I meant to make this Sunday but I never got around to it. It's still important nonetheless. As you probably already know, Paris had a bombing situation and a hostage situation causing the deaths of 130+ people on 11/13. This was a grim day, not only for France, but for the rest of the world. The French president declared a state of emergency and closed the borders. The Eiffel Tower also turned off its lights for the first time since world war 2. The French president declared the following 3 days days of mourning. It was quite the blow to French society, but they've recovered not only to the way they were before, but they've grown stronger. This is the dawn of a new era for France. They've grown by sticking to their motto Libertié égalitié fertanité (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.) They're now officially at war with ISIS and the president claims that France will wipe put ISIS completely.

When terrorists attack, they plan on getting change by striking fear into our hearts and making us change because we're scared or because we think can't do it, but we can't fall into their hands by changing the way we do things just because of this. We need to learn and get stronger because knowledge is the true strength. We have to be vigilant and courageous towards the problem rather than backing down. If we change due to fear, they will have accomplished what they intended, so we need to change out of spite, out of bravery, out of unity. We have to start the change. We can't just sit back and wait for change to come or
The wrong kind of change will come. We have to come together to eliminate the threats that are at large. But at the end of the day, we all need to stay united.