“ang pag-asa ng bayan ay tayong lahat—lalaki, babae, bakla, tomboy, matanda o bata. Kasama lang ang kabataan (The hope of our future lies in all of us— men, women, gays, lesbians, young and old. The youth is just a portion of the equation),” says Heneral luna, in the form of John arcilla, the actor who portrayed him in the box office hit biopic.
We all witnessed how he was betrayed; we all saw how he was morbidly killed. After seeing him, sympathizing and finally rooting for him, we have come to hate those who wronged him.