Comments on: A bit of Australiana from a fair dinkum Aussie

By: rego

rego — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:34:22 +0000

working, on their second job….

By: Hyden Toro

Hyden Toro — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:54:31 +0000

They are enjoying lavish dinners at Le Cirque, dummy!

By: Chino F.

Chino F. — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:09:18 +0000

At the World Trade Center site, touching their handkerchiefs to the ground to get holy power? hehehe

By: UP n grad

UP n grad — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:25:54 +0000

at their desks, doing overtime?

By: leytenian

leytenian — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:22:18 +0000

Benk,
Seminars are not substitute. Seminars are requirements. A strong indication that a country has a sound policy.

In progressive countries, a senator who is a lawyer is required by law that in order for the senator to maintain his professonal license , he must take ” 30 credits” equivalent to 30 hours of seminar, every two years and thereafter… for example.

If one is a manager/leader in an organization and he/she suspect that his/her employees are not productive enough. A manager/leader has many options to encourage employees ( lower level of management) to grow. Incentives such as $1000 allowance for CEU yearly or the company may choose or suggest the type of seminars according to areas of weaknesses.

Connecting it to pieces, Mang Juan can be guided and can be trained with many options and strategies on how , what, when and where….

Criticizing the people by way of talking and discussing its flaws consistently is not the right way to HELP the country. It is an excuse or an individual’s way or a bloggers of transferring his own denial to another.

Just accept the fact that there are many poor Mang Juan.. let’s move on from there by blogging using the right information…

By: Bert

Bert — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:00:50 +0000

rubbing their noses on their cellphones…texting.

By: leytenian

leytenian — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:57:56 +0000

bongv,
i’m talking about international convention thru the IMF, World Bank, UN and other internationally credentialed organization.

Of course, sending them to jail is better but how? our lawyers are the same. They may be lacking the necessary ingredients to deliver their cases. Because it they have been an active professional and ethical Judiciary, this country could have been better.

The seminar focuses on corruption and ethics. Also Human rights and liability of National government to its people.

Can you share HOW to prosecute the old dogs? short term approach with Long term positive result?

You may take the seminar too, it’s good for you.

By: Phil Manila

Phil Manila — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:35:37 +0000

Hmmm, all these talk about people and racial stereotypes reminds me of small talk I heard in the American melting pot that is New York.

“Why is Manhattan quiet on Sundays?”

1. The Jews are wheeling-dealing in Staten Island.
2. The Blacks are in jail in the Bronx.
3. The Italians are attending a funeral in Queens.
4. The Irish are sleeping off a hangover.
5. The Poles think its Tuesday.

Where do you think are the NY Fil-Ams?

By: Bitnik52

Bitnik52 — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:59:07 +0000

I bet it wont matter a bit to most of out public officials particularly the elected and appointed ones and most of the lawyers as well. Graft and corruption is well entrench. We need to do something with our MORAL VALUES. Good Practices and just laws wont do any good if our sense of right and wrong is out of tune…

By: Ben K

Ben K — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:23:08 +0000

Actually, Gabby, this is how “something everyone has” can be causal: Australia’s “quirks” do not necessarily cause Australia to be what it is in the bigger picture — your earlier comment that “a society is more than the sum of the attitudes of the people living within it” is in that sense correct. The product (not the sum) of Australian attitudes is still positive, despite some people’s or even entire segments’ individual quirks. There are many countries for which the same would be true.

Causality is an outcome of choice, not an involuntary function. The majority of Australians do not choose to behave like Chopper Reid and lick 9 volt batteries. Although I’m sure Mr. Bencard would strenuously disagree, the majority of Americans (at least at present) do not choose to behave like racist yokels who think they can run the world. The majority of Filipinos, on the other hand (present company excepted, I’m sure), do choose to be lazy fatalists, with the unfortunate outcome that the product (not the sum) of attitudes is negative, and has caused the country to be a dysfunctional mess.

And that bit about women in the workplace is actually true, most of the time.