{"id":2258,"date":"2018-02-02T20:15:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T20:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/seac\/?p=2258"},"modified":"2019-01-29T20:13:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T20:13:59","slug":"manila-jaws-hatred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/csead\/news\/manila-jaws-hatred\/","title":{"rendered":"Manila in the Jaws of Hatred"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Adrian Alarilla<\/em><\/p>\n

On December 13, 2017, as the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency was acquiring 126 new agents<\/a>, an Ilocos Sur journalist<\/a> was arrested for \u201crebellion,\u201d the Philippine Congress was mulling over the Dengvaxia disaster<\/a>, and a new typhoon called Urduja<\/a> was inching closer to Southern Philippines, I was in an Uber from Quezon City to Pasay with my brother and his fianc\u00e9e. Although the trip is only about 12 miles long, in Manila Christmas traffic it could take three hours or longer. But we were in high spirits; my brother was getting married in a month, and we were taking his fianc\u00e9e to a surprise bachelorette party organized by her friends (they had managed to keep it quiet, so she didn\u2019t have any clue). The afternoon sun was miraculously peeking out from the perennial smog hovering over the city, tinting everything in gold. We didn\u2019t even mind too much that our Uber driver, who had been silent for most of the trip, was blaring Christian praise songs from his tape player:<\/p>\n

\u201cMake me a channel of your peace
\nWhere there is hatred let me bring your love
\nWhere there is injury, your pardon Lord
\nAnd where there’s doubt, true faith in you\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Since Quezon City is in the northern part of Metro Manila and Pasay is in the Southern part, we had to go through Manila. Crossing Pasig River, we caught a glimpse of Malaca\u00f1ang Palace to the right, the historic residence of the leader of the Philippines. We trudged on along Quirino Avenue, idly chitchatting about our own privileged, middle-class lives, distanced from the everyday realities of the streets of Manila. When we reached the \u201cParaiso ng Batang Maynila\u201d (The Paradise of the Children of Manila), a rare public park in the concrete jungle that is Manila, we commented on the number of \u201cinformal settlers\u201d (a politically correct term for the landless squatters of the city) camped out on the wide, tree-lined sidewalk. Suddenly, our driver decided to put in his two cents:<\/p>\n

\u201cOur President is right, it\u2019s better to just kill all of them,\u201d he remarked fiercely in Tagalog. We were shocked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI used to be skeptical about the effectiveness of extra-judicial killings,\u201d he continued, \u201cbut now I am a firm believer. We\u2019ve killed many of them already, but we should kill more. Kill all of them, and get rid of the city\u2019s addict squatters.\u201d<\/p>\n

When he noticed that we weren\u2019t speaking at all, he continued his diatribe: \u201cLike what President Duterte said, we should follow what the president of Russia said about human rights. Human rights are for humans. The moment you start using drugs, you are no longer human. Screw human rights!\u201d<\/p>\n

As he kept talking, the golden glow of the late afternoon gave way to the blood red Manila Sunset. Suddenly, everything looked strange and unfamiliar. Have I been away from the country for too long? How could everything change so quickly? Here I was, staring right at the gaping jaws of hatred, fear, misunderstanding, and all I could do is gape dumbly in stunned silence. How many more will die tonight? How many of my people will continue to trample on the dead, berate them for getting killed, and laud those who continue to kill their fellow citizens and brag about it? And what can I do about it?<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026Make me a channel of your peace
\nIt is in pardoning that we are pardoned
\nIn giving to all men that we receive
\nAnd in dying that we’re born to eternal life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Adrian Alarilla On December 13, 2017, as the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency was acquiring 126 new agents, an Ilocos Sur journalist was arrested for \u201crebellion,\u201d the Philippine Congress was mulling over the Dengvaxia disaster, and a new typhoon called Urduja was inching closer to Southern Philippines, I was in an Uber from Quezon City<\/p>\n

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