Comments on: Environment and Revolution

By: blackshama

blackshama — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:10:30 +0000

I give Noynoy the benefit of the doubt. I believe he has tried to look into the eyes of a starving homeless child near the BIR building in Quezon City.

By: Joe America

Joe America — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:08:23 +0000

I was sitting in the front yard yesterday afternoon, enjoying the cool breeze after a sweltering hot day, sipping a San Mig to help with the cooling. I pondered this matter of revolution raised by Blackshama. Three thoughts crept into my brain.

One, the hope of any nation is its youth. They inherit the future and they are not bound by convention. They can think progressively and they can take risks.

Two, Filipino youth appear passive. I’m thinking about college people. First of all, they are still kids when they graduate from high school so they really can’t be expected to think and act with authority. Second, they are taught obedience throughout their schooling, not independence of thought or ambition or being agents of change.

Three, college students should be asking why their nation bars their aspirations for meaningful careers. The nation does this by allowing people in power to appoint friends, family, and those owed favors to important jobs. Excellence withers. Mediocrity thrives. Youth must work a lifetime beneath their potential or go abroad to find opportunity.

Never has a nation offered so little to its youth, and it appears youth are not willing to do much about it. It is amazing to me that they so willingly accept the unfair advantage given to unqualified people while they, after years of diligent work, are blocked from the opportunity to prosper.

Joe

By: The Equalizer

The Equalizer — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:09:16 +0000

Food shortages and hunger are the most dangerous causes of government
upheavals. Hunger knows no law. Look at what happened in New Orleans,
U.S.A. After typhoon Katrina. And recently in Chile, after the earthquake.

However there are other causes. Like foreign powers intervention.
The threat of supply of energy sources. Foreign interests will surely
overthrow the country. If they threaten the energy supply of the
foreign powers. The loss of strategic ocean way like the Panama Canal
in Panama during the reign of Gen. Noriega. New ideologies. Like:
communism, socialism, pseudo Democracy, religious fundamentalism will
also cause unheavals of government. Iran was the example of religious
Theocracy being installed with the help of foreign powers. The fight
for land and water sources is also one of the causes upheaval of governments.

Food is just one of the causes of upheavals. However, it is the most
dangerous of the causes.

By: leytenian

leytenian — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:03:04 +0000

am in florida but missing Philippines terribly. I was just there in December and January. Sure coffee in New York sometime. you can be a good teacher too. you have the patience and I’m afraid I don’t.. lol

By: Lila Shahani

Lila Shahani — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:51:24 +0000

Well, your Gibo is definitely pogi, no doubt about it, dear. Don’t underestimate FVR, tho. People think they know where he stands. I suspect his position is far more complex…

Eeek. Not interested in being a senator or going into politics. But do wanna help — maybe in education or human rights?

R u around? We should have coffee sometime.

By: leytenian

leytenian — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:14:03 +0000

LOL, ignore me Lila… :) yes I am good in marketing too. If you think of it, i am only participating at FV. You won’t find me in other pinoy sites so I am not a direct threat to Noynoy’s vague ideas of marketing and brand recognition given the fact that the product itself has no track record of quality service while at the senate.

I think you can be a good senator independently. I will market for you. I’ll give my family in Leyte free of bribes. :) and how do you feel that your uncle FVR may support my pogi GIBO? lol

glad your back…

By: Lila Shahani

Lila Shahani — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:07:25 +0000

Same old obsession, I see. Clearly, the piece was making a larger (non-partisan) point. In fact, we’re all implicated, including u, me and your beloved candidate. Amazing how your readings tend to be so selective, leytenian. Perhaps u should shift to marketing. :D

By: leytenian

leytenian — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:23:25 +0000

While political pundits and op-ed columnists (who I believe need more environmental and historical sensitivity) have analyzed EDSA 1, EDSA2 and EDSA 3 , they have missed out that food security was never a major issue in these political upheavals.

exactly not a Noynoy presidency…

Good blog blackshama…

By: The Equalizer

The Equalizer — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:22:13 +0000

If people are hungry. And the leaders cannot remedy their hungers. For
sure, there will be trouble and restlessness. And even upheavals. We
cannot ignore this behavior of human population from history.

However, there are trends. Like changes in thoughts that contribute
to these factors. Like new ideas: communism, socialism, Islamic
fundamentalism, pseudo Democratic upheavals like the EDSAs, machinations of foreign powers like the U.S./C.I.A., etc… Gen. Noriega of Panama was overthrown. Because Panama refuses to extend the lease of the Panama Canal. After its expiration agreement with the U.S. The Energy problem of the world also causes foreign powers to influence the overthrow of legitimate governments to guarantee the continous flow of energy sources. Land and religion are also one of the causes. One country influences people in other country to overthrow their government
because of religion and land. So, a lot of factors causes upheavals of
governments. Not just food.

By: Bert

Bert — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:18:53 +0000

If the greed of the rich and the greed of the oligarch and the greed of high government officials are tsunamis hitting the populace then I agree with blackshama that environmental phenomena could cause social unrest that will lead to revolution.