The Gong, as the president -- in his mindset of eye-for-an-eye, tooth-for-a-tooth, violence-for-violence -- perhaps he believes that the only effective response to the crimes brought about by illegal drugs is to do what he may have considered as "necessary evil" that no past president had the will to do.
But still, these questions remain: How effective is his way? How permanent is its effect? Or is it even really effective, much less permanent?
As he himself had admitted, illegal drugs criminality is a perennial unsolvable problem in all societies around the world. So perhaps for him, it is better to act very lethally against it in order to at least suppress its further proliferation than to be lax about it and ignore its rapid spreading that would eventually consume all the living generations of all societies.
If we have to give serious consideration to the president's admission, what then can we do? Can we even do something to really effectively answer this global crisis on illegal drugs? Is there even a way or a solution to this problem? If there seems no viable recourse, then should societies simply tolerate the hero syndrome of some Joker-minded leaders and individuals to do their "necessary evil"?
In this world, evil is perpetual and for the most part, it is a spiritual thing. Fighting evil is a two-dimensional battle -- physical and spiritual. Unless we have the real capacity to wage war in these two realms, we can never win this war. If all our ways and means are only physical, then our society won't stand a chance. Without fighting evil in the spiritual realm, no matter how many countless evil-manipulated flesh we may manage to destroy, the evil spirit would still remain untouched and the same.
My country, have your Batmen gone to their caves again? Has the "Batman spirit" which is inside each of you been reduced to an "unnecessary good" such that the "Joker mindset" of some leaders and individuals has arisen to become a "necessary evil"?
Where are your once very strong spiritual warriors, Philippines? And where are your once powerful spiritual weapons gone? My beloved land, you seem to have forgotten your first love. Arise, my people and put on the whole armor of the Lord; for the enemy is at our doorstep! Take up the whole weaponry of the Holy Spirit; for the battle is at hand! Against evil-spirit-controlled flesh and bone, let the authorities of the land fight against it. Meanwhile, all of us spiritual warriors must focus on the spiritual realm; for our fight is against powers and principalities that cannot be seen.
