[Mark17]

Visited the P.I. a couple times in the late 50s and became convinced the whole country was nuts.

I was in Mindanao in 2003, and Luzon in 2004. Eastern Mindanao is peaceful. I would never go out west where this stuff happened. I think it is mostly the Muslims and communists that cause all the trouble. My wife is from there. I always enjoy going to the Philippines. I just avoid the bad areas, and always stay with lots of Filipino friends.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Dad and mom and I were in a cab in Manila when another cab ran into the back of our cab. Our driver stepped out, pulled a .45 and shot the other cabby dead. Another cab driver fired two shots at our driver before backing off. All over a dented bumper on a Renault.

[gleeaikin]

Another article on this massacre that I read reported that this was a feud between two competing political families, and also referred to a long period of sultans ruling autocratically in this region. Ah, the religion of Peace.