Contrapasso

    As good Filipino citizens, it is our duty to realize the problems of our country and act accordingly to fix these problems. We should go beyond our normal habits and duties. I have read that Woodrow Wilson approached governance scientifically and preferred the Congress’ informative duties over its legislative ones. The citizens are techically the bosses in a Democratic society, they therefore cannot just wait until a certain corrupt politician get his/her comeuppance in due time. The bosses fire their employees, as far as I know.

    Jun Lozada has recently been put to bad light because of his "politically sounding" speeches and tours. I think that he already went out of his way to speak the truth despite the fact that he was offered financial compensation and was assured safety if he kept his mouth. And now he’s persuading the Filipino people to act now, lest his sacrifices be in vain.

    What’s politics in the first place? I used to hate it (stupid me), but now I realize that politics is relative to the reason it is used for. Two people made me realize that. The first is one of my superiors in the office I take my training in, and the second from the author of my favorite column. Politics is innate to humans. We can’t be charged with original sin just because we’re political in nature. It’s what we do after that. After utilizing our political skills to do bad things.

    My point: Blogs are political tools and I want to use mine to convince people. Let’s all wake up, smell the stale coffee, and do everything we can to change this country. Let’s arm ourselves with information and study, so that no one will remain ignorant. Let us politicize our way to the betterment of the Philippines by shoving our fists in the trapos’ [you know what I mean]! Let’s not wait for the day of judgment to come and clean the trash.

    As for me, I’ll do my best to educate myself. At least that’s one less ignorant person in this world.