We could have done more. But we simply did not do enough.
Today, more than ever, this rings true: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." (Edmund Burke)
Sure. Many people did many things, first to fight the dictator, and then, to oust him. Many people have made it their lives’ crusades to make sure Marcos is remembered as the plundering, murderous dictator that he was; and his family, the beneficiaries. But as is our curse as a people, what we have in initiative, we lack in follow through.
We are a people who are clueless about sustaining our efforts at something worthwhile and seeing them through to fruition. It is as if we dread closure of any kind. We have the fire to start a war, but no stamina to end it.
