ANG PAGPASLANG KAY REBELYN PITAO NG MGA MILITAR AT PAMAHALAAN NI GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
NI E. SAN JUAN, JR.
Naibalita sa Internet, kamakailan, na hindi raw gaganti ang NPA sa pagpaslang ng
gobyerno kay Rebelyn Pitao
Ngunit ito ba ang hinihingi ng masa?
Humihingi ang masa ng hustisya at “accountability”: Sino ang mananagot sa krimeng
ito?
Naunahan na tayo sa sagot ng NPA….
Nailinya na ba ng partido ang damdamin lungkot pait sakit pagpigil ng galit ng masa?
Nailinya na ba kung paano magagalit o matutuwa?
Nailinya na ba kung kalian dapat mapoot at kailan dapat umibig?
Nailinya na ba kung paano dapat maging mapaghinala o mapagtiwala?
Nailinya na ba kung paano maging mataray o masuyo?
Nailinya na ba kund paano dapat maging matalino o maging tanga?
Nailinya na ba lahat ng hindi pa nararanasan?
Kung nag-aapoy ang galit, masusubhan ba iyon ng tubig ng panghihinayang?
Hanggang saan dapat umabot ang pasensya?
Noong digmaan ng Filipino't Amerikano noong 1899, na kumitil ng 1.4 milyong Filipino, itinanong sa U.S. Senado si Gen. Robert Hughes na kumander ng US Army sa Bisayas kung bakit pinarusahan din ang mga sibilyan, mga babae't musmos, sa pagsugpo ng Amerikano sa mga rebelde.
Ito ang sagot ni Gen. Hughes:
"The women and children are part of the family, and where you wish to inflict a punishment you can punish the man probably worse in that way than in any other."
Ay, naku, di mo akalain-- Natuto pala ang militar ni Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo!
Natuto pala ang AFP at mga para-militar na bayaran kay Gen. Hughes,,,
Itinanong ni Senator Rawlins si Gen. Hughes kung iyong ginawa nila ay "within the ordinary rules of civilized warfare", ang sagot: "These people are not civilized."
Ayon, Mare’t Pare, ayos! Sa kabila na isang siglong pagitan mula sa madugong pagsakop sa atin ng Amerikanong imperyalista,
isangkot na natin ang mahabang kolonisasyon ng Kastila
at maikli ngunit mahapading karanasan sa kalupitan ng mga Hapon,
totoo palang hindi pa tayo "civilized," wika nga, di kuno?
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The Execution of Rebelyn Pitao, Without any Trial
by E. San Juan, Jr.
The Internet bore the news, of late, that the NPA will not avenge
the government’s murder of Rebelyn Pitao.
But is this what the masses demand?
The masses demand justice and accountability: who will pay for this crime?
The NPA’s answer has already preceded us…
Has a rule been decreed by the party on sensation misery bitterness pain control of the masses’ fury?
Has a rule been decreed on how to get furious or laugh?
Has a rule been decreed when it’s correct to hate and when it’s correct to love?
Has a rule been decreed when it’s correct to be doubtful and to be trusting?
Has a rule been decreed on how to be obnoxious or obsequious? Has it been decreed how it’s correct to be smart and to be stupid?
Has a rule been decreed on all that has yet to be experienced?
If fury is smoldering, can the waters of disappointment douse it?
How long should patience last?
During the Filipino-American War in 1899, which killed 1.4 million Filipinos, the US Senate asked Gen. Robert Hughes who was commander of the US Army in the Visayas why civilians were also punished, women and children, so that Americans could suppress the rebels. Gen. Hughes’s reply:
“The women and children are part of the family, and where you wish to inflict a punishment you can punish the man probably worse in that way than in any other.”
Ay, naku, you wouldn’t guess—Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s military did learn!
So the hustling AFP and paramilitary did learn.
Senator Rawlins asked Gen. Hughes if what they did was “within the ordinary rules of civilized warfare.” The answer: “These people are not civilized.”
There you go, friends!
Despite almost a century of intervening time from our bloody occupation by the American
imperialists, we might as well include the long Spanish colonization and the short
but painful experience with Japanese brutality,
it’s quite true
that we’re not “civilized” yet,
as you might say, wouldn’t you?
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