Bang Goes Humanity!
The other night, amidst gunshots ringing loudly nearby, cutting through the stillness, some thoughts occurred to me.
There was a time where such a disturbance would have people sit up and take notice. The brave would rush out into the streets and the wise would be on the telephone to the local police to come investigate.
Now we all just jump in our chairs for a few seconds and then calmly resume our activities. It has just become part of our existence. We are acclimatised to it. We barely flinch.
The sad part is not so much that people are being shot outside our high walls but the fact that we are now just used to the violence in our society.
It is not okay but we live with it regardless.
