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A reader, Wizard Oz, sent this email to me (unedited):
Are we really have to point someone to blame? The organizers of the wowowee are trying their best to settle everyone. The tragedy happened. It is obvious that no one wants the incident. The better way is to act with charity to the victims.

Indeed, we should act with charity towards the victims and their families, but if no one is going to take the blame, this is bound to happen again. The brunt of the blame is on ABS-CBN and the organizers of Wowowee. They drew the crowd through its incessant plug-ins day after day and the promise of millions of pesos worth of prizes.

Then, when the crowd showed up, they aggravated the matter by giving out a limited number of raffle tickets and told the rest of the throng to go home, many of whom were there days before.

To top it all, they had no contingency plan in the case of a restless crowd. In fact, the incompetent security head of ABS-CBN admitted they were expecting an unruly crowd, yet nothing was done to nip the unruliness in the bud so it won’t turn ugly, which it eventually did.

As for ABS-CBN trying to "settle everyone," they did help financially the families of the victims but in exchange for their signing a waiver that they will not take legal action against the network. Self-preservation was the motive and not compassion.

Yes, the tragedy happened and no one wanted it. What was wanted was money. ABS-CBN wanted to make money through Wowowee’s anniversary. The people who gathered at Ultra wanted money.

Avarice plus avarice got them total disaster.

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