I have no problem when the state employs police
powers to protect the people from threats both
external and internal.
I know how to shoot, in fact, I am a sharpshooter
with a rifle. I could cock a Cal .45 pistol with a
single hand.
My problem, however, is:
Who is going to administer Martial Law? And for
how long?
How are we going to install the Martial Law rule?
Via coup d'etat?
Via revolution initiated by the citizenry?
How much percentage is tolerable as collateral
damage?
Who shall determine that enough of the internicine
fight is enough?
What are the determinants?
It is easy to start a civil war. But how easy is it to
declare cessation of hostilities?
Yes, there is a need to uproot the weeds that grows
in our garden. But we have to be careful in the
weeding process; otherwise we would be uprooting
wheat, rather than the weeds.
I don't have pat answer to the problem that beset
the land. But I had been there done that as far as
Martial Law is concerned, EDSA 1 and 2, and this
God Save the Queen failed adventures (I did not
join).
The cure, Martial Law, might even turn out worst than
the ailment that afflicts the land.
What I believe is: a Nehemiah like leader who has a
heart for the people, and humble enough to fear GOD.
Bob
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