so here i am again! --> looks like a line from a song huh? currently, i am watching the NEWS. the NEWS about the explosion in G2 yesterday. oh honestly, i haven't even gone to that place, but i know pretty well how it feels to be there. i am a self acclaimed mall rat and yeh, same time the mall exploded yesterday, i was actually enjoying a foot spa with my mama. and yes, while we're there, enjoying ourselves, indulging our senses to the relaxing ambiance the service offers, people at the other end of the metropolitan were exchanging screams and wails... their faces teeming with unexplainable expressions, their minds, clouded with fear, of apprehension, of questions whether they'll still be alive tomorrow. i can not imagine the whole scenario. my heart seems to tear apart whenever i think of the reason behind such criminal and inhumane acts. honestly, i am affected. does cruelty really exist in such a manner? are there really such kind of people who pursue personal interests in exchange for lives of innocent people?
i know, i have always believed that we can not judge people. we can not pass judgment as if we're clean and full of innocence. we can not say that those who do wrong should be condemned.i can not say that what they did was totally selfish because neither do I know their intentions. perhaps, we'll never know... but for some of them, the mere act itself culd be a sure sign of bravery, of a commitment to a brotherhood of some sort, perhaps for them the bombing was even a significant act of heroism. i don't know their story. i don't know what they are up to! what i just know is that in the code of moral ethics i have been aware of for since i came to understand this world, what they did was heartless, forbidding, brutal, pitiless, vindictive.!!
yes...i have always been a firm believer of what Anne Frank has taught all of us. "Everyone of us has innate goodness...." that's what she says. yet it hurts to see that there are some people who are willing to compromise this much. yeh, THIS MUCH. the lives of people who are unarmed to fight.
it then makes me realize one thing.....one thing that i have not anticipated before writing this.
in some sense, every person has a tendency to become a terrorist.
what does a terrorist do? in my OWN perspective, a terrorist destroys lives when he commits acts that are selfish.
oooh yes. the only difference is that a terrorist gets lives of people in a snap! in a direct way that catches too much attention and publicity. but anyhow, the same thing is done when a lawyer who knows that his client is guilty continues to do everything, legal or not, just to win his case; the same is when an engineer sacrifices the quality materials of a project for the sake of getting a higher kickback!, when in fact, that project can turn into a disaster once distributed in the market for people to use and consume; yes, the same is for the cook of a restaurant who does not do his best in his craft.... he uses unsanitary practices, packs unhealthy foods, like the ones being shown on expose shows and a lot more. ; and the most common example, the same is for the politician who lets his budget go high while people in despondent areas starve and die. i don't wonder why the president is accused of being a suspect in this bombing incident. people are miserable. they will do anything to get attention. we all are..... and this issue is but a proof of how our country is sinking deeper into the cuts of division. and also an evidence of how lax we can get when it comes to national matters.
the truth is, "whenever we put forward our personal interests in trade for others' good, then we become a terrorist in some sense..."
crazy though, some are even attributing this weird event to the victories of manny pacquiao!? hah, what is his part here? sometimes, i just can';t understand how the minds of people work. but i have to give credit to that person though! he is sure keen and observant.
as i end this post, i know that victims of the G2 bombing are still in awe and ache. i pray fpr them.
may the good Lord bless us all. and of course, we juts have to keep our faith in HIM and in HIS plans for our country.
2 comments:
Do you know 'The Lottery'? The situation is pretty much like it. After a disaster people will always accuse someone. It's what you call escape-goatism.(tama ba spelling?)
For the bombers, I think they must had thought of the lives before doing it. I would understand if it is a war, where all are aware of it being declared but to be killed while not knowing anything, its totally unfair.
But only God knows what awaits them. Yes, its good to be cautious now but it is something unavoidable. All we can do is to live our lives fully so that we are always ready when our lives are taken.
To the victims, I hope they overcome this incident. To the police, I hope you apprehend the right person(s). To the people, may we be prepared for death. And to the accused, may justice decide fairly.
woot. seryoso ah.
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