Friday, September 5, 2008

Murder in Bohol Unpunished?

By Boy Guingguing
Publisher, Sunday Post

 They call it bribery, we call it sharing. 

 It was true then, the more it is true now.

 This is how we describe our staying power in the highly competitive business of newspaper management.

 Time and time again, we have been engulfed with this question like-- why we managed to survive all these years in this dog-eat-dog environment of running a paper?

 Aside from faith in God, the Almighty, we have also another   secret that we can share, to all those who care to listen. It's none other than the Christian value of sharing. Simply put, we just don't want to grab all the credits, for fear of being accused of engaging in insatiable greed.

 How many times have we been accused in the past of bribery as a mean to corner a big chunk of the market especially on municipal ordinances? That is further from the truth. If at all, we ever generate a generous part of the ordinance market, it's because we value the art of sharing. That's the long and short of it. Yes, our rivals call it bribery, but we maintain that for God's sake, we are just sharing part of the bounty.

 Is there anything wrong with sharing part of your blessing? If we can even share part of the loot, why can't we do it with blessings?

 It's really hard to imagine that some people are so selfish that they want to have their cake and eat it too. We know of some people that just because they are wielding the power of media, they already think that they can get away with anything including murder.  

 Enough of these hypocrites. Remember this: no one in this world no matter how much you wallow in comfort and opulence will ever get to heaven, without contending with his own day of reckoning, while on earth. You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.

 You put one over your brethren whom you call brother. But have you ever thought that there's such a thing as the law of retribution? This punishes  those who took advantage of their power and strength over the weak and the lowly.

 Therefore, those who enjoyed life through deceit and intimidation should start feeling the pangs of retribution. After all, it's never too late to overhaul our outlook in life. Just be fair to everybody and everything    will just fall in place. As a repentant sinner, it happens to me. That's why I am now at peace with everybody. It follows, too, that I am at peace with the world.   

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