Blurb… Panahon pa ni Mahoma…
Mahoma,educated
not hypocrite
If being polite is a
kind of hypocrisy accepted by Pilipino society it may follow that young
educated professionals defy advice from old demagogues, if only to avoid being
labeled hypocrites. They say ‘luma na
yan panahon pa ni Mahoma.’
Who is Mahoma?
There are two or more versions of Mahoma as a person. But let us talk about the one every Pinoy
will not and must not forget because of the atrocities he caused to their lives
in WW2
Gen. Masaharu Homma :
Gen Homma or Mahoma as most Pinoys remembered him was army general of
the Japanese Imperial Army in WW2. He
was chief planner and architect of the invasion of the Philippines. He was overall in-charge in the battle of
Bataan and the Death March and was also
in command in the battle of Manila. A professional soldier, Gen Homma stop for a few days the assault in
Manila, to give instructions to his soldiers.
He directed them to treat Pilipinos not as enemies but as friends and
likewise ordered them to dress up look clean and nice because dirty soldiers
tend to loot and rape.
Yet, as history
tells us, when the assault of Manila began, all of the general’s orders came to
naught. The battle of Manila was a
rampage, the worst of killings in WW2.
More than 300,000 men,women and children were slaughtered. As Japan surrendered that ended the war Gen.
Homma was convicted of war crimes and ordered executed by firing squad on April
3, 1946. So, Mahoma di na uso luma na,
bow.
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