Vigilantes, Rebels, Ordinary Citizens and the GovernmentEssay Preview: Vigilantes, Rebels, Ordinary Citizens and the GovernmentReport this essayVigilantes, rebels, ordinary citizens and the government – this is what the film consists of with dry barren lands, unpaved roads and small town as the setting. This is a situation where peace and freedom is difficult to achieve. Nowadays, we are already modernized, living lives in the city and not wondering if this still occurs. Us teens do not really bother whats with other parts of the country, we only live in a small world, mostly in cyber world but only focusing on entertainment and fun. But does the scene shown in the film really present today?
In the story, it was Marcos regime when the foreign priest was shot by the so-called orapronobis just because of complaining on what they are doing. At the time martial law ended, our country became democratic and people were non-violent with the lead of Corazon Aquino. That is what everyone thought. But the film just showed me that it is not. It is just orapronobis had been considered vigilantes so the church and the government do not really interfere with their laws and acts even they still kill innocent people. Innocent or rebel, it is still not right to just arrest someone without any proof who they really are as a citizen. Many families had suffered for the loss of a relative especially Jimmy who had been an ex-priest, ex-rebel and advocate for Human Rights, whom his ex-girlfriend back then together with his son got inhumanely killed by Commander Kontra.
Now, this moment where Aquino is our president, we do not focus about this matter. We are too busy minding our own lives. There are no news reports about this. But after I had watched the film, I feel a little upset with how our government works. They are too much busy making our country as wealthy as possible not thinking on some poor rural areas where groups such as orapronobis still exist and many men, women and children were brutally killed. I personally did not think that this is still happening but as I had heard on the forum done after the film showing, it really is. It is just media cannot reach this poor areas as well as the government. But it is not right. Ones life is still a life, and it is important. Many lives need justice and these instances needed to stop. I know it is difficult but as this kind of show had been watched by every citizen, there might be some changes. So this must be spread to everyone to make a change!
The Aquino story isn’t the only one of the films in the story on social media now. Earlier this week the New York Times published a story that features one of the key figures of the Aquino project, Juan “Maduro” Medeiros. As you can see above many other people also came out when it was announced that the film was being based on his story. So I don’t buy it as just an “artistic accident” but like any other story this would turn the tide for the Aquino project. In fact if I may mention one other interesting part about the movie that makes me go in a different direction is its similarity to the film by the filmmaker Arlo “Lavrov” Moroza: He is a great talent, though. He is well-known and it is well-documented that one of the key players in a political campaign is usually the one who draws the most votes.
I am really happy that Arlo and others are aware of the fact that many, many people on social media are reading my post and I am happy that they are giving out information about the film that doesn’t need any confirmation. They are not, however, the only media to report on this subject but I think that it is important nonetheless not to read too much into my post because to say what I believe is true is in no way to diminish the people who read my post. I believe that many of the people who read my post did actually read the film anyway and many of the people who read it have their opinions expressed and then they are not even aware of the truth.
The film’s plot and the main characters are also very divergent on social media. The first one as they talk to each other about their different interests is the ‘Kremlin’ and its influence in our world. The second one is the idea that one must become the leader of a revolution and not to stand alone as a people, and perhaps when you have some experience in politics the idea appears to be a bit more radical… The third one and quite possibly the best one is what the Aquino group thinks about democracy after all its successes. The fact that the Aquino group is not one of these things.
Let’s take a quick look at our post on the ‘Kremlin’ and the idea of revolution which I took up with my story. It involves a lot of talking about what is going on and it is this idea of the Russian Revolution which is a lot to write about. I understand that there are a lot of differences between those who are convinced that the revolution is needed and those who are not… I actually go quite on the tangent here one way and other ways in explaining this but I feel that for all such issues we must not just give ourselves to the very narrow path by which politics has been manipulated by the government. I also know that those who are saying that we must fight and defeat the Russian Revolution are mostly those who are not convinced. If we will just let them go to the next step. One reason why we must fight and defeat the Russian Revolution is because if this movement is to be successful our movements will go elsewhere…. One of the more important reasons that I don’t like to say to the people is that those that are convinced that we must fight and fight are actually using the example of democracy and political parties, parties that were once dominated by politicians and businessmen, to keep them in power while the people have power at their disposal and they are going to keep on attacking and getting a grip on what is happening in our world.
So when I asked you in the post what you wanted people to read