Yesterday, I heard about the PDEA (Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency) Agent’s daughter that was allegedly drugged and raped by members of a certain syndicate.
I was alarmed with the news because this does not only warns us that these things can happen in real life (as some told me that it was like a scene in an action flick) but also a reminder that these bad guys can really do everything worse when provoked.
I tuned in to the news on TV, waited for some updates while I am updating my blogs. Still the same thing featured in the next few hours, same headline was given so I thought, this is for real.
Then the bomb came last night as I watched TV Patrol World. The latest development on the case was that there was no drug or rape case in the first place because that didn’t happen. Then they rolled out the news clip informing the viewers that according to the sworn statements of five minor teens (all guys), they allegedly invited the teenage girl to have some chill time and was unable to go back home after few hours after she got drunk.
To cut the long story short, there was nothing to be bothered about. Just a ‘simple’ case of minors that had a great time, without giving regard to the consequences of doing such.
I’m sorry to say this but I really feel that this should not happen again. I mean, a lot of people were alarmed and bothered, especially the parents who are known to be that protective of their children.
Now that this ‘development’ has been aired, would you think that this will lessen the threat that the parents are feeling of the environment their children are all in?
I know this is somewhat a case of chicken and egg question. Which comes first, for the parents to really impose some rules for their kid’s safety, or for these kids/ teens to practice self discipline in their dealings with other people?
Who was to blame? I don’t know with them. But what I am sure of is that it would have been better next time if these young boys and girls will impose a kind of self discipline among themselves so they won’t drag themselves in these kinds of trouble.
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