Yes, we need to remember our barbaric ways towards one another -- the piratical raids by marauders who were Muslims, the violence inflicted by the colonizers (from the Spaniards to the Americans), the atrocities committed by the government (from Aguinaldo to the present), the excesses undertaken by the revolutionaries or rebel forces (Katipunan, RAM, NPA, MNLF, MILF, BIFF), the killings against the innocents, the suspects, and those involved in illegal drugs, etc. We need to face the dark truth: we are a people prone to violence. It is in our blood. It is in our DNA. Our earliest forefathers had to defend their families and tribes against wild nature and other human beings.
Such state stays with us. You go to any kanto in the Philippines, and see how little boys behave towards strangers. Where did these boys learn about being a wolf to others? Well from the movies, television programs, their environment, our households. Perhaps we need a civil war to put a closure to our state of violence. Or perhaps a miracle will do.
Take your pick.
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