‘Magnified global presence’ is more fiction than truth

President Aquino made the right move after the bloody attacks in Paris. Which was to declare oneness with the French people and the embattled city of lights. Our media outlets, setting aside the parochial mind-set for once, also headlined the Paris attacks and the bloody aftermath. And wrote good-to-passable editorials on the senselessness of the jihadist attacks.

We declared what every country that believes in democracy and secularism should declare. We showed that we were a responsible member of the global community. In short, we said “We Are Parisians Now.”