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A silence that is consent to abuse

October 21, 2016 · 

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A silence that is consent to abuse
Fr.Shay Cullen.
20 October 2016

In the world today where violence and the violation of human rights is marked by a reluctance to take a stand against evil, not to report child abuse, not to oppose torture and murder is a failure to confront criminal behavior. It is an indication that we are in a culture of silence and could be complicit in heinous crimes.

The silence that is born of the unwillingness to challenge the abusers and even the abusive authorities has to be seriously examined in individuals and communities. Why is it that thousands of children, one in four, according to some estimates, are sexually abused, beaten, hurt and violated yet the majority of the cases go unreported, authorities are inactive and justice is frequently denied the victims?

The worst abuse is when an “amicable” settlement is reached between the child abuser and the parents or relatives of the child victim. For a share of the payoff a government official will negotiate a settlement. The child and her suffering are ignored, justice and healing is denied her. This Aregulo system must be stopped.

The silence of the victims in aftermath of heinous crimes against them is because of trauma and fear. The victims of sexual abuse are, in most cases, unable to cry out and seek justice. They are just children, there is pressure from family members not to shame a relative or because the child has been wrongly blamed and has overwhelming feelings of imposed guilt. They carry the secret buried in their hearts all their lives.

Victims of torture, police brutality, violence, human trafficking are frequently silent because they or their families may be threatened by the authorities or the goons of a powerful criminal or syndicate.
Silence in the face of crimes against the innocent when one should act for justice and speak out can be a criminal offence. Not to do so is morally wrong. This is especially true of duty bearers, people in authority mandated to speak out and protect the community and yet they fail to do so. Failure to report a crime is seen by some as complicity or being an indirect accomplice to the crime.

The reality of mass killings as in many countries to name a few:Rwanda, Syria, Kenya, in Bosnia and Herzegovina where the Srebrenica massacre happened is a shocking lesson in the failure to protect the victims.

Also in the Philippines, where many suspects are murdered all people of moral values and principles must protest at the inhumanity of it. They must never applaud or support a single death. The victims are only suspects; they are named, marked and killed without evidence or due process. We must act to stop such arbitrary killing and demand justice. If the rule of law does not apply to all it applies to none.

Where such systematic killing occurs all humans have no right to remain silent and do little or nothing. The moral imperative is to open a dialogue with the forces behind such atrocities. Blessed are those that do so.

Institutions that uphold moral values such as the right to life and due process are obligated to speak out against abuse and violations of human rights or their credibility is damaged and possibly will be lost.They who uphold the values of life and liberty cannot remain silent and still be true to their profession, faith and values.

Failure to take a stand degrades and diminishes the national moral culture that is at the heart of right and wrong, good and bad, just and unjust. The moral values and principles and dignity of a nation, as found in it’s constitution, have to be defended or the soul of the nation will be degraded and blemished.

When moral values are confined to the classroom and do not come to the forefront of a non-violent march, a peaceful protest, a statement denouncing wrong and upholding life and human dignity they are dead. Society will be living in a graveyard surrounding by the corpses of the victims, we ought be haunted by our guilt, inaction and silence.

The anniversary on 23 November of the massacre of many people in Maguindanao, Mindanao in 2009, where 58 people were brutally killed calls for protest. While many suspects were brought to trial yet justice has yet to be handed down.

This silence in the face of mass murder is the worst example we can give the youth, the next generation. This is how it was during the years of martial law in the Philippines. A culture of silence and acquiesce to the horrors that were being perpetuated pervaded society for twenty years. Many welcomed martial law as the solution to so-called anarchy but then to their dismay realized the great harm and evil that it brought upon the nation.

Those brave enough to speak out and oppose oppression and evil were exiled or eliminated and killed. Others did unite and worked underground to expose the evil and bring down the dictator.

Today we need the same voices and people of courage and bravery who can overcome fear and take a stand for what is just and right and what is honest and true. What we cannot abide is the silence of the grave and those that lie therein.

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