Hostage

Hong Kong has all the reasons to hate the madness of one man and the obvious incompetencies of our policemen. Think what you’ll feel if this happens to us. It’s so heartless of us to take our defenses first rather than offer our sympathy – because we should not forget 8 of their people were killed by one of us. That one man has our blood but that doesn’t mean we all our murderers. We don’t have to prove anything to any country. The Hong Kong government will not abuse our people because of what happened. We are not just two nations, we’re human beings – so expect their feelings, don’t judge. Each and everyone of us are different.

So many Filipinos working in Hong Kong were killed before this. Hong Kong punished those who are responsible. They too have people who kills one of us. Murders does not happen only in the Philippines. There are murderers everywhere.

Those tourist were here because they want to explore our country, get to know it. A sign that there’s no war between us. Let’s not ignite flames that will start one. So many Filipinos work abroad, in Hong Kong. They are now being put in a very awkward and shameful situation but they will face it. We know they will face it. I trust that they’ll understand Hong Kong’s reaction.

While they are doing that, can we please stop hating each other? We could only blame one man. He who pulled the trigger. We can blame our policemen for being lousy, but we know blaming won’t really help. Training is what they lack. It’s really sad and disappointing to claim they don’t have the proper training – but that’s the truth. Those policemen might get killed there as well. The fact that they braved to be there – without any protective suit, any masks, any efficient weapon is something we should not take for granted. Our policemen made a very lousy job. We can say the brains of the system is also pathetic… but let’s not laugh at them. 8 lives were lost. Give ourselves time to grieve for that. The Philippine Police needs an overhaul, but so do we. It can happen to any country. If we continue to put fingers at each other, nothing’s ever gonna change.