28
Mar
Hostage-taker wants free education
I don’t usually comment on current events, but there’s something patently ridiculous about this little hostage crisis currently unfolding in Manila:
The head of a day care centre in the Philippines has seized a busload of his children, saying he is demanding better housing and education for them.
[ … ] “I am so sorry I took these children in a violent action to call the attention of the Filipino people to open their minds to the police reality,” he said.
[…] Officials said Jun Ducat [the hostage-taker] was involved in a hostage-taking incident using fake grenades 20 years ago.
You rarely see anyone take hostages of the people they are trying to help, but I guess the notion of staging a dramatic hostage negotiation from inside a bus in the middle of the crowded streets of Manila was just too much to resist. The biggest question on my mind: is this Robin Hood going to actually do anything to those kids if his demands aren’t met? Seems to me like there’s a logical disconnect in threatening to kill these children if they aren’t given better housing and education. On the other hand, this guy is clearly operating on some different plane of reasoning so maybe it makes sense to him.
The second biggest question on my mind: is it customary for day care centres to have ex-hostage-takers on their payroll? Might not be the best kinda guy to be taking care of your kids, know what I’m saying?
March 30th, 2007 at 5:51 am
Well at least the kids were released. i was just wondering what the fuck chavit singson was doing as a negotiator, aside from the obvious political mileage he could milk from it. after all the elections are coming up. does he qualify as a negotiator? the son of a bitch was right in the cameras while he got the grenades from Ducat and escorted him out of the bus. such a flair for the fucking dramatic by god. i was seriously hoping the grenades went off while he asshole was getting his grill into the cameras. not to mention bong revilla getting into the mix as well. makes me wonder if the whole thing was cooked up.
excuse me while i throw up.
April 12th, 2007 at 12:20 am
I find it really stupid for a guy to threaten his students’ lives then ask for free education and housing for those students.
As for your second question, the hostage taker owns the whole day care center.