Today’s Inquirer editorial references a photo found in such sites as that of the UK’s Daily Mail.
The image is profoundly disturbing. The picture, published in many newspapers, shows a dead Burmese monk, floating face down in a murky river. His saffron robe has turned pale; it has turned the color of human flesh, drained of blood. Hints of saffron can still be glimpsed, partly hidden by the body of the slain protester. The close-up photograph suggests that the rivers of Burma (Myanmar) have been turned into makeshift graveyards, full of other bodies.
The detailed story in the Mail is worth a close read. But here’s the most disturbing of the photos included in the story:
October 19th, 2007 at 11:51 am
The image from Myanmar chillingly mirrors the situation in our own country. It reminds us of the fate of Musa DImasidsing, and the hundreds more victims of extra-judicial killing and involuntary disappearance.
Who knows what happened to Jonas Burgos in the hand of the military?
The military that can only lamely say that the license plates on the vehicle used to abduct Jonas was stolen from one of its military camps?
By doing so, it is unwittingly acknowledging its incompetence to protect even its own backyard. How reassuring for the country and its people that this same military is tasked to protect!
October 18th, 2007 at 9:06 am
MC_90,
Hehehe, di mo pa rin nasasagot tanong ko … paki-hiwatig nga ang kakurakutan ng mga miyembro ng oposisyon? Para naman mapag-aralan at mabantayan sa hinaharap
October 18th, 2007 at 1:21 am
kabayan
Alam mo ba yung kasabihan na “mahirap gisingin ang taong nagtutulog-tulogan lang” ?
kung naiintindihan mo yan…yan ang dahilan kung bakit di na ako magsasayang ng oras para ipahiwatig sayo at sa mga tao dito na sumusporta sa mga politiko ang mga nakawan at kurakutan sa pilipinas hehehehehe
October 17th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
MC_90
O bakit hindi mo naman ipahiwatig ang kakurakutan ng oposisyon tulad ng inilalahad mo? Sige nga, sige nga
October 17th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
isama mo na si MC_90