just this morning, daisy and i were eating at jollibee in the intersection of EDSA and Aurora Blvd. when suddenly i saw a crew threw out a street kid out of the store. initially, i felt for the kid because all that he wanted was to buy a burger. but daisy told me that the burger was given to him by the crew behind the counter and that he cursed the crew who threw him out for not giving for doing so and for not giving him a glass of drink as well.

i really want to feel for the kid but daisy made a good sense when she said that the kid's mind is corrupted and that he didnt even exhibit an ounce of gratefulness for the free burger and yet he still had the face to curse the crew.

up to this moment i am asking myself who to blame for the actions of the kid? sure, poverty is not an excuse at all to become blunt and ungrateful, but it can never be expected to teach people manners as well.

yes, daisy was correct for thinking that the boy's actions were totally uncalled for, but i guess i have to take it in a different perspective.

i pity these people because they are expected to behave well in this society yet they cannot find such virtue anywhere therein. you cannot teach a man to become decent when all that he sees around him is indecency and injustice. somehow i want to blame the system for it, but in a deeper perspective, what can the system do if these people themselves are not open to reforms?

i can recall what my professor in contemporary history had said regarding post-modern concept of social justice: the more the poor sees how much the rich can afford luxuries in this country, the more they become detached in this society and the more they tend to revolt for their turn to taste greatness.

sigh. what is 100 pesos worth of food and drink compared to billions of pesos jollibee earns every year? makes me wonder how can the rich, in general, live in their house extravagantly knowing that there are people outside begging for a lil compassion.

in our constitution, it was impressed therein that the poor who has less in life should have more in law, and that the country should run towards bridging the gap between those who are filled and those who are starving. yet, we people still dont understand it, even i dont.

i think the actions of the crew was totally uncalled for, but like i said, i am in a dilemma because daisy said it perfectly that poverty does not give man the license to ingratiate his fellowmen.