I mourn for the loss of HK nationals during the hostage crisis last Monday, August 23. I also condemn the act of the hostage taker and the poor approach of our government.
We made mistakes:
- Poor tactical approach by the police force
- Poor negotiation skills
- Immature mediamen
But to label Filipinos and the Philippines as if we are the worst people and country is too harsh. Consider the following:
- Crimes and criminals are out in the world. We all deal with it weather you are from 3rd World or 1st World country. I'm sure ours is not even the worst (I am not trying to justify what happened). Even US did not escape 9/11 or say India during terror mass murder 11/08. Horrible it may seem but criminals and crimes is everywhere. Arabs, Chinese, Americans, Malays, Filipinos, Aussie, Muslim, Christians, Buddhists, Agnostics, Atheists --we all deal with it.
- We all make mistakes. I'm sure at one point your goverment committed mistakes that killed their own people and even foreigners too.
- We were also a hero in some ways. 2009 a filipino was heralded as Hero of the Year by CNN in the being of Efren Penaflorida. What about the taxi driver who returned a briefcase filled with money to a Japanese passenger not so long ago? And what about the countless of families and corporations that highly depends on Filipino laborers?
- We taught the world in many ways. After Americans taught us about democracy, decades ago, didn't we taught the world about democracy when we oust a dictator and a corrupt president? Didn't other nations learned from us on how to unite and stand against aggression? And the world watched us every time we overcome disasters such as typhoons, earthquakes, landslides etc. The world was stunned as we laugh amidst the challenges and the world learned a lot from us--good or bad.
- Filipinos were abused as well in a foreign lands. You don't need to search google on this. Just walk on your streets and you'll see how your people mistreat filipino oversees workers serving domestic help. Unjust salaries and benefits for others.Rape cases, injustice and abuse--this is the reward from world that we have served.
Bottomline:
10As it is written:
"There is no one righteous, not even one;
11there is no one who understands,
no one who seeks God.
12All have turned away,
they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
not even one."[c]
13"Their throats are open graves;
their tongues practice deceit."[d]
"The poison of vipers is on their lips."[e]
14"Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."[f]
15"Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16ruin and misery mark their ways,
17and the way of peace they do not know."[g]
18"There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Romans 3:10-18
Unless we fear God and seek Him, the world is a worst place to live.