It may be because we have all grown up with the spectre of kidnapping, rebellion and terrorism hanging over our heads. It maybe because we have seen it all during a similar crisis when 300 Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rebels also occupied and held people in Zamboanga hostage on November 21, 2001. Or it may be because Zamboanguenos are just laid-back people who can crack a joke in the face of crisis -- even another MNLF attack that already killed four people.
Whatever it is, one thing is clear: Zamboanguenos are having their heads unbowed and ready to play fire with fire! Well, in Facebook, that is.
Just as pictures and videos exploded in Facebook about the attack by some 4,000 MNLF armed men in several areas of the city, with reports of four navy and policemen killed and the hostage-taking of about 30 people, people from Zamboanga also posted picture of unlikely characters with guns and looking ready to defend their homeplace.
A picture posted by Fr. Sergio dela Noche showed three matrons with high-powered firearm and ready to go to war.
"Mo, waiting lan mga lola mio kanila aqui, hehehe [Mo (short for chavacano primo or cousin), my grandmothers are just waiting for them here, hehehe)!" wrote Fr. dela Noche, a parish priest in Zamboanga's East Coast.
When a Facebook friend commented that the women may very well be part of the Gabriela Silang group, Fr. Dela Noche replied in Chavacano (pidgin Spanish): "They are retired Amazon women. I got them to watch over me."
Later, owing to his peaceful inclination as a Man of the Cloth, Fr. Dela Noche said that Zamboanguenos need not arm themselves and that he had already called in his grandmothers but they won't listen to him.
Whatever it is, one thing is clear: Zamboanguenos are having their heads unbowed and ready to play fire with fire! Well, in Facebook, that is.
Just as pictures and videos exploded in Facebook about the attack by some 4,000 MNLF armed men in several areas of the city, with reports of four navy and policemen killed and the hostage-taking of about 30 people, people from Zamboanga also posted picture of unlikely characters with guns and looking ready to defend their homeplace.
A picture posted by Fr. Sergio dela Noche showed three matrons with high-powered firearm and ready to go to war.
"Mo, waiting lan mga lola mio kanila aqui, hehehe [Mo (short for chavacano primo or cousin), my grandmothers are just waiting for them here, hehehe)!" wrote Fr. dela Noche, a parish priest in Zamboanga's East Coast.
When a Facebook friend commented that the women may very well be part of the Gabriela Silang group, Fr. Dela Noche replied in Chavacano (pidgin Spanish): "They are retired Amazon women. I got them to watch over me."
Later, owing to his peaceful inclination as a Man of the Cloth, Fr. Dela Noche said that Zamboanguenos need not arm themselves and that he had already called in his grandmothers but they won't listen to him.
Facebook user Rico Valmonte posted a picture of an air gun placed on a balcony and directed towards a downhill road fronting their house.
"Ready to snipe?! Hahahahah! Pati mi subrino de escopeta (Even my nephew has gotten his air gun ready)," he said.
"Ready to snipe?! Hahahahah! Pati mi subrino de escopeta (Even my nephew has gotten his air gun ready)," he said.
For her part, Zamboanguena Marichu Macrohon Regino changed her profile picture to that of a woman preparing to fire a crossbow.
But Mike Alano was far from being humorous with his Facebook post of MNLF men holding civilian hostages. "Scumbag MNLF: We are not afraid to die!" he declared.
Still, the majority opted to dwell on conspiracy theorists, with the popular one blaming the Palace for allegedly getting staging the attack to cover up the pork barrel issue. Others suspect pork barrel operator Janet Lim Napoles to be behind it.
Bien bonito queda un Zamboangueno (It's great to be a Zamboangueno).
(Thank you for reading and feel free to share and spread the humor around to calm everyones' nerves. Gracias)
Still, the majority opted to dwell on conspiracy theorists, with the popular one blaming the Palace for allegedly getting staging the attack to cover up the pork barrel issue. Others suspect pork barrel operator Janet Lim Napoles to be behind it.
Bien bonito queda un Zamboangueno (It's great to be a Zamboangueno).
(Thank you for reading and feel free to share and spread the humor around to calm everyones' nerves. Gracias)
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