Retired Major General (AFP) Jovito Palparan
was finally caught by a combined team of lawmen after around 3 years of
being on the run. I can't help but shake my head when I saw how this
person who once wielded the power of
life and death over people (and if accusations are the be believed, more
of death) looked so nondescript, rail-thin, unkempt, unshaven,
miserable. Seemingly, the powers he is said to have used to haunt, hunt,
and taunt people have turned on him themselves, turning him into a mere
specter of what he once was.
Jovito. The said name comes from "Jove," the abbreviated version of "Jupiter,' the king of the Roman pantheon of deities, the Roman counterpart of the Greek Zeus. Jove, Jupiter is considered the god of thunder, and is symbolized by the eagle. The eagle thus became a powerful symbol among Romans as they showed in their insignias and battle gears. Jove, as combination of thunder and the eagle was thus considered a "sky god". And as a sky god, according to Wikipedia, he was considered "a divine witness to oaths, the sacred trust on which justice and good government depend." Jove, with all his power, used such power as a dispenser of justice and good governance. Jove, is also the word from which "jovial" or "happy" came from. And also where the word "juvenile," meaning "youthful," came from. Thus Jove/Jupiter is also known to be a god of a life of happiness, of life-giving energy.
But that was Jove, the Roman god. Jovito Palparan, based on the cases filed against him, also had power. But, again, based on the cases versus him, he instead used his power to become not a dispenser of justice and good governance, but as judge and executioner, thus "Berdugo" (executioner) they used to call him. Again, based on accusations against him, his justice was summary justice; his good was self-righteous; his governance was one of oppression; his happiness born of sadistic enjoyment; his juvenile energy one of dark delinquency.
But now, he has fallen. Whether contrived or real, what he showed was tameness. BUT, based on interviews he granted, we MUSN'T MISS THE FACT THAT he remained CALMLY REMAINED UNREPENTANT, CALMLY showed NO SIGN OF REMORSE of things he was/is accused of. In his own eyes, he remains innocent, as he "only did what he needed to do." And he actually isn't alone in his stance. Human history is replete with such very dark Joves.
Jovito Palparan has fallen, but he hasn't allowed himself to accept his defeat. And some people think such stance as heroic. Yet, such is but the opposite: tragically myopic. "Hell is when one becomes happy with one's own sadness," said one of the characters in one of the late Robin Williams' films (What Dreams May Come).
And so, for all his former power, influence, and still-persistent unrepentance, yet when one envisages Jovito Palparan's present state of being nondescript, rail-thin, unkempt, unshaven, and miserable, one can simply conclude that hell does exist even here on earth.
Jovito. The said name comes from "Jove," the abbreviated version of "Jupiter,' the king of the Roman pantheon of deities, the Roman counterpart of the Greek Zeus. Jove, Jupiter is considered the god of thunder, and is symbolized by the eagle. The eagle thus became a powerful symbol among Romans as they showed in their insignias and battle gears. Jove, as combination of thunder and the eagle was thus considered a "sky god". And as a sky god, according to Wikipedia, he was considered "a divine witness to oaths, the sacred trust on which justice and good government depend." Jove, with all his power, used such power as a dispenser of justice and good governance. Jove, is also the word from which "jovial" or "happy" came from. And also where the word "juvenile," meaning "youthful," came from. Thus Jove/Jupiter is also known to be a god of a life of happiness, of life-giving energy.
But that was Jove, the Roman god. Jovito Palparan, based on the cases filed against him, also had power. But, again, based on the cases versus him, he instead used his power to become not a dispenser of justice and good governance, but as judge and executioner, thus "Berdugo" (executioner) they used to call him. Again, based on accusations against him, his justice was summary justice; his good was self-righteous; his governance was one of oppression; his happiness born of sadistic enjoyment; his juvenile energy one of dark delinquency.
But now, he has fallen. Whether contrived or real, what he showed was tameness. BUT, based on interviews he granted, we MUSN'T MISS THE FACT THAT he remained CALMLY REMAINED UNREPENTANT, CALMLY showed NO SIGN OF REMORSE of things he was/is accused of. In his own eyes, he remains innocent, as he "only did what he needed to do." And he actually isn't alone in his stance. Human history is replete with such very dark Joves.
Jovito Palparan has fallen, but he hasn't allowed himself to accept his defeat. And some people think such stance as heroic. Yet, such is but the opposite: tragically myopic. "Hell is when one becomes happy with one's own sadness," said one of the characters in one of the late Robin Williams' films (What Dreams May Come).
And so, for all his former power, influence, and still-persistent unrepentance, yet when one envisages Jovito Palparan's present state of being nondescript, rail-thin, unkempt, unshaven, and miserable, one can simply conclude that hell does exist even here on earth.
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