Murder at the Gates
Mood: Sick and Tired
Music: Chirping of crickets
April 19, 2006; around 5:00 PM. Just at the mouth of our subdivision gates, a neighbor of ours was ambushed and murdered in cold-blood by a number of unidentified well-armed men. He was first shot around 5 times in the body then, as he crawled on the ground, was shot in the head at point-blank range as a coup de grace.
I wasn't a witness to the event itself, I just missed it by a few minutes while I was riding a tricycle going home.
I'm not really shaken by the fact that something as gruesome as that happened at such close proximity. I always assume that there is no such thing as a "peaceful neighborhood". Even in the most tranquil of places, anything can happen from a simple skinned-knee to a bullet-in-the-head.
What really irks me though is the motive and nature of the crime. The victim is somewhat of a small-time activist attempting to expose the anomalies of our subdivision's Home Owner's Association. For that alledged reason, he was executed. It's just really disappointing that we Filipino's would kill even for such a small-scale government like a Home Owner's Association. If things like this happen on such a microcosmic scale, what more on the big time?
I'm sick and tired of us Filipino's. Instead of trying to use our power to make things better for everyone, we only use it to satify our own agendas. This is why we never prosper, all we ever think about is our own selfish needs and not the needs of each other.
I offer my condolences to the victim and his family. Although I didn't know him well, I admire him for the fact that he tried to make a difference. It did cost him his life, but I think he knew that this would happen and he still went for it. Like a foolish dreamer, raising his sails amidst a storm.
P.S. I'm really sick. As in I've got sore-throat, a cold, and a fever. But I still have work to do so I have to go to the office. Again, like a foolish dreamer, raising his sails amidst a storm.
Music: Chirping of crickets
April 19, 2006; around 5:00 PM. Just at the mouth of our subdivision gates, a neighbor of ours was ambushed and murdered in cold-blood by a number of unidentified well-armed men. He was first shot around 5 times in the body then, as he crawled on the ground, was shot in the head at point-blank range as a coup de grace.
I wasn't a witness to the event itself, I just missed it by a few minutes while I was riding a tricycle going home.
I'm not really shaken by the fact that something as gruesome as that happened at such close proximity. I always assume that there is no such thing as a "peaceful neighborhood". Even in the most tranquil of places, anything can happen from a simple skinned-knee to a bullet-in-the-head.
What really irks me though is the motive and nature of the crime. The victim is somewhat of a small-time activist attempting to expose the anomalies of our subdivision's Home Owner's Association. For that alledged reason, he was executed. It's just really disappointing that we Filipino's would kill even for such a small-scale government like a Home Owner's Association. If things like this happen on such a microcosmic scale, what more on the big time?
I'm sick and tired of us Filipino's. Instead of trying to use our power to make things better for everyone, we only use it to satify our own agendas. This is why we never prosper, all we ever think about is our own selfish needs and not the needs of each other.
I offer my condolences to the victim and his family. Although I didn't know him well, I admire him for the fact that he tried to make a difference. It did cost him his life, but I think he knew that this would happen and he still went for it. Like a foolish dreamer, raising his sails amidst a storm.
P.S. I'm really sick. As in I've got sore-throat, a cold, and a fever. But I still have work to do so I have to go to the office. Again, like a foolish dreamer, raising his sails amidst a storm.
posted by caitiff at 9:15 PM
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