Who’s to say that the death of one’s only son through a traffic altercation is God’s will?

Photo by Coach O.

Could be your local parish priest. Could be some random citizen. Could be anyone, I suppose.

But one thing I’m sure of, it’s not the mother of the prime suspect — who allegedly took the vibrant life of a young man.

If it is crime most foul to take another person’s life, how then do you describe such insensitive statements from the most awkward of sources?

Maybe some friends can say that to the grieving family, maybe even the members of the family themselves can say that  — if only to comfort each other in shocking grief.

But from the “alleged” offender’s mother? Not quite right.

It is human to share in the grief of even a stranger’s loss in the same way it is human to go overboard in protecting one’s child. It is human to feel sympathy at the misfortune of others as it is human to blame the offended for the offender’s fate.

But never ever will it be human to say that a son’s death is God’s will when one’s son might have taken it.

If Marlene Aguilar-Pollard is sure as hell that her son is innocent of the crime accused of him, without a witness to that  incident but God — then  is Jason Aguilar Ivler guilty as charged or wrongfully accused? Who’s to say?

If we think it human to give her and her son the benefit of the doubt, would it be too much to give Renato Ebarle Jr.’s family the right to grieve the way they see fit?

Is it God’s will that Ebarle Jr. die that fateful day in the exact way he did through the barrel of some psychologically-disturbed guy’s gun?

Who’s to say? Could be anyone, I suppose. But certainly not Marlene.

Marlene dismisses all assumptions that she is mentally disturbed and showcases us books she’s written to attest to her brilliance. Well, I say: Who’s to say? That’s irrelevant now to what’s apparent to us. While she may not be accused of mental deprivation, she might just lack a “sense of morals”. But why should you believe me? Who’s to say, right?