Remember how Jim Paredes made a fool out of himself during the 31st EDSA celebration. He could have politely talked with the DDS Youth there. Instead, by resolving to mockery and insults he has shown he's already on the losing side. How can he talk about #stopthekillings if he still continues to deny his late mother's involvement in the Light a Fire Movement? It's stupid to complain about EJK all the while you think the Light a Fire Movement is a heroic gesture. While the late Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. may have been a dictator but attempting to kill him while harming innocent people isn't heroic. How can he talk about #EndImpunity all the while he supports the like of Marbobo Roxas. Marbobo himself should have been arrested for the whole Yolanda scam. How could anyone talk about human rights when the Commission of Human Rights does its selective justice or thinks that only victims of military and police abuse have their human rights violated.
It's stupid to demand #endimpunity then think of how a culture of impunity is really rampant in the Philippines. You live in a society where people tend to have the notion they'd rather commit suicide than follow simple guidelines. There are basic rules. When somebody says no smoking then it's no smoking. Follow the traffic rules to keep everyone including yourself safe. Penalties like paying a certain sum of money are meant to keep society in order. But it's already a problem in a country where the culture relies on the "laging kawawa ang pinagalitan" or feeling sorry for whoever is scolded without considering the context of the situation is the norm. Do they want to think anyone who got shot by the police or military is automatically a victim of abuse never mind that the shooting may have been done to save someone whose human rights are about to be violated? While the policemen and soldiers still need to prove it was defensive killing but we can't conclude that everyone they shoot are victims of abuses.
Should we mention that there's still lots that the Dilawan have to pay for? You could think of how Leila Dilemma herself shows she's a failure in both CHR and DOJ. Her daring prison raid may have been more of a sham and a publicity stunt. A raid really happened but think she still played selective justice and leaked videos of her in Bilibid are now out. Think about how the first day of Justice Secretary Vitaliano N. Aguirre Jr.'s raid revealed that Bilibid is not as clean as Dilemma wants us to think. What about the Mamasapano Incident, the financial scams by Joseph "Butcher" Abad, the MRT deterioration under the watch of Joseph Pabaya, Think of how Etta Rosales used her position as CHR chairperson to encourage a culture of impunity under her watch. How can one keep screaming and tagging #endimpunity when they want the crimes of the Dilawan covered?
Want to really #endimpunity then it's impossible but we can greatly lessen it. Impunity exists but you can greatly minimize it. Every healthy democracy still has rules for discipline. Another reason why developed Asian countries do better is not only because of free trade but they don't love impunity. They still have reasonable discipline that keeps people in order. They still make sure people don't get punished beyond their offenses. It's all about to stop thinking of democracy as a dysfunctional sense of freedom if you ever want to fight impunity.
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