{"id":210587,"date":"2012-06-11T21:43:55","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T13:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=210587"},"modified":"2012-06-11T21:43:55","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T13:43:55","slug":"despite-its-flaws-it%e2%80%99s-still-a-wonderful-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/210587\/despite-its-flaws-it%e2%80%99s-still-a-wonderful-world","title":{"rendered":"Despite its flaws, it\u2019s still a wonderful world"},"content":{"rendered":"

The two judges who gave Sunday\u2019s fight to Tim Bradley must be blind.<\/p>\n

The world saw how Manny Pacquiao outpunched Bradley and yet two of the judges\u2014CJ Ross and Duane Ford\u2014saw it another way.<\/p>\n

This only goes to show that many people who have eyes play blind or see things differently from others.<\/p>\n

Indeed, differences in opinions and beliefs make this world a very exciting place to live in.<\/p>\n

But despite its flaws, it\u2019s still a wonderful world.<\/p>\n

*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n

I am a witness to the wonders of human nature: People you expect to come to your aid in times of crisis, don\u2019t; people you least expect to help you, do.<\/p>\n

The security guards who were present while I was being assaulted at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Terminal 3 baggage carousel do not want to testify in my behalf.<\/p>\n

The video of the incident shows two guards holding my arms, giving one of my attackers a chance to get behind me and choke me.<\/p>\n

The least these guards can do is to testify in my behalf; but they refuse to, citing orders from the management of Lantin Security Agency \u201cnot to take sides.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aren\u2019t security guards supposed to be deputized policemen who should testify when they witness a crime?<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

I owe a great deal of gratitude to the guy who posted the video of the incident on YouTube.<\/p>\n

Because of that video, the public believes my claim that I am not the aggressor, that I didn\u2019t start the fight.<\/p>\n

Before that video came out, I not only suffered physical assault but a beating from the public as well as many believed the claim of my opponents that I had started the fight and that I had kicked a woman which traumatized her children.<\/p>\n

I consider him my \u201cangel\u201d for saving me from public censure and disgrace.<\/p>\n

I was finally able to locate my \u201cangel\u201d but he was a big letdown.<\/p>\n

He is a customs policeman assigned at the Naia 3 international section.<\/p>\n

I asked him to authenticate the video he had posted on YouTube so I could use it as evidence in court.<\/p>\n

But he refused to do so, saying his father didn\u2019t want him to get involved.<\/p>\n

I pleaded with him, saying it was his civic duty to own up to the video as a witness to a crime.<\/p>\n

I also pleaded with his superiors but they said they could only try to convince him although they couldn\u2019t force him to cooperate with me.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

But you know what? I\u2019m still very lucky. Two passengers of a Cebu Pacific flight who were at the airport when the one-way brawl broke out have volunteered to testify in my favor.<\/p>\n

One is a woman, the other a man. The woman, in her early 30s, even tried to convince the customs policeman to testify in my behalf during a dinner, to no avail.<\/p>\n

I am not friends with the two witnesses. I thank them profusely for being Good Samaritans.<\/p>\n

How ironic that people you least expect to help do so, while those who are duty-bound to help you don\u2019t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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