Andrew, people falter, some things get cancelled. My point was that Manchester does not fall to its knees in response to these acts of wanton violence, any more than London, or this country. We didn't during the decades of IRA terror . we don't now. We ARE realists, and we accept there is wickedness in the world, we cannot prevent it all, but we don't stay locked in our homes but get on with the day.
It IS the job of those in the public eye, politicians or not, to remind us that we are strong, to encourage us to keep going. It is not anyone's "task" to "to prevent these situations to arise in the first place." All they can do is do their best to prevent as many as they can, to learn from each event, and to do their best to find ways of trying as best they can to prevent the same thing happening again. There is no realistic way they can ever make our lives completely safe from any and every attack by the deranged with an axe to grind. They can express their horror and sadness when it does, and remind us that we are stronger, we do not give in, and that while their despicable acts may cruelly hurt many, they will not prevail over us.
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