Major major events SHE SAYS Dinah S. Ventura 08/30/2010

Major major events

SHE SAYS

Dinah S. Ventura

08/30/2010
As the heavens opened up and drenched the metro and its bleary-eyed commuters many times in the past week, so, too, did two “major major” events rain down both ire and reservations from everywhere in the world.

First, there was the “bungled,” “botched,” “embarrassing” rescue of Chinese tourists taken hostage in their tour bus at the Quirino Grandstand that many of us are still talking about today. The quoted adjectives above have made their run in the past days, along with “frustrating,” “stupid,” “ineffectual,” and even “WTF!” 

These have all been directed at the police force, which everyone agrees could have done much to attain a much better end for that hostage-taking crisis. The people who followed the news from start to finish were mostly horrified at the way the authorities mishandled the situation. If they had been better trained, more equipped and had their priorities straight, then none of those poor tourists would have died.

It’s too bad that the tragic turn of events on that sad day was witnessed — over and over again — in different parts of the world, sending our compatriots cringing into a safe corner to avoid the anger of some who made everything into a racial issue, as well as the ridicule of others, who made it into a racial slur..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100830com7.html