Quiet Dignity
Posted by marocharim on November 16, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Summing up everything I have read on the suicide of 12-year-old Mariannet Amper led me to a poem written by Prestoline Suyat, entitled “Para sa Isang Batang Martir.” Even if I don’t understand Filipino as well as I should, Mariannet was privy to the indignities of life. But to proclaim her a “martyr,” I don’t think so.
Indignity caused Mariannet’s suicide: to beg for cold rice from her neighbors, to skip class because of hunger, the last straw being that her father didn’t have a hundred pesos for her school project. Depressing, yes: but I’ve heard that story before. The common denominator is that it’s a poverty caused by unemployment.
All too often, there’s dignity to be found in poverty, albeit a quiet one: something you won’t find in a black-tie dinner party or a speech by a politician. There are things you cannot pin squarely on the government: there are crimes the government are perfectly innocent of. Unlike Pilate, they can freely wash themselves out of spilt blood.
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