Posts Tagged ‘Politics’
Injustice
I was browsing through my multiply when I read a blog from a friend about the world going crazy. I checked the link, and true enough, THE WORLD HAS GONE SICK AND CRAZY.
The story is about a family spending the day after Christmas at a golf club. Unfortunately, the Christmas spirit ended early for some people. They ganged up on the 56 year old father and his 14 year old son. They were helplessly beaten up despite the pleading of the kid. [accdg. to the daughter's blog]
Know who the culprits were? None other than the Mayor of Masiu, Lanao Del Sur Nasser Pangandaman, Jr and his body guards. His father, Nasser Pangandaman, the Secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform was also there who did nothing but watch his son beat up an old man and a child.
How ironic. Pangandaman, Jr. was recently appointed as one of the members of the peace panel in Mindanao. Is this how you manifest and negotiate peace, Sir?
There really is a problem with our justice system that even people around us are afraid to get involved. I am enraged at how the people from the golf club resisted from helping the poor family to get the names of the people who beat them up. I mean, c’mon. Yes they are people with power because people are makingthem as such. They can only do so much with their money but when people unite to achieve the justive that they deserve, they’ll be nothing.
If you see someone being mauled in front of you, what will you do? Will you just stand there and watcch? Will you cheer for the bigger guy so that he will not take it out on you? Will you risk yourself and stand in the middle of the fight, and fight the other guys back? Or will you try to stop them, give unbiased judgments when asked for testimonies and tell everything you know about the incident?
Will you do something about it or will you just keep your mouth shut and forever hold your peace?
Empower the powerless not those who are already abusing their powers.
