COMPLETE ANNIHILATION OF THE FILIPINO RACE.

Cool.

I sat there quietly in my chair, blinking. My classmates, at that point in the sidebar discussion, were already rowdy with objections and remarks that sound just short of ridiculing the professor's outlandish proposition. A number raised their hands. His finger was like a needle; their faces, reddening from impatience and enthusiasm to recite, burst with comments and counter-arguments the moment he pointed at them.

I didn't bother to recite, but I did have some ideas of my own which I think would seem too outrageous to bring up.

The whole race-obliteration issue reminded me of an episode from a science fiction tv series a few years back. Perhaps my professor would buy the idea, especially so because it is a milder form of his proposal. Furthermore, it is highly feasible, as Filipinos are betters (as in, lotto betters) by nature. In any case, the mechanics will be something like this:

All citizens are entitled to tickets in this special lottery such that they are always part of the draw until they get to win the prize. They don't have to pay for the tickets. The drawing of lots is fully automated. The prize, in millions of pesos, has to be spent in two days, spent anyway and anywhere the winners want to. All expenses exceeding that amount will not be charged against their account.

After those two days, the winners will be called back to a special center and given a sweet-tasting potion, the only condition in exchange for the prize. They may spend their last hour with their loved ones there, after which the winners should drink the potion that will first put them at ease, then to sleep, and lastly, at peace. Anyone who disobeys with this condition shall be put to death without the privilege of the special potion.

At the very least, this lottery system will drastically decrease the population in the country, leading to a better distribution of jobs, less environmental pollution and in the long run, a higher quality of living. Everyone has what he or she wants, so there will also be a definite plummeting in the crime rates; all in all, the chances for politicians to ride on these social frictions will be minimized, and so will the opportunities for corrupt activities�

My mind was racing. I couldn't agree more with the professor. In fact, I had a better idea. Bloody thoughts. I was thinking on a more global perspective. While we're at it, why not make it the complete obliteration of the human race? Leave it up to God whether He'd still want to create Adam and Eve all over again. If I were in His place, I wouldn't bother.

My stream of thought was broken when a seatmate tapped my shoulder. The professor checked the attendance, then proceeded with the scheduled topic sidetracked by his controversial opinion. But by then I was only half listening. I was back to my preoccupation with the whole idea of wiping out the Filipino race. No survivors. The Philippines will cease to be, until such time that it will be rediscovered by purer peoples.

I was just wondering if by purer peoples, I mean the likes of the martyred Alberto Reveniera. People like him who, unlike the rest of the unenlightened ones, have already realized the futility of it all and have decided to take the matter into their own hands. It's just so tragic that the only way out Reveniera could think of was through the noose. Then again, maybe it IS the only way out of this bloody hell: "if you can't live with it, then die."

What am I saying.