Are Filipinos still worth dying for? Part III

The question may sound academic but it has a bearing on whether or not Ninoy deserves the accolades that he has been receiving from our people since 1986 when matial law was finally uprooted from the land. Skeptics probably entertain the view that setting aside August 21 of every year is an example of an undue honor for the man who would be hero.

I beg to disagree. It is not the setting aside of August 21 to commemorate the day of Ninoy’s assassination every year that makes him a hero. To dwell on the point, it is rather the sum of his selfless deeds that makes him so and gives meaning August 21 as a celebratory occasion for the people to remind ourselves of the meaning of his life and especially of his epic death.