IT ALWAYS DEPENDS IN WHOSE HANDS IT IS IN

There's a lot of debate on the recent cover of YES Magazine.  For those who don't know, it features Superstar Ms. Nora Aunor holding a cigarette.  The magazine claims the picture is "incidental" and not intended to promote anything.  It lead me to think about the cover.  Boy Abunda says, "I did not notice the cigarette..."  I heard someone argue that if ever kids see it, we have to "educate" them, we need to "protect" them from these images.  Images which are put on NEWS STANDS PUBLICLY, IN PLAIN SIGHT.  So, when you go to the mall, make sure that your kid's eyes are covered with a hanky.

I would like to share this with you and in the end, you be the judge.

In Who's Hands
Author Unknown

A basketball in my hands is worth about $19.
A basketball in Michael Jordan's hands is worth about $33 million.

It depends whose hands it's in.

A baseball in my hands is worth about $6.
A baseball in Mark Mcguire's hands is worth $19 million.

It depends whose hands it's in.

A tennis racket is useless in my hands.
A tennis racket in Pete Sampras' hands is a Wimbledon Championship.

It depends whose hands it's in.

A rod in my hands will keep away a wild animal.
A rod in Moses' hands will part the mighty sea.

It depends whose hands it's in.

A sling shot in my hands is a kid's toy.
A sling shot in David's hand is a mighty weapon.

It depends whose hands it's in.

Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in my hands is a couple of fish sandwiches.
Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in God's hands will feed thousands.

It depends whose hands it's in.

Nails in my hands might produce a birdhouse.
Nails in Jesus Christ's hands will produce salvation for the entire world.

It depends whose hands it's in.

INCIDENTAL OR NOT, I HOPE THAT "FREEDOM OF SPEECH" OR "FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IS NOT BEING ABUSED.