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To: KLP who wrote (44069)	5/13/2004 2:35:48 AM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 793696

we actually saw it. Yes. We don't care much about the things we don't see. Often we don't notice the things we don't see, and when we do see awful things we tend to think them more unique than they actually are. Many years ago on Mindanao I interviewed a man named Norberto Manero, who had earned the dubious distinction of being the most feared individual on that island. Manero was born on Mindanao, the son of Christian migrants who had been in conflict with their Muslim neighbors since their arrival. His paramilitary group, locally known as the "Tadtad" (chop-chop), specialized in dismembering their victims. When the fight against the Muslim separatists died down, they were deployed against the Communist NPA, using the same tactics. In person Manero did not come off as a monster at all. We spoke in Visayan; he seemed entirely reasonable and fairly articulate. He explained that the only way that the Christian migrants could deter wholesale slaughter at the hands of the Muslims was to demonstrate that Christians could be every bit as fearsome as Muslims. He was convinced that Communism was an absolute evil, and that any means were justified in fighting its adherents. About a year after that conversation, Manero shot a left-leaning Italian missionary priest in the head several times, and ate a portion of the man's brain. He and his friends proceeded to get drunk on the spot, refusing to allow anyone to touch the body. In a Catholic country that was just too much - he'd done the same to plenty of Muslims and gotten away with it - and he was sent to jail, where he was treated rather well. There is evil in many places, and it often wears a milder face than you might expect. Beware of those who think their end so important that it justifies any means - even if their end is one with which you sympathize.