What does it look like?
After the Boston terror attack – and the death of one suspect and the
capture of the other, acquaintances and friends of the perpetrators commented,
almost uniformly, that they were shocked by acts that seemed so out of
character. “They were all-American kids,”
some remarked.
It’s a natural feeling, it seems, to expect the evil-doer
to act the part beforehand, to show his devil’s horns. But of course, that’s usually wishful
thinking. Should evil-doers alert us
ahead of time to what they have in store?
Yet it is true that sometimes they do. Still, we ignore warnings. We can’t believe that someone “not like that”
could act like that.
The face of evil plainly lies beneath the surface. It is found in the heart and soul. We learn of its presence by the deed. And then we appreciate that we really never
did know this person’s face of evil.
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