Calama and the Threshold of Horror

El Pais

Lean Left

Factuality

Ownership

Before attacking, Hernán Meneses spent a long time locked in the bathroom of his school. We ignored what he crossed his mind at that time. But it is plausible that, while he was equipping himself to execute a plan prepared for months, he was doing something more basic: containing fear, asserting himself in his decision and gathering the necessary determination to cross a threshold that, for most people, is insurmountable.