Think For Yourself
"There's this Anti-Terror Bill that’s being passed in Congress right now. Really? Now?” My friend cannot hide the disgust in her voice as I was talking to her about the current political ongoings in my home country, the Philippines. Like any angsty teenager, she was expressing her dismay with the government and how the fact that with the existing pandemic crippling the nation the government is still finding ways to make things worse. So I asked her what this Anti-Terror Bill is that she’s talking about. She practically told me her criticisms with the bill, one of which was that it “allowed law enforcers to just abduct anyone who’s thought of as terrorists.” I then got to thinking, “Really? Is the Philippine government really this chaotic?” “Did you read the whole bill?” I asked. “Not the whole thing, just a small part.” She replied. I also asked my cousin if she was following Philippine politics, and she said yes, so I questioned her as well on her knowledge of the current aff...