I am against the way media is projecting Ces Drilon is a hapless victim in her kidnapping when in the final analysis she brought her predicament upon herself. There are a lot of victims of this vilent and reproachable act who never took chances with fate like she did.
Sometimes heroics should be weighed as to how much courage and responsibility one gives in the performance of a good act. In her reckless pursuit for a none existing story, Ces Drilon ignored the usual precautions and endangered her life and her crew. clearly that is not responsible journalism.
By being kidnapped for nine days, she just opened up old wounds and lead us back into the ages when the mere mention of Sulu and Zamboanga send shivers to the spine of anyone residing in Luzon and echoing into the international community (her release is on the headlines of yahoo today). She justified the military's request for more funds when it could be used for education and health projects. She justified the war in Mindanao. She placed the peace process a thousand steps back to where it started.
I do not believe she just got off easily from her predicament with just the laway of Sen Loren Legarda. Ten years from now, when the light shines low on her career, she will look back and write a book and just like Gracia Burnham, she will tell us all what really happened. By then few will be interested and would have forgotten who she is and what all of this was about.
For now, I apologize for not being able to emphatize.
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