| I was totally dismayed when I heard the statement | | | | jest; the "P" word in Filipino uttered by a poor man |
| of parent whose son is being held under custody of | | | | elicits expressions of disgust. "Que horror! Que |
| a government Drug Board for alleged drug trafficking | | | | barbaridad!" (What horror! What barbarity!") |
| during an interview conducted by a news reporter. | | | | So going back to my original point, what in heaven's |
| The parent who happens to be a media man himself | | | | name is the difference of a social user and an addict? |
| admitted that his son was not a drug addict or | | | | Nothing but what's in their wallets. How many |
| pusher but a social user. I tried to compose my | | | | innocents were put behind bars because they were |
| thinking so as not to lose my sanity in understanding | | | | not properly represented or failed to avail the service |
| the difference between a person addicted to | | | | of a competent lawyer? How about rich brats who |
| prohibited drugs and that of a social user. | | | | are still roaming the street despite the overwhelming |
| This elitist jargon reminds me of an old joke that | | | | evidences against them but failed to put behind bars |
| spells the difference between the rich and poor. The | | | | because of their influence? Worse, case being |
| joke goes like this: If you are rich and you cough, | | | | dismissed due to legal technicalities and ineptitude of |
| you have asthma; if you are poor, you have TB | | | | some law enforcers? |
| (Tuberculosis). If you are rich and have some red | | | | Justice is blind, maybe too blind to see the worsening |
| spots on your skin, you have an allergy; but if you | | | | inequity in the administration of justice between |
| are poor, you have a galis (scabies). Klepto is for a | | | | those who can afford it and to those who cannot. |
| rich brat caught shoplifting; thief if the offender is | | | | Perhaps it's about time to advice this blind-folded lady |
| poor. The "F" word uttered by a rich person in a | | | | to put down her sword and scale for a moment and |
| social gathering is considered an expression made in | | | | seek the advice of an ophthalmologist. |