We should never underestimate the love of a mother to her child.
The raid that leads to the arrest of Jason Ivler, a fugitive wanted for several criminal charges stunned us yesterday for the reason that we were witnessing the drama unfolding in primetime television. We watched the police scaling the residence’s wall with a ladder. We watched how the mother replied calmly to the questioning of the police and even shepherding them to search the house. We watched how the mother’s mood changed when police asked why the bathroom looked recently used. And finally, we watched how the wanted man exchanged fires with the police, but later subdued. After we saw Jason’s been taken out to the hospital, the scene shifted its focus from the son to the mother. Repeatedly concealing the location of her son, she was facing charges of obstructing justice. How could she do that?
Quoting the sister of one of Jason’s victims, “Kapag kinunsiti ng ina ang kanyang anak, isang araw siya naman ay iiyak.” Indeed Jason’s mother is crying on what turned out of indulging and tolerating his son’s behavior.
Mothers are nurturing. Mothers would always protect their children from harm, and they would even sacrifice their lives for that. I guess that it is human nature, particularly that of a woman, a mother. Unlike males who are more rational, females are emotional. They are more condoning and compassionate. This is probably the reason why Jason’s mom did what could be ridiculous for others. Is it a mother’s unrequited love gone badly?
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It's nature at work I guess. A mother's primordial instinct to protect her offspring.
But another part of me says that Marlene Aguilar is human and she supposed to be gifted with reason which sets her apart from beasts.
But the moment she decided to keep her son from the full arm of the law, she abandoned her gift of reason - and put herself in the level of a lesser beast.
Ugh, this is too much philosophizing. I hope justice is served in the end.
Yeah... people do crazy things for love without thinking and this is just another good example. However, what she did was still wrong. She should still face the consequences of her actions.
i think my mom would go as far as this for us.
She knows first hand what will happen to her when the authorities finds out... But still, she did it.
That's love indeed. But as always, law must be followed.
when you love, youll do everything. everything to the person you love so much without considering that in the end all will be lost, gone, kaput...
but in this ordeal, what is most important is that you wont regret coz it was your choice to be miserable.
moms are really selfless, eversince they carried us inside their wombs, its already proven.
What is love when ungrounded by reason? What is passion when logic is left tethering? Her reaction was resultant of an instinctual protective nature, but love in this case is also questionable.
Because we can also figure in honor, and how her son's eventual reprimanding may result in various discomforts to her and her brood. Consider also selfish reasons, how her accessary role in the retinue of concealment may have partially and directly benefited her. Look also at pride. That is an emotion equally moving, and the causality of irrationality in many ways. None of this equate with love.
I wonder with respect to her subsequent reaction and how she conducted herself after the serving of the warrant. I would imagine rough desperation, an unwillingness to let the authorities pry her son from her bosoms. Yet no attempt to distract occurred. No tears. No begging. No negotiating. No calling of names. She even seemed a tad defeated, unnervingly placid, and level-headed considering the circumstances unfolding before her.
Was this love? Or a play performed before the cameras? I cannot find resolve in this situation as the media do affect how people behave or process.
I don't really want to cast a stone on her; I probably would've done the same thing, despite knowing the possible consequences.
But it was clear from the beginning. Her act was one of disobedience.
i guess, if she really wants to protect her son then she could have surrendered her son nung unang pumunta na ang NBI sa kanila. if that could have happened, eh di wala na sana sa ICU ang anak niya.
jake??? ikaw ba yan? why so serious? nyahahaha!
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