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I'm still not over the euphoria of passing the UP LAE. Rock and Roll!!!
posted by The Lonely Joker who stares too deeply & too much at 4:36 PM
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posted by The Lonely Joker who stares too deeply & too much at 5:11 AM
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Tuesday, February 07, 2006
"Its not 51 pesos to a dollar. It's 70 lives to the peso." -Sanlakas President and Laban ng Masa Leader, Wilson Fortaleza.Such is the real state of our economy, Fortaleza said. Meanwhile, on the other side of the spectrum, we have Sec. Eduardo Ermita ready with a defense. His defense is, in logic, one that will lead to an epistemic regress.
“If ever there is a stampede during the Feast of the Black Nazarane or during Sinulog,
would you blame the Church and the government for poverty? How come during much bigger events, such as the congregation of El Shaddai, where thousands attend, they are properly managed by their leaders? Nothing happens like that.”
I would have to say his logic fails me. First of all, if a stampede occurs during the Feast of the Black Nazarene, we cannot blame it on poverty as, even the well to do like VP Noli De Castro goes there, despite the risk. We blame it on the millions of people's sheer devotion to the black nazarene and nothing but.
Now droves of people flock the Sinulog festival, still we do not blame it on poverty. People flock the event because they appreciate it, seeing that the event is aggressively advertised for tourists.
When some 30,000 people flock an event where cash prizes are to be given away even though the chances of winning is 1 to 10 thousand, we blame it on poverty. We blame it on the reality that the 51 to a dollar currency that the government is shamelessly parading does nothing to alleviate poverty. It is, as sen. Roxas said, nothing but a meaningless headline.
No blame should be placed in the government alone. But at the very least, what the tragedy tells us is that behind the economic growth that the government speaks of, outside the comfort that I myself admits to enjoying, thousands of people actually die trying to get out of poverty. Sure, their shot is probably less than 1 to 10 thousand, but in the present state of our country, it is a big enough shot.
NOTE: I know you're probably sick of reading about it... Had to comment though.
posted by The Lonely Joker who stares too deeply & too much at 2:33 AM
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