Posted On: Thursday, January 8th, 2009 at 7:38 am
A yahoo group member forwarded an email about Bambee’s blog entry about what happened to her family at the Valley Golf and Country Club in Antipolo. I read the story and I felt sorry for the family of de la Paz. I feel sorry. But it doesn’t mean I am taking their side. I am not taking the side of the Pangandamans either. And because I don’t take sides, I am not gonna give you any links. Oh well, you can google about it if you want.
The de la Paz and Pangandaman story was an issue between pride and power. Both parties probably would have learned their lessons by now. Pride and being overwhelmed with power could get you nowhere. Pride for the de la Paz and power for the Pangandamans. Both barked at a wrong tree, in a wrong way. Both sinned in the eyes of God. The choice now is on the lesser evil. And people take sides… and yes, on the lesser evil.
Yes, people are taking sides… Some even haven’t heard the complete story yet. They judge according to one’s own point of view… according to her incomplete story. And because the offending party was a politician, they make a noise out of it. Of course, it was wrong to hurt a defenseless 56-year old and a 14-year-old. But who instigated the matter, anyway? Of course, it was fatally wrong when a public leader hurt the common people… but who insisted on the fight?And because the offending party was a politician and a cabinet member (Mayor of Lanao del Sur and Secretary of Agrarian Reform who also sits in the panel of peace negotiating party – both father and son), it has create a big sensation over the tabloid.
I am, indeed, not taking sides… after hearing about the reputation of the elder de la Paz… no matter how appalled I was by the reaction of the Pangandamans.
Having said these, the Pangandamans should pay for what they did to the old man and to the minor. On the other hand, may this incident be a lesson for de la Paz… to be more humble next time.
I am not taking sides. Why am I blogging about this? Simply… to express my opinion. I am a blogger, after all… exercising my right as a responsible blogger. And above all, to create awareness so we all could pray for the situation. God is just and he sees to it that justice prevails.
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