First of all, no person or organization is an unbreachable fortress. We are all, people and organizations, living things that are vulnerable to attack. Eventually, as a fortress wall can give way to rocks slung at it by a trebuchet, as a solid hillside can give way under a constant drip of water, as rocks can be carved out by windblown, sharp sand particles, people and organizations can fall under assault.
The sad thing is that so many of us are willing to assail "fortresses" that stand in some way for things that we care deeply about.
So the plea of this series is for people and society to take responsibility, to know the power of careless words, of harsh criticisms, of unverified stories retold. My warning is to take care, take care, my friends. We may lose the very people and places to which we might have wanted to go for strength and safety, which represent our identity and value. And that would be a great loss.
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