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‘We don’t hate’ C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Jonathan De la Cruz 08/30/2010

Monday, August 30, 2010

‘We don’t hate’

C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S
Jonathan De la Cruz
08/30/2010
Amid all the gloom, hate mail and finger pointing engendered by the Rizal Park carnage last Monday Hong Kong superstar Jackie Chan has issued a calming and much appreciated note on his Twitter (@EyeOfJackieChan) which read: “This kind of things always happen around the world. It happen to HK’s people, the whole HK is talking about it. It’s really sad..If they killed the guy sooner, they will say why not negotiate first? If they negotiate first, they ask why not kill the guy sooner? So sad..HK is a nation built by a lot of different people..don’t worry!! We do not hate!! Humans should be united and not kill or hate each other..” Chan or for that matter anybody else could not have said it better.

Last Monday’s bloodbath was truly sad and unfortunate. It was an isolated incident and does not happen everyday, here and elsewhere. It was a real blackmark on all of us and we hope that in time the hurt will subside and the wound would heal. But it could have been avoided if only those officials whose responsibility it is to keep the peace and make our environs safe did their work well. Some will say lots of people including this writer have become instant experts on the art of hostage taking or the handling of crisis situations such as last Monday’s. That this is Monday morning quarterbacking at its worst. No, Sir. It does not take a rocket scientist to know that the crisis committee (and that includes those at the Palace who did the post-evaluation issuing all kinds of statements) which oversaw the situation bungled big time. They made a “major, major” faux pas..... MORE

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