You express condolences, reflect on the fragility of life, ask whether it was terrorism, discuss mental illness, and urge everyone to stay strong. In the Toronto van homicide we are clearly in the presence of disastrous madness. The Toronto driver has been charged with murder. So does the notion that the real killer in Toronto was the smashed-up rental van behind police tape. Because we understand that the cause of this tragedy lies in the human heart and that almost all of us, even those who commit dreadful acts, are moral agents accountable for the use we make of mere things.

Source: National Post April 24, 2018 21:27 UTC