Punching Bug

By January 1, 2017Archives, Opinion

Drug war. Duterte. Pope Francis. 

By Ulysses R. Butuyan

 

80% OF FILIPINOS WORRY THEY MIGHT BE KILLED IN THE DRUG WAR. To worry for themselves is self-interest; to worry for others is patriotism.

SWS SAYS 80% GIVE DUTERTE’S DRUG CAMPAIGN AN EXCELLENT RATING. On Calvary, one of the famous Seven Last Words was, “Father, forgive them for they not know what they do.” In the contemporary setting, “they” are the mob who cheer Duterte for his crimes.

BISHOPS SAY HUMANS HAVE NO RIGHT TO KILL OTHERS. Unless in justified defense of selves or others. That’s why PNP’s extrajudicial killings are now called shootouts to justify the drug carnage.

POPE’S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE: THINK OF THE CHILDREN. Some priests are precisely thinking of their own children this Christmas season.

PASAY ORDINANCE: “HALF-CUP RICE, OR ELSE…” At carinderias, some councilors order “Some more rice, or else…”

WANT TO MAKE NOISE FOR NEW YEAR? BE CREATIVE. Debate with your mother-in-law on Federalism.

DEATH PENALTY FOES BRACE FOR DEBATES. May no debater die of senseless exhaustion. But if some do, may  they be the pros, to teach them a lesson they’ll never learn anyway.

DUTERTE SEEKS PEOPLE’S SUPPORT TO BRING PEACE. Peace as in ‘rest in peace.’

DUTERTE SHOULD HAVE THE POWER TO DECLARE MARTIAL LAW WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF CONGRESS AND SUPREME COURT. If he has done away with the rule of law, what then has he to do with solons and judges?

DUTERTE: UN RIGHTS CHIEF A JOKER, AN IDIOT. Someday a world leader will deport Duterte to another planet where he can declare martial law against himself anytime.

DUTERTE TRUST RATING SLIPS BUT STILL “EXCELLENT.” There’s more fun the Philippines! His supporters are especially funny.

GOV’T ALLOCATES P400M FOR COPS’ LEGAL DEFENSE VERSUS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS. But Duterte has already forgiven them in advance, so perhaps the money will only serve as silencer.

POPE CARRIES A STATUE OF THE BABY JESUS DURING A MASS ON CHRISTMAS EVE. Did he preach “Thou shalt not worship any graven images?”

DUTERTE VOWS TO MAKE THE COUNTRY SAFER. Is he planning to resign?

NBI TO PROBE FIRST MEDIA SLAY UNDER DUTERTE GOV’T. Are the survivors among media allowed to look on and guard against a whitewash?

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