It seems that in the street any Individuals or groups kill for a fee, Sometimes, contract killers who accept cheap fees are mostly drug addicts, while those who demand hundreds of thousands up to a million are professionals. In the past, it seems the Philippine National Police (PNP) is not so interested in going after hired killers as much as the people who hired them while the professionals remain free as long as the police don’t go after them in earnest. I guess the tide is changing now when the new administration take over.
Finally, if you look at the basic whether it amateur or professional killer there are in for the money, if a country employment rate is high they might not be in the professional at all, everybody is in for self interest to survival, they might have some rare individual who are in for the thrill. In Chinese Philosophy the question of human nature, however, is almost entirely sprung from the Confucian school. It's generally regarded that Mencius (c.371-c.289 B.C) developed his entire philosophy from two basic propositions: the first, that Man's original nature is good; and the second, that Man's original nature becomes evil when his wishes are not fulfilled.
'If you let people follow their feelings (original feelings), they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by the saying that human nature is good. If a man does evil, it's not the fault of his natural endowment'
A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy, Wing-Tsit Chan
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Violence and Culture in the Antebellum South
Last week a German hotel executive was shot dead as he walked to work on a busy street during the morning rush hour in Makati. In Ilocos Norte last Monday afternoon, the newly elected mayor of Pagudpud survived an ambush, but two of her aides were killed. That night in Cebu, a businessman survived an ambush, but his brother who owned a hotel was shot dead hours later. In Nueva Vizcaya the other day, a human rights lawyer who served as campaign manager of the Liberal Party in the province was also shot dead.
Violence is becoming a way of life not just in the conflict areas of Mindanao, where the son of an election official has been kidnapped by thugs demanding a nullification of the vote in several municipalities. The proliferation of loose firearms in Mindanao is understandable in areas where Islamic separatists operate. The separatists invoke the peace process in holding on to their weapons, while civilians pack guns and invoke the threat posed to their safety by the rebels. But what’s the excuse for the lax enforcement of gun laws elsewhere in the country?
Probably believing they can easily get away with their crime, guns for hire and other murderers can even afford to be sloppy in concealing their identities. As the recent attacks have shown, victims are gunned down in broad daylight and, in the case of the German, with closed-circuit TV cameras rolling. Recently, a CCTV camera also recorded the murder of a man by two assailants who then sped off on a motorcycle, the getaway vehicle of choice these days.
As in the deadly attacks on three journalists in the past week, the brazenness is made possible by the failure of authorities to bring murderers to justice. Authorities have not yet found a suspect in the killing of a brother of the central bank governor in Pampanga. From Northern Luzon to Mindanao, murder has become a highly efficient weapon not only in political and clan disputes but also for settling business rivalries. If authorities fail to catch the perpetrators in the recent attacks, more people will be emboldened to use this ultimate weapon.
