Children have been tragic victims of armed conflict throughout history, like the baby who has no family. The abuse they suffer leaves physical and emotional scars that last a life-time leaving them asking the questions: who is their friend, who is their foe, and who they trust? How miserable to think this disagrees Rizal's saying that the youth is our hope in the future. I pity the baby; although I cannot
feel the real pain of this suffering, as if I was struck by a sword of sorrow. The baby's situation isn't the life intended for him/her and even the other refugees. They were just affected by the war of the government and LTTE. If I were one of the authorities, I would demand to give justice to them. I can't imagine the level of violence they had suffered, including rape, mutilation, ethnic cleansing and outright genocide. Especially the children, who were not supposed to be influenced by the fighting of insurgents, at a young age, they're already witnesses to this brutality. I......
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