The alternative is to keep relearning the same lesson at higher costs. Societies that refuse to judge patterns eventually pay for judging consequences. Security profiling is not a retreat from liberty; it is the price of preserving it.

This moment demands more than vigils and platitudes. It demands moral clarity. It demands that Australians reject the lie that calling out hatred is itself hateful. It demands that institutions remember why they exist, not to manage narratives, but to secure peace.