If JFK’s assasination remains a mystery in the land of the ‘rule of law’, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Ninoy’s murder remains a mystery in the land of the lawless.

“Notice that I interpret “coercing the govt to give into an illegal demand” to mean forcing it into accepting illegal changes of policy — NOT that the terrorist must deliver a written demand to the fast food manager just before he blows it up (the Colmenares Fallacy that MB can’t seem to get over.)

Nowhere in the law, if you have read even Section 3, the Definition provision, does it say that elements 2 and 3 must accompany EACH of the component criminal acts literally. That is why the colmenares fallacy is a silly fallacy. His counter example is funny only because it refutes a situation the law does not mandate!”

“… The first thing you’ve really got to convince yourself of is that there is NO crime of terrorism without ALL three defined elements being present, namely (1) some component ACT already punished under the RPC, then two elements of INTENT (2) to sow fear and (3) to coerce the govt into an illegal demand.”

On February 25, 2000, bombs exploded on 2 buses riding in the ferry M/V Our Lady of Mediatrix bound for Ozamis city resulting in numerous casualties.

The act was blamed on Muslim separatists.

In a seeming retaliation a day later; the Muslim mosque in Turtle Island Tinago district in Ozamis city was strafed by unidentified MEN armed with M-16 rifles (which fortunately injured no one); a Muslim trader in another area was killed and another was seriously injured. After the attacks which was being blamed on Christian group/s; the Muslim community initially contemplated on leaving the city.

Should that have happened now; no doubt you would consider the ferry bombing covered under HSA.

But would the seeming retaliation be likewise covered under the HSA? Why or why not?

Here’s the present reality; PNP and NBI criminal arrests are typically done on late Fridays and weekends. That way, the arrestee gets to “negotiate his bail” directly with the arresting officers.

I change my mind DJB.

Beancurd,don’t go to Batangas and Balngiga when talking to DJB, it might backfire.

The penalty of ten (10) years and one day to twelve (12) years of imprisonment shall be imposed upon the police or law enforcement personnel who fails to notify any judge as provided in the preceding paragraph”

DJB, what happens when no judge is found?