But, in spite of all the vigilance, the camel did get its nose under the South's tent.
Some worry that all this hyper-vigilance might overwhelm the police.
While all the vigilance has helped, students say, cyberbullying remains common.
It means that before it's too late and our skies are full of flying eyes, we need to make decisions about what we stand to lose as well as gain from all this electronic eternal vigilance.
This vigilance needs to be mathematical as well as moral.
All require vigilance to avoid skillfully without raising suspicion and move out of their sights.
"Manhid, through its theme of apathy, its characters, and story is all about getting back to the root of Filipino-ness, the need for heroism, the power of truth, and most of all, hope, vigilance, and change," says Morales, who choreographed the original production and for whom this revival closes a poignant circle.
In other words: how does it look when Bland is surrounded by state personnel on Friday, when they want what they want, when given the risk factor (and now the visual proof of it), the presence of officers and all that vigilance and attention to detail is absent on (and still invisible from) that fateful Monday?
This vigilance should be non-partisan.
All of this requires vigilance in protecting gains we've made, but a sense, yes, of equanimity, a sense of purposeful calm and optimism, and a sense of humor — sometimes gallows humor after results like the ones we just had.
