rse 2015 1

How can I be responsible for the action of somebody else?

That is the question that they keep asking me and that is the question that I keep on avoiding.  For one, I am not responsible for the action of another individual.  It is really very silly and stupid.  If somebody killed somebody, that has got nothing to do with me.

The killings, the murder and the massacre that transpires in the Middle East and Eastern Europe have got nothing to do with the local killing here in the Philippines.  When Cain retorted back to God, am I my brother’s keeper?  It really was a classic response that up to now, people are still echoing the response. 

When there is a displacement of millions of people because of civil war in Syria, and untold misery are happening to innocent civilians – we ask ourselves, what have this got to do with us, Filipinos?  We are oceans away, separated by mountains, culture, language, and even by the very color of our skin.  They got their own problem and we got our own problem as well.

Why should it bother me that they are killing one another for no other reason other than having supported the opposing side?  The rebel side or the government side, it makes no difference to me.  Let them kill one another.  The planet would be better off, if there are lesser people consuming the limited resources of mother earth.

But we are of the same tapestry of clothing.  Somewhere, somehow, we are all connected.  An injury somewhere is felt by everybody else.  History is written by ripples and tides.  I read somewhere that a simple flapping of wings of a butterfly could cause a thunderstorm somewhere in the planet.  And if such is true, what more of killing and murder?

Sooner or later, the killings in the Middle East will spread and infect the planet.  It is best to deal with it right away than try to contain it later when the unreasonable killing have spread like a wild fire – directionless and sense less.

Will it be a clash of civilizations?  Will it be a clash against Islam and Christianity?  Will it be a clash against reason and insanity?  Nobody really knows directly.  While there are doves and hawks on both sides, the thinking and action are still out for determination.  Whose version of reality will prevail?

Yes, we are responsible when we do nothing and say nothing about the killings, murder and massacre that are happening around us.  In this era of social media, a thunderous roar of protest and howl must be heard.  People are dying and we are doing nothing.

When your next door neighbor starts killing one another, what are the chances that it won’t affect you in one form or another? At the very least, a concern and a simple gathering of data and a simple elicitation of comment would do wonder in calming yourself that such is an isolated event and such would not affect your own household.

Reality however will tell and show that such is a fallacy.  That such is the farthest thing from reality and that the percentage of you being affected is more serious and reasonable than recently concluded and prayed.

Put an end to the senseless killings in Syria.  Do something.  Anything.