What if
Okay, this is not an article asking what if Steve Nash, NBA's reigning Most Valuable Player, is a Filipino.
Since I am a Filipino, and the hottest topic in the country now is about the impending impeachment, whether it will push through or not, and all the scandals surrounding the impending state of the nation address by President Arroyo.
Obviously this is a game running in circles, a gulong ng palad charade wherein when ex President Estrada was the leader of the country, his subordinates were lording over the opposition and the by the time Arroyo became the President, her subordinates took advantage of the situation. This bickering will never end, which always worry me, for many reasons.
Recently, London has been rocked by a couple of explosions in two weeks, proving that certainly a country's superpower status won't mean it's safe from terrorism; I don't know of a fight where guerillas were ultimately wiped out (see Hukbalahap, Viet Cong, Khmer Rouge, etc). Within the last 24 hours, another set of bombs detonated in Egypt where tourists and locals were among the dead. Looking back, there were bombs in Bali, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and in Manila's LRT system. A common denominator among these locations is that they belong to countries who wage war against terrorism.
What if another bombing is being planned in Manila, where crowds of people are a norm during rallies and demonstrations? One thing could lead to another but I suspect initially that if the victims were pro-GMA, the blame will be against the opposition and vice versa. While the police is busy waging its own battle against students and militant groups performing mass actions, another group may be on its way to trigger another disaster that will cost lives.
We need to be united. Experience will prove disasters unite us. But do we have to wait for a deadly bomb to explode in a crowded Manila street to get the government and critics unite? It's difficult to get away with the current situation but have a think of what might happen if my fears will come true.
Since I am a Filipino, and the hottest topic in the country now is about the impending impeachment, whether it will push through or not, and all the scandals surrounding the impending state of the nation address by President Arroyo.
Obviously this is a game running in circles, a gulong ng palad charade wherein when ex President Estrada was the leader of the country, his subordinates were lording over the opposition and the by the time Arroyo became the President, her subordinates took advantage of the situation. This bickering will never end, which always worry me, for many reasons.
Recently, London has been rocked by a couple of explosions in two weeks, proving that certainly a country's superpower status won't mean it's safe from terrorism; I don't know of a fight where guerillas were ultimately wiped out (see Hukbalahap, Viet Cong, Khmer Rouge, etc). Within the last 24 hours, another set of bombs detonated in Egypt where tourists and locals were among the dead. Looking back, there were bombs in Bali, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and in Manila's LRT system. A common denominator among these locations is that they belong to countries who wage war against terrorism.
What if another bombing is being planned in Manila, where crowds of people are a norm during rallies and demonstrations? One thing could lead to another but I suspect initially that if the victims were pro-GMA, the blame will be against the opposition and vice versa. While the police is busy waging its own battle against students and militant groups performing mass actions, another group may be on its way to trigger another disaster that will cost lives.
We need to be united. Experience will prove disasters unite us. But do we have to wait for a deadly bomb to explode in a crowded Manila street to get the government and critics unite? It's difficult to get away with the current situation but have a think of what might happen if my fears will come true.
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