The Shock of Saturday

The shock of Saturday leaked into every class today.  Students were horrified and a healthy identification with the pizza deliverers seemed to signal that no one wanted to see a return to the violence students have heard of, but haven't had to live through.  Students reported lots of different reactions at home, from huge sympathy for the families of the dead soldiers, to confusion as to who could have done the shooting, to fears about the recent enormous bomb in Castlewellan to fears that dissident republicans were responsible to fears that undercover security people were responsible.  Some people's views annoyed other people, and we have to sustain our investment in talking and listening to each other and never, ever deciding to shoot of bomb anybody over the differences in opinion.