THERE’S so much talk about martial law lately that others overlooked the main reason why it has been declared in the very first place. Others just simply dismissed the idea and expressed opposition about the declaration.
“Why does it have to be dealt through military rule?” some would ask, saying that there are other means. But if there are other ways then what could it be? Really, there are lots of reactions but lesser research and lots of oppositions but lesser actions. We are actually living in a blur.
While others are lost in rage over the martial law declaration in Mindanao, others are lost in fear somewhere in Marawi City which had been beleaguered by the Maute group, a local terrorist group, since May 23.
Imagine also the thousands of students and teachers from all over Mindanao, who had chosen to study and teach in Mindanao State University (MSU) to avail of an affordable yet quality education, who were stuck inside the campus for days devoid of power supply and perhaps, food, while the clash between government troops and the terrorist group are on-going. No one knows better the fear that a war causes than those who were there to see and experience it firsthand.
As of Thursday, many residents of Marawi and students of MSU are already evacuating to the neighboring region but there are still others out there who have not get out yet. We heard of the news but we didn’t hear all of it.
How much unhelpful information had already been disseminated and how many vital ones are left out, unreported? We couldn’t help but asked but we know that there is something missing…something vital, something crucial.
The worst part of being under a siege also is to be bombarded with a lot of information, some true and some fake, which others are just carelessly circulating, unmindful of its possible implications. Sometimes news just struck harder than reality and the worst thing is to be hit by something that appears credible but is actually far from the truth, fake news so to speak.
Then comes the so-called “trolls” who are always ready to defend their preferred leaders before even coming out with a solution to defend our own countrymen who had been affected by the havoc caused by the local terrorist group.
Before this news broke out, a war has already been waged between brains and the brainless, between ideologies…between our countrymen. It is a war that is physically non-violent but could be diabolical if overlooked.
There is so much to say and do but it appears that there is much, much more to say.