The
dirtiest things in this country are neither found in your garbage bins nor in
your septic tanks. It’s all scattered and messed up in your television and does
not go with a rated PG. One of these gullible trashes is the entire CGMA drama
series.
Don’t get me
wrong. I am not saying that this issue is another piece of crap that the
government makes a big deal of to divert the people’s attention from what is
rather more important. Of course her case is an essential matter to discuss,
but it’s of course, like any sensationalized news - overrated.
It’s
a common knowledge that most, if not all, of the Filipino population loath the
former president.
I
cannot blame the people for hating her this much. I am a witness of how the
news on television, radio or print has been cruelly subjective in criticizing
her administration before. The way that the majority responds towards this
issue is not a mind-blowing reality anymore. Our mindsets have been influenced
a very long time ago and it heightens until the end of her administration, so
what’s new?
If
killing her wasn’t a crime, then it’ll be the most favorable option. But of
course, it’s not and it must never be our nation’s means for her execution. But
it’s pathetic enough that her minions thought of it as the Palace’s plot. It
may be because they are already that desperate to make Arroyo look like the
piteous bullied creature or they’ve become crazy and paranoid or it’s an
unconscious truth. Well, we’ll never really know, because as it has always
been, the truth is something that can be hidden or distorted by any means
through the help of the media.
Of
course, the whole “De Lima did that because she wants to make a good impression
and favorable reputation for the 2013 Elections” is also not a heck of a deal.
Coming from the former administration, their master had taught them well. Only
De Lima was better. She knows when does loyalty not a very helpful thing to
consider. Again, this is not something new. We’ve seen it before.
But
if we were really Filipinos by heart, I believe that we were better than this.
I believe that we are democratic individuals who are capable of weighing what
is right from wrong. And we know justice only justice isn’t that friendly to
us. Rizal once taught us the importance of thinking before getting ourselves
into a fight. However, it a disappointing reality that we have been acting like
dogs rather than human. Ever since the Estrada People Power, we have been
acting like slaves of what those in power wants us to only see. And as a
student journalist, I am also turning into a ruthless mutt that craves for the
bad news to feed it to the readers. I am not looking at things in a healthier
perspective in order to help in changing the people’s mindset of the government
being a hopeless prison of lying demons.
I
am not appealing to your senses because I am a pro-GMA. I am writing as one of
the youth that you believe to be a catalyst of hope for the nation. And I am
writing to remind you of what a real Filipino is and how a real Filipino thinks
before he acts. Think before you judge the CGMA issue, consider the moral
values you’ve not just once but a hundred times taught in your home, your
church and your school.
Think
about it. Don’t become like another hopeless crap worse than a filthy
sewer. Remember, you’re more than that.
We, Filipinos, are more than that.
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