Robert
Blair Carabuena is the latest trending topic in social media for
allegedly mauling MMDA traffic officer Saturnino Fabros. The show of
arrogance as some of "his friends" claimed, happened only because the
MMDA man slammed on his Volvo. Regardless if there is any truth to the
cause of such volatile behavior, it is quite obvious who came out the
better man in the end.
Zooming out, #Carabuena's attitude
mirrored a society most have tolerated. For it is an epitome of a system
where the reckless have's lord over the docile have-not's, worse it is
also a reflection of how much respect our citizens have for our
uniformed men whose names don't strike fear or awe.
In a
system where the law tips in favor of those who can buy it, Carabuena is
suddenly the name to vent the hate on, when in fact, incidents like
this has happened many times over. Just check out any local queues, once
a "V.I.P." comes in, they are led to a special lane or
is exempted to fall in line regardless if they are not on official
duty. Surely, the stinging slap that the MMDA officer got from Carabuena
is as much painful as for all those who had been in any line patiently
waiting for their turn only to be bullied by the arrogance of those who
are privileged.
Again I say, Noblesse Oblige, PRIVILEGE ENTAILS RESPONSIBILITY.
Education should have instilled humility and the uniform should have
commanded respect. Unfortunately, such is just not that easy in a
society where education is merely a means to an end and a "uniform" is
nothing but a reminder of corruption and abuse of power.
The cycle just goes on, no amount of hate pages can break the cycle until we all work on the cause and not at its symptoms.
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