Personally, when I hear about child soldiers, there's pity and anger. Pity to those innocent children who are being deployed to war and anger to those foolish people who uses children as combatants and human shield.
I pity the children because they are deprived of many rights. They have rights such as the right to education, the right to enjoy childhood and most importantly, they have the right to live freely. These child soldiers are used as military men and I just don't think it is right in any angle. They risk their lives to fight for what? I don't even think that most of them know what they are fighting for. As young as their minds, they are being brain washed to fight in wars and die,so they actually think it's normal. Unfortunate reality.
I am angry with the foolish and selfish people who uses children to achieve their interests. What then s the value of one life to them?
Sounds very emotional. During the talk about child soldiers, we were enlightened about its process and the actual role of these child soldiers. There are concepts that are to be understood to analyze more. Like the definition of Child. as for the Philippine Constitution, the age of the majority is at 18 but for the muslims, as a child reaches its puberty stage, he or she is already considered part of the age of the majority. This is how it differs in the perception and views of the government and the people.
One of the speakers shared his experience about his encounter of child soldiers during the Iraq war. He mentioned that it was hard for them to identify if the one they are shooting is a child or not due to the distance. Both difficult for the side of the innocent children and the one opposing them.
The talk was informal but informative specially with the local scenario discussed by one of the speakers. At the end of the day, these children have human rights to be respected.
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