When I first heard about the passing away of Francis Magalona, I wept. He was 44 years old. He had yet so much to offer his country.
I admired him because he strove to elevate Pinoy rap from novelty to a musical expression. Most of all, he truly loved his country and was proud to be a Filipino. And cancer took his life just like that.
Thinking about this brought me from sadness to anger. Francis didn’t deserve to die. Yet, there are those who grow old doing nothing but steal from our country. There are senile twerps who even defend an American serviceman convicted of raping a Filipina. There are those over 50 years old who use their political positions to lord it over their Filipino fellowmen.
Alas, not only the good die young, but the despicable live on.
June 24th, 2009 - 4:15 pm
if you look at it this way its easier to stomach the sorry state of reality:
1. bad guys should be given the opportunity to live long
why?
coz that gives them time to repent or risk eternal damnation
2. good guys live long too
coz they’re usually quiet types who don’t draw the wrong sort of attention