Living up to the new normal

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Living up to the new normal

Barbara Docherty

Barbara Docherty

Masjid Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch after the terror attacks, with flowers placed along the top of the fence [photo: James Dann, 17 March 2019]
Masjid Al Noor in Christchurch

We can change gun laws, exert pressure on social media but we have a long way to go before we can really say we ourselves have changed, writes Barbara Docherty

While we feel smug that we would not be capable of physically pulling the trigger, our remarks collectively over time are slowly but surely creating t