive .... reveals a faith in our ability to teach people to act with kindness instead of violent malice”; the “... outpouring of compassion for the victims and their families …. helps lessen submission to the certainty of evil”; and debates about issues like gun rights and gun control reveal “... a determination that we can unite in mutual desire to care for one another in the face of killers who try to deny that affinity.”

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