The Drug War

If the table stands for the question on the drug war, those who favor President Duterte try to justify the means he uses in solving the menace posed by illegal drugs in our country "for the good of the next generation of Filipinos." He is willing to sacrifice the present - his honor, his earthly life, and even the presidency - for the future ("the fair hope of the fatherland," according to our national hero).

Those on the other side of the table hastily generalize that the casualties were due to the double barrel method used by law enforcers. A former classmate at the Seminario Mayor the San Carlos, Mabolo, Cebu City (1966-68), the Bishop of Naval (Biliran), Filomeno Bactol said: "For all we know there are other factors like vendetta," (The Freeman, October 8, 2016; page 23). Thus, not all the killings were done by the government.

Why has our country come into this controversial situation? With the indulgence of those who disagree with this writer, we have the best form of government - we are a democracy. And we have the best form of religion Christianity.

Abraham Lincoln described democracy as "the government of the people, by the people, for the people." But due to our people's brilliance, they changed the spelling of those prepositions : from 'of' to 'off'; from 'by' to 'buy' (the buying of votes which could lead to narco-politics), from 'for' to 'poor' the people.

God, Who made us, gave only 10 Commandments so that we may be truly happy. But according to some humorists, the Filipinos added four more commandments: # 11says: "Thou shalt not get caught; if caught, don't admit your fault/sin." #12: "Thou shalt not come out." (Until now, the mastermind of Ninoy