“As long as
disinformation remains unchecked, anyone with ample resources can easily
rewrite history or reframe the truth as just one opinion among many. This is
how the memory of the drug war and the suffering it caused could easily be
distorted as fiction.”
“The drug war and the
suffering it caused could easily be distorted as fiction” – yes, Ma’am! But
only if the people do not use their brains and do not ask their neighbors or do
not surf the Internet on their own, thinking independently.
I’m glad I have
lived long enough, at 85, to enjoy the news & views that the digitalized
media now offer to the people, to anyone. In these times, if you don’t surf enough
searching for the truth, ketsup toyo!
Yes, some people
are too rich, legally or not, to be able to distort history – but it’s still
there: the digital world hides it from those who won’t investigate for
themselves. (top image from r.search.yahoo.com)
Today, it’s not
anymore “Your favorite newspaper or mine?” You simply open your computer (or
cellphone) and surf, asking questions here and there – not to mention asking people
via Gmail or Facebook – and you will be richly
rewarded. The newspapers could not hide the truth anymore because there is the
digital media for truth-seekers to turn to.
Yes, people will
always try to rewrite history, but today only the desperate will try!
I don’t want to
mention names, lest I find myself in court – I just want to disprove Ms
Pinugu’s claim: “How the memory of the drug war and the suffering it caused
could easily be distorted as fiction.”
No, but you have
to give once-President Rodrigo Duterte
all the millions of benefits of the doubt, as every accused deserves.
In the meantime,
there is the Internet to surf!
How do you search?
“Philippines drug
war” says Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org):
The Philippine
drug war, also referred to as the Philippine
war on drugs, is the intensified
anti-drug campaign initiated during the administration of Rodrigo Duterte, who
served as President of the Philippines from June 30, 2016, to June 30, 2022.
The campaign reduced the proliferation of illegal drugs in the country, but has
been marred by extrajudicial killings (EJK) allegedly perpetrated by the police
and unknown assailants. By 2022, the number of drug suspects killed since 2016
was officially tallied by the government (at) 6,252; human rights organizations
and academics, however, estimate that 12,000 to 30,000 civilians have been
killed in the "anti-drug operations" carried out by the Philippine
National Police and vigilantes (under Pres Duterte).
Is what we are
reading in Wikipedia the truth and nothing but the truth? We can search some
more. But already the data gives us a good idea how bad it has been.
We have to ask more questions: “Why have there been extra-judicial
killings at all?”
Your guess is as good as mine!@517
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