Despite its flaws, it’s still a wonderful world
The two judges who gave Sunday’s fight to Tim Bradley must be blind.
The world saw how Manny Pacquiao outpunched Bradley and yet two of the judges—CJ Ross and Duane Ford—saw it another way.
This only goes to show that many people who have eyes play blind or see things differently from others.
Indeed, differences in opinions and beliefs make this world a very exciting place to live in.
But despite its flaws, it’s still a wonderful world.
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I am a witness to the wonders of human nature: People you expect to come to your aid in times of crisis, don’t; people you least expect to help you, do.
The security guards who were present while I was being assaulted at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Terminal 3 baggage carousel do not want to testify in my behalf.
The video of the incident shows two guards holding my arms, giving one of my attackers a chance to get behind me and choke me.
The least these guards can do is to testify in my behalf; but they refuse to, citing orders from the management of Lantin Security Agency “not to take sides.”
Aren’t security guards supposed to be deputized policemen who should testify when they witness a crime?
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I owe a great deal of gratitude to the guy who posted the video of the incident on YouTube.
Because of that video, the public believes my claim that I am not the aggressor, that I didn’t start the fight.
Before that video came out, I not only suffered physical assault but a beating from the public as well as many believed the claim of my opponents that I had started the fight and that I had kicked a woman which traumatized her children.
I consider him my “angel” for saving me from public censure and disgrace.
I was finally able to locate my “angel” but he was a big letdown.
He is a customs policeman assigned at the Naia 3 international section.
I asked him to authenticate the video he had posted on YouTube so I could use it as evidence in court.
But he refused to do so, saying his father didn’t want him to get involved.
I pleaded with him, saying it was his civic duty to own up to the video as a witness to a crime.
I also pleaded with his superiors but they said they could only try to convince him although they couldn’t force him to cooperate with me.
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But you know what? I’m still very lucky. Two passengers of a Cebu Pacific flight who were at the airport when the one-way brawl broke out have volunteered to testify in my favor.
One is a woman, the other a man. The woman, in her early 30s, even tried to convince the customs policeman to testify in my behalf during a dinner, to no avail.
I am not friends with the two witnesses. I thank them profusely for being Good Samaritans.
How ironic that people you least expect to help do so, while those who are duty-bound to help you don’t.
