Taken

"I don't know who you are, but if you don't let my daughter go, I will find you. I will kill you."

Liam Neeson's film about his character's daughter being kidnapped and drugged seemed all too familiar this weekend when a government agent's daughter relived the same fate. No, she was not kidnapped in Paris by a group of money-hungry pervs, she was kidnapped here in our shores and was later found drugged and sexually abused. The daughter, who is still a minor, is currently confined in an unnamed hospital. The government agent is an employee of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).

The Administration has since declared an all-out war against illegal drugs and drug syndicates. (Wow, it took a kidnapping for them to realize this? Hmmm maybe a son or daughter of another government agent should be kidnapped by corrupt people, for the Admin to wage war against it!)

Drugs and kidnapping seem to be a mutual relationship. They're like a couple walking hand-in-hand along the Academic Oval. Films like Taken and Man on Fire portray how this relationship preys on people. (how are we supposed to know that such scripts can actually play out in real life?)

The government says that they are now making every effort to wage war against this drug-ridden society. I hope they're making efforts to fight poverty, graft and corruption, poor education and other cancers of society as well. May not be through this government, perhaps through the next one?