iQué barbaridad!

Did they deserve it? I don’t think so!

What if I tied you down, placed a thin nylon wire around your neck and tightened it… little by little… crushing your throat… till you couldn’t breathe… slowly dislocating your spine in the process… taking pleasure at your bloody gasps for help? iQué barbaridad!

Hmmmm…I felt that going for the Jesuit life didn’t seem right at the moment. I just couldn’t concentrate. I had to do something. They were so helpless. Their death won’t be in vain.

I’ll never forget that day.

Date was February 17, 1872, when three good priests: Mariano Gómez, José Apolonio Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora were unjustly executed on the grounds of subversion from the Cavite mutiny. There they were, standing still, holding their ground, fighting for what they believed in. Those brave martyrs didn’t deserve to die like that. No one does.

This injustice will be made known. I’ll make sure it does.

But how?

I can write something. I’m good at that. But how can I do that subtly? I’ll find a way. Whatever I write, it’ll be in honor of them.

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Paolo Banaga