This only goes to solidify my belief that our country needs some serious change in our leadership.
Cathy and I were discussing in the car the other day how, instead of feeling safe, the reaction of most Filipinos when they see a policeman is usually one of unease, fear, and uncertainty. Our lawmakers and law enforcers, those people we're supposed to trust with our lives, and whose wages are paid for by our taxes, are the ones responsible for most kidnapping situations, flagrant law violations, and graft and corruption on a shockingly immense scale.
Here we have a former congressman as the primary suspect for a Fil-Chinese boy's abduction. He is a former actor and sportsman, no less! Assisting him in his heinous activities are the town sheriff and a couple of other lawmen.
Good golly! If we cannot trust our legislators and law enforcers to protect us, what will become of our nation?
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It's sad, isn't it? Change needs to start with the individual. On the one hand, the Pinas is mostly Catholic but that's just a label, in all reality. Catholics believe in the teachings of the bible: do not bear false witness, etc., yet do they *live* it? One can complain about that fact with regards to any nation group, in all reality. It's just a matter of degree. Christians in all nations ought to live as examples as best as they can. Tough, but doable with God's help. Ano?
Thank you for the post, really useful data.
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