The temptation to strike, just to demonstrate that one is not weak, I think should be resisted.

To do this, I would suggest, may demonstrate that very weakness, rather than strength.

These fanatics know their enemy is not weak. That is why they strike at all of us, in the cowardly way they do.

There is no shame in suffering or being seen to suffer from such attacks. If these present tears are seen as weakness, the fanatics will have made another serious mistake.

If the heart is hard enough, in those that would try this, there is no security measure that will prevent it.

I know what you are saying LEJ but do our hearts have to be as hard as theirs, and once hardened, is it possible for our hearts ever to soften again?