Just like the director from ABS-CBN who died acting as a peacemaker, these pinoys who have spent parts of childhood in the US are more principle oriented than most pinoys who grew up locally. In a society which largely behaves as if laws were meant to broken, such acts of bravery are treated as foolhardy and a warning for others not to stand up for themselves. The fact that most of the criminals are never caught or are able to escape prosecution only serves to make their sacrifices meaningless. It wasn't always like this in the past but our willingness to forget the sins of Marcoses and other famous people has come to haunt us. Criminals (big or small) now believe that they can get away with anything. We have to take our own means of protecting ourselves and our loved ones because the government neither cares or does do enough to do their job of preserving peace and order.