Friday, November 30, 2007

The Aftermath

As you probably know, the siege of the Manila Peninsula is over. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, read about it here.

So after all their posturing and bravado, these idiots surrendered after a whiff of teargas and a 50mm cannon pointed at their asses. They say it's to protect the civilians and the journalists-- if they're really concerned and ready to fight, they should have prevented those civilians from being there in the first place. They say they never intended to fight-- then why march down the streets with guns brandished? They say they only wanted to be heard-- last I checked, weapons, armbands, and fatigues were not prerequisites for a presscon. They should be honest that they surrendered because they saw there was no groundswell of support for their pathetic and idiotic little adventure. They wanted to launch a revolution, and they were embarrassingly shunned. Boohoo, no one wanted to attend their sad, sad party.

As I write this, Metro Manila is in the middle of a 12mn-5am curfew. Payday preceeding a three-day weekend and the bars are closed by 10pm. What really riles me is that these idiots just gave GMA the perfect reason to impose this sort of thing. If she tried this yesterday the whole country would be up in arms; because of these idiots, people are accommodating and understanding.

What doesn't topple GMA only makes her stronger. Thanks a lot, idiots.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

They're not idiots.

I think they just wanted to make a very successful and dramatic press conference.

And I think they succeeded.