Now, there's reason to be apologetic

Last night, investigators have finally closed in on the possibility that the victims in the Manila bus hostage crisis could have been shot and killed by our very own policemen.

Here's an excerpt of that news from Inquirer.net:


Probers eye police fire in deaths 

‘Victims not shot at close range’

By Marlon Ramos, Tarra Quismundo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:49:00 09/10/2010

Filed Under: Grandstand Hostage, hostage taking, Police

MANILA, Philippines—Police experts have given testimony that appeared to contradict the account of the driver of the hijacked bus that the Hong Kong tourists were shot at close range but stressed that the possibility that friendly fire may have caused deaths remained inconclusive.

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stop it please, major major: the Manila hostage version

"The police should have done this...."
"The media should not have aired the hostage crisis...."
"The driver should not have left the bus...."

Blame.
Fingers.
Put them together and we end up with nothing at all.

Countless authorities from both the private and the public sectors who claim that the various forces - media, police, Capt. Mendoza, the driver, which amalgamated and ended up as the Manila Hostage situation - have lots of things to say about this crisis. I will no longer name what they have said because it just irks me more.

Question:

Where were you during the 10-hour long crisis?
Why did you not say anything during the duration of the crisis?
Now that you have so much to say and it shows that you have easy access to media, why did you keep mum during the hostage taking?
Why did you not mention that media should not be airing the hostage taking live?
Why Maria Ressa did you say that the crisis would end up similarly even if they delayed the broadcast of the hostage crisis?
Why are non-government organizations, concerned with media responsibility and peace keeping, now saying so much about what media should have done in that event?

Be done with all this evaluative statements of what the police and media should have done.
Sometimes it makes me think, as a thinking group of people, are we Filipinos only good at one thing - to blame people when a crisis is all said and done?