Keep Wanting More

This my reaction to Vice Ganda's VONA or Vice of the Nation.

Read: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/07/23/13/vice-ganda-lauds-pnoy-calls-support

Though I respect his view and agree that we must work with our government, I disagree with what he is trying to imply. I will no longer comment on his relationship with the presidential sister Kris Aquino since it may raise doubts against his objectivity and personal bias. Instead, I will talk about the power of social media.

Netizens are the new opinion leaders. We must never stop expressing our views, if we believe we need to be heard.

In a global scale, we have seen how views expressed through social media triggered the transformation of nations, revolutions even. We have seen the role of Twitter in the massive protests in Brazil and how Facebook powered the Egyptian Revolution.

In our own country, we have seen how our loud voices in social media were heard as we oppose the Cybercrime Law and support the RH Law. Our leaders are now using what is trending in social media as a barometer of the will of the people.

So long as the views being expressed are valid and informed, objective and constructive and most of all honest, I see nothing wrong with complaining.

It is through the people's complaints and dissatisfaction that our leaders strive to deliver better service. It is through wanting more that we progress as a nation.

Let's never be satisfied and keep wanting for more.

Opinyon

Lahat may karapatang mag-opinyon. Sanay akong makinig at magproseso ng opinyong kaiba sa akin. I do not villify those whose views are different than mine. 

Ang akin lang, siguraduhing pinag aralan mo muna 'yung sasabihin mo. Hindi  'yung magdadada ka lang at magpanggap na matalino. Lawakan ang perspektiba. Sociological Imagination is key.

Magsiyasat. Manaliksik. Magbasa. 

Kung hindi mo gagawin yan, dadagdag ka lang sa polusyon sa social media. Higit sa lahat, pag-iinitin mo ang ulo ng taong makakabasa ng kagaguhang sinulat mo. 

The World View of Miss Gonzalez

Hindi ko kasi siya finofollow kaya ngayon ko lang nabasa 'to. 

Totoo, kailangang maghanapbuhay para magkabahay. Magbayad ng buwis at tumulong sa gobyerno.

But to be able to find a job that will eventually enable a person to buy a house, s/he needs education.

Ang edukasyon, trabaho, pabahay ay responsibilidad ng gobyerno. Sa kasalukuyan, pinaghihirapan natin itong solusyunan.

Hindi lahat ng squatter ay sindikato. At hindi totoong binebeybi sila ng gobyerno. Ang baby ay nabubuhay ng kumportable. Walang taong magiging kumportable kung nakasilong siya sa ilalim ng tulay habang umuulan at kumakalam ang sikmura.

Masalimuot ang isyung ito. At iresponsable ang komento ni Bianca Gonzalez.

Her tweet is not only hasty, it is full of apathy and ignorance. Maaring nakikita nga nya ang paghihirap ng ating mga kababayan dahil sa hanapbuhay na mayroon siya, pero kahit kailan hindi nya ito naranasan.

So my hasty response to her is:

Kauululan ang mga salitang binitiwan mo.

An old actor with a worn out script

This is my reaction after reading ERAP's article on Rappler "The long walk to freedom continues". You can read the text here: 

http://www.rappler.com/thought-leaders/31420-estrada-the-long-walk-to-freedom-continues

ERAP, please stop furthering the divide between the poor and the rich. You were not overthrown by the elite because of your ties with the poor. You were ousted because you are corrupt, plunderer, womanizer, alcoholic, gambler. You have been convicted guilty of plunder. You were incarcerated. You are only free because of a presidential pardon given by your successor whose authority you've always questioned.

To see yourself comparable to Mandela is disgusting. Not even Ninoy and Cory can equal the greatness of the man.

I very strongly appeal to you, please stop capitalizing on the poor. Don't exploit them, it is immoral.

Your ouster from office and conviction from plunder isn't because of social inequality. It is a celebration of equality before the law. 

Put your charisma to better use. I know you can, for I do not doubt your intelligence, given your experience in politics and exposure with the poor. 

Please stop explaining yourself by propagating your twisted version of history which is favorable only to you.

You are an old actor and your script is worn out.