It came to the nation's attention today that 3 Filipinos were executed in China. The executed Filipinos were put to death on accounts of drug trafficking of more than 50 grams of illegal drugs. In Chinese Law, smuggling in more than the said amount of drugs in the communist state is tantamount to capital punishment. Such laws are what makes a state a sovereign one: a state that is not controlled by loose commands of others, but by the laws universally accepted within their scope of ideals.
The deaths of the 3 Filipinos in China serve as a stern warning to every person who defiles such state laws. The mere entry of drugs in a country infamous for its capital punishment is an impingement of the country's sovereignty and a big bitch-slap to the face of a country that lives within the bounds of strict communist ideals. Who are we to blame, if such law was promulgated and executed on convicted felons, no matter how innocent they may be, as they claim? We cannot blame China for implementing such stringent and inhuman acts on our countrymen. They were just doing it based on their scope of law. We cannot misconstrue them for their move on capital punishment. All that we can do now is just respect their decision, and pray for the welfare of our other countrymen who are at present languishing in jails for similar crimes.
Many people share different ideas and opinions about the deaths of our countrymen. Majority still hoped for a miracle to pour down despite the unfathomable truth that has already befallen our comrades. Only a few took the final verdict as it is, and understood the Chinese people's move that was based mainly on judicious methods. In general, it is true that to take the lives of another by man's own hands is immoral and inhuman. But, whatever it is that may be such, again, the rule of law must be applied. If we are rational beings, then one thing that we should accept and respect is the law of the other country that implements such acts. If these people knew beforehand that doing such a heinous crime will lead to their demise, then this shouldn't have happened in the first place. If our government was just strict enough to implement our own laws, then no one would have been maligned to commit such act of misdeed. If only poverty was not prevalent in our country that no one would be suffering so much for something that might have been unintentionally done. There are many points to put the finger at, but it will just end up nowhere. Who are we to say such if we ourselves don't even respect or do something anyway? Its for you, the reader, to decide.
In order for our country to be sovereign, we should really be firm and just in our own decisions based on the rule of law. If only our government officials were not so corrupt (if already corrupt), then neither of the 3 would have suffered such fate. It should have been that these people would have been apprehended beforehand at their airport of origin and not at their point of destination. This just shows how our laws and our mischievous deeds interlock and cause distraught among others. If only our airport personnel knew of this earlier, then these poor souls would've been convicted of a crime punishable by Reclusion Perpetua instead of capital punishment. This just shows that our government should become more just and firm, like China, in the implementation of our own laws. We should not let our feelings trample our sovereignty by malingering the rule of law in our country towards our own liking. I am not saying that we should side with China. It's stressing out that man should really live in accordance to the rule of law. Man should respect it, live with it, and accept it as it is. This is what our country needs in order for the international community to respect us as a nation. Why are developing countries above par from us? It's because they live and breathe their rule of law. They do not alter their laws to their liking. They believe that the law is the fundamental right of the people: a right that should be respected and followed by everybody else, even foreigners.
At the end of the day, there is no one else to blame but ourselves. There are so many things to regret, but who are we to fret? It's a matter of accepting what fate has in store for us. If we understand how one's law can affect another person's perspective, then we would be living according to what is just and ideal, and that we would never complain nor rant about what is ideal or not. It's just a matter of acceptance and following what has been done. We should not take what was done personally. It was never even personal in the first place. It was just done based on a country's backbone that has been the pillar of its success. For us Filipinos, we should follow that kind of example: not executing people, but living and respecting the law, may it be ours or another country's law.
A real human being is the one who thinks and acts rationally, and not with pure emotion. Problema kasi ng Pilipino, masyadong emosyonal. Kala ang mundo parang isang teleserye, masyadong ideal daw. Tsss! Gimme a break.
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