Impossible hapenings

The events of the last week are very difficult to explain.There are no words that can explain,justify or describe what occurred. As much as I know the facts and the actual happenings of last Saturday night/Sunday morning in Bray they make no sense in my head.
Understanding of the situation and acceptance of it are very much removed from the current reality.

At no stage in the future do I expect things from that night to make sense.

The over zealous coverage and ignorant commentary provided by so many provides an insight into the mis-understanding and mis-representation of so many situations that we see in the media. The cheap hackery that at times is present instead of journalism is saddening, and the paradox of me being furious about an article or published photo after I have supported the publication of such rubbish by purchasing it annoyed me on both the intellectual and academic level as well as the emotive one.

Even writing this is feeble, I will never provide myself or my friends or anyone with answers to the many, many questions that continue to present themselves as the reality of the world now sinks in.

Last Saturday night one friend of mine met another; tragic pain, misguided intentions, innocence and coincidence, combined with anguish and a horrific rage. In the end two young people I knew as friends of mine lay dead, with two other innocents hurt in ways that most will never understand. In those actions neither lost their innocence.

The only thing even approaching a silver lining is that the pain is over for those two. As a committed anti-theistic person I have no belief in another existence, or any sense of judgment at a time of passing, all I can possibly take from this is that the pain and anguish is over for those who will not wake up. For those left behind, from family and friends to those who survived that evening, they have so many things to forget and to come to terms with.

The cathartic effect of remembering good times and good people is definite. For our friends it is important that it is that that is recalled. Other than that, there are no words.