Overly Polluted

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We're familiar with water pollution, earth pollution, and air pollution. But with all the violence that's been happening now, I think there's another type of pollution most of us hasn't realized just yet.


The reported killing of suspected drug dealers, users, and addicts have been flooding the news--screen, airwaves, and print. Of course, it's general belief that this is the work of the newly elected President, Rodrigo Duterte.


I didn't vote for the guy. Would never. Not just because of his misogynistic view and broadcasted words but also because of his lack of regard for human life in general. What's sadder, is that he got elected despite this.


I seldom follow the news but whenever I hear about the killings, it makes me sad. No, not angry. Just sad.


I'm sad that the majority of the population believe that what we need is someone who's willing to kill bad people to save and protect the good ones. I'm sad to realize that most people think the same way. I'm sad to hear that instead of feeling bad, they feel relived, if not glad, that those people are dead. I'm sad that most of us disregard human life like that.


Someone I greatly respect and look up to talked about how just these killings have been. I asked further about the topic and felt deeply sad that those words came from someone who's active at church and has been living life through God's words.


I'm no religious. I'm mostly skeptic about religious people in general although I know few people who, in my view of how religious people should be, truly live to their belief. The person I was talking about is one of them.


This being the case, hearing that person justifying the killings made me lose my appetite. It made me deeply sad.


I feel the same way with Chico, an FM radio DJ, RX 93.1 to be exact, that if I could have the ability to change one thing in this world, I would lessen hate.


You see, since the history of men, hate has been polluting us. It gave birth to war which equates to violence, loss, chaos, fear, grief, and death.


Now, I want you to do something. I want you to close your eyes and imagine a world--truly imagine it, a world without hate. I hope you're smiling because from here, it's truly beautiful.


I hope we can do something about this world that has been overly polluted. Overly polluted by hate.

July 17, 2016