People around me reacted both with terror and humour – a cognitive dissonance that showed we are far from resolving how to deal with terrorism“Cancel the meetings,” my mother texted me. “Stay domestic and stay secure. Grab lunch somewhere inconspicuous.”It was a few minutes past noon, just after news broke of the first explosions in Jakarta. I was already on the way to my third meeting of the day in the city, and half an hour late. The news had everyone in the second meeting frozen in front of the television.
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Source: theguardian.com