Afraid

There is fear in their voices as they inquire the lawyer about their rights to their lands. Their lands that will be flooded by the dam project. Their crops - cocoa, pepper, rubber trees, paddy, vegetables, bamboo and fruit trees -- will never grow on dry land again. In fact, they will never grow at all once the deluge takes place. Their fear is understandable though it is a sad sign of years of fear-mongering seeds nurtured by politicians and their well polished lies. I have never met a person, in fear, asking a thief "Is it alright for you to return the goods you stole from me? Please?"