"If you were not in my country, I would not have met this accident, " the Saudi man said to the Filipino driver inside the court room.
It was a traffic altercation in a Saudi city. The Pinoy was family chauffeur of a Saudi businessman and was driving his employer to his office in the downtown area.
The Saudi, in his limousine, was trying to beat the red light when his car's rear bumper was hit by the car with the Pinoy at the wheels.The judge ruled in favor of his fellow Saudi.
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| Junction in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, the malabi (earthen pot) capital in Amianan, the imagined country in northern Philippines. |
It was the logic of the Saudi that caught the attention of the journalist, "If
you were not in my country.... "
What if it was another Saudi that the man "encountered" in the traffic accident?
An accident always happens by chance. A fortuitous event and it was unfortunate that the Filipino was there?
There are many "ifs" in life.
"If I did not go the the lotto outlet, I would not have bought the winning ticket."
"If I did no go to Mindoro, I would not have met the woman who became my future wife."
"If you did not reprimand this girl, she would not have done her thing."
"If you go away, I will die."
Stretch the discourse further:
"If there were more honesty and transparency in the writers' group, we would not have come to this situation."
"If the blogger did not publish the rules of the contest, there would not have been writers' quarrels in the internet."
" What if they did not give permission, as they did, to writers in the rival group to enter freely the portal and maligned us? "
"If they did not go, as they did, to Pure Gold mall in Laoag, the Australian lady would not have lost her $5,000 and other currencies to pickpockets."
A, the sine qua non in life and the Kings and Queens of simpletons!
The blogger who suffered verbal abuses--the first time in his life-- from them is now as confused as the Filipino driver in the Saudi capital.
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