THOUSANDS upon thousands have already been killed. Hundreds of minors were either murdered or were collateral damage in this government program they call, war vs. drugs. But what made Kian’s murder extraordinary? Why did the murder of Kian cause a public outrage?
Kian represented the marginalized in our society, the poor, the defenseless, and the powerless. The murder of a 17-year-old, Grade 11 student was the peak of impunity and gross disrespect for human rights.
The murder of a child crossed the line of what is reasonable or justifiable and what is not.
It thawed hearts frozen by their blind faith for a murderer-leader. It woke up the hibernating thoughts and reasons of many. It opened the eyes that were blinded by fear.
How many more Kians need to be killed and murdered in order for hearts, thoughts and reason, and eyes of many to be opened that taking other human’s life is not acceptable in a civilized society.
How many more children need to be orphaned and how many more women need to be widowed in order for many to know it is not legal in our present society, which is a society of laws, to just assume people are guilty without due process.
If these killings don't stop, and we do not do anything about it, we are nurturing a generation that is traumatized, disturbed, violent and angry.
This would mean that these traumatized, disturbed, violent and angry children will nurture the next generation, they will be much worse.
Their trauma, violence and anger will be something that we should be more concerned about because the intensity of these, especially the anger and violence, will be much more than the generation that actually got to experience this. The next generation is the recipients, otherwise, beneficiaries of their trauma, violence and anger, that when they trace back where the trauma, anger and violence of their parents came from, they would trace it back to this phenomenon called war vs. drugs by this present administration.
We cannot afford this. We cannot allow this. We should take action now. We should not keep our silence. Make a stand!
We don't need the death of someone close or even our own happening through these means in order for us to make a stand, and be outraged. Some of us keep our silence, either because we fear for our lives, which may be cowardice or we are just indifferent, which is the worst.
These are the times when all we can do is pray, because of the uncertainty of the results that will come out from all of this. We need to have strong hope so that the next life that will be taken is not yours nor mine, or one of our family members or friends.
So, it's not just about Kian. It's about you and me, too. #stopEJK
