Two figures representing civil authority stand guard at UP Iloilo’s heritage building. We are in this campus for a meeting assessing the work done two years after the Guimaras oil spill. One of the main speakers Governor Felipe Nava of Guimaras wasn’t able to come since he was stranded in Bangkok due to the airport’s closure.
Over lunch political science profs from this university has an animated discussion on how people power has evolved outside the Pinoy context. One of the UP Visayas academics is a known student of liberation and terrorist movements. She observed that the Thai version seems to have mutated that airports are now the venues that could bring down the government or at least force it to the negotiating table. On Aljazeera, I saw how the Thais have practically ground Thailand to a halt (stranding tourists as a consequence).
Perhaps, Pinoys should be as imaginative as the Thais. But methinks Queen Gloria has more imagination and brains than the CBCP. The bishops can lay themselves on NAIA’s runways and shut the airport. Shutting down Ayala Avenue is “laos”. Jojobama’s past antics of bringing in the lumpen proletariat is passe. Also the Trillanes and like minded Peemayers idiotic stunt of occupying 5 star hotels is also “gasgas”
We think that the Thai show should give proponents of a Pinoy cabinet system a rethink. Any group can stage a sit in and shut down the country. Do we really want that?
What is more serious we thought is what has happened in Mumbai. The Terrorist’s War has moved from bombings to a well planned military assault on the financial capital and its luxury hotels. No Trillanes like papogi showbiz stunt here and neither is there staged “assaults” by government troops here! The terrorists have got the Indian and even the Pakistani government attention and likely bring them to the bargaining table.
The Bangkok and Mumbai spectacles have changed the political environment in Asia and we still debate on impeachment. We sure lack sophistication.
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I’m hard pressed to appreciate stranding thousands of tourists, or killing scores of them, as forms of “sophistication”. Barbarism is likely, but can you imagine the impact on local industry if these things happen here?
Of course I’m saying this because I own a travel agency. If there’s anybody who’s gonna suffer from Bangkok and Mumbai, it’s travel agents like us. We’d have to shut our businesses — for the sake of what? My inutile countrymen? Fuck that!
ang napansin kong pagkakaiba sa mga protesta sa thailand ay ang kawalan ng politiko sa tabi ng mga nagpoprotesta…masasabi mo na mga taong bayan talaga ang nagpoprotesta…walang politiko na nasa camera ang mukha at kung ano anong katangahan ang sinasabi at sinasamantala ang sitwasyon ng sa gayon ay maipahayag at mapromote ang kanyang ambisyon…walang pari o obispo na hipocrito…walang militanteng katulad sa pilipinas na paulit ulit na lang ang sinasabi…walang makaliwang tulad nila satur ocampo na isa pang hipocrito….
malayong mangyari sa pilipinas ang ginawa nila sa thailand…dahil bawat galaw ng mga nagpoprotesta dito aymay kasamang pari o obispo..may kasamang madre…may kasamang politiko…may kasamang militante at makaliwa…
at higit sa lahat…ang mga nasa middle class pagod na makisali sa mga protesta dahil ang nakikinabang lang ay yung mga politikong kurakot at magnanakaw…
wala eh…puro tayo salita eh..bwehehehehehe
at wala din palang MEDIA na hipocrito din bwehehehehe
It intrigues me why these protesters are so bold that they have encamped for months before the so-called final battle.
The battle is not to bring down the PM because the people are oppressed.
The final battle is launched to fight the leader who is hostile to the monarchy.
Who is behind the protest?
Should I tell you who?
So shall I say that they are not really imaginative. They are just confident that someone is backing them up.
I’m thinking you got the Philippines wrong Blackshama.
You want to risk your life to replace Gloria with people worse than her? That is stupid.
BrianB
ang taong gustong patalsikin si GMA at palitan sya ng mga taong mas kurakoy o mas magnanakaw pa kay GMA ay hindi nagririsk ng buhay…meron silang biyayang matatangap pagnagtagumpay sila…
ang mamayang pilipino lang ang laging talo…
GMA should be tried for cheating and corruption.
dapat…at isama mo dapat lahat ng politiko…dahil lahat sila mandaraya at kurakot
Malakas ang ebidensya laban kay GMA. Pati dapat congressman na di sang-ayon sa impeachment i-kulong din.
malakas ang ebidensya sa lahat ng politiko…at yun ay ang walang pagbabago sa pamumuhay ng mamayang pilipino at hindi pagbuti sa economiya ng pilipinas kahit sino pa ang politikong nakaupo…pero nagiging mayaman ang politiko…
Well planned? if these people are not suicidal, they’re not going to attempt such kind of attack.
no filipinos, even those with messianic complex would dare duplicate the Mumbai attack.
ano mamatay, paano yong dream niyang maging Presidente.
“The Bangkok and Mumbai spectacles have changed the political environment in Asia and we still debate on impeachment. We sure lack sophistication.”
The Malacanang spin meister labeled the Bangkok airport standoff as “political immaturity.”
Isn’t Philippine politics more civilized?
Think about it.
We lack sophistication since Pinoys do the following:
1) Call a press con, pay for full page “manifestos” in PDI
2) Expect the people to come to their cause!
As for the Ca’T
Anyone who had ROTC training knows that the tactics they used are taught in Military Science 21.
Textbook perfect my dear!
Now that is the reason why ROTC is relevant still even if I argue it must be voluntary. We cannot leave military science and tactics to Peemayers alone or else we will be left with Trillanes types.
blackshama,
we lack sophistication because we think God will come down and tell all of us what the score really is. God’s not going to come down and we’ll have to know the real score ourselves, and just believe in our own intelligence.
“2) Expect the people to come to their cause!”
But then again, there are many Filipinos who claim that the EDSA people power revolution(?) in 1986 was the inspiration for the velvet, orange, etc. color revolutions in Europe.
The Pinoys probably just got tired of all these EDSAs and Sugod mga Miron movements! Let’s do it the civil and old fashioned way.
Im-peach, Im-peach, Im-peach instead of Co-ry! Co-ry! Co-ry!
my idea of well planned is something with the escape strategy which is not in the plan of suicidal tarrorists.
I will go for the movie INSIDE MAn for the very well-planned attack, hostage and escape strategies.
Sorry Philippine politics isn’t civilized. We haven’t seen defeated presidential candidates be as civil as John McCain.
Ia m crossing my fingers na huwag magkasuicide bomber sa Pinas, I have seenthis movie the “Traitor”, kundi dahil sa traitor na ito,50 buses from different locations sana ang sasabog, pinagsama sama nya ang mga 30ng di nahuli ng Homeland security sa isang bus to prevent the spread of terror.
As for the Inside man, I have to look at IMDB to recall what happened, naalala ko lang a so called perfect bank robbery,NY politics at dahil nandun si Denzel samahan na natin ng multiculturalism. Since pwede din nga palang tumingin sa ibang window me tungkol din pala sa Nazis dun.
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as to Blackshama’s appeal for ROTC
I would like to ask him how he would interpret this part of the constitution:
ARTICLE XVI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 4. The Armed Forces of the Philippines shall be composed of a citizen armed force which shall undergo military training and serve as may be provided by law. It shall keep a regular force necessary for the security of the State.
Ang interpretation ko ay ROTC,pero experts might correct me that it is too broad.
But what makes you say that the ROTC products would not have a messianic complex.
Buti na lang hanggang messianic complex lang tayo at hindi suicide bombers.
My dad is a product of the PMA,but that is no reason for bias, the mistah system,made the planning of coups possible because you may invite your mistahs because you need the manpower ,pwede lahat sumali sa mga meetings ng mga plano pag actual na,there goes the mistah system. idealism and duty and other factors come into play and di pwede lahat ideal at kanya kanyang interpretation na ng duty ang pumapasok.
So much for the Mistah system.
The Queen’s attending of the Funeral of a protester made it appear that the protests have royal backing,because things like these are rare.
Since it is rare,pudits and experts theorized that it indeed has royal backing. But there are reports that equal attention has been given to slain and injured police, so everything is an expert’s conjecture or an educated guess,as to what really is going on.
But I have to agree most of the protests,expept of the lone ranger types do have backing of any sort.
Juwan_D,pano mo nga pala nasabing walang media,pano natin malalaman ang lahat ng ito? Ah ipokroto pala ang sinabi m o, pano mo nasabing….di bale na nga, ang kulit ko.
As to Terrorism, we are sitting ducks.
That Glorietta bombing whether it was the military who planted it or the Ayalas to proceed with their Arab financed Hotel, Theory ko lang yon ah,mas bumilis kasi ang construction after the bombing …o kung sino man it still is terrorism,and that batasan bombing kahit naong dahilan,politics ba o kung ano it is still terrorism, alam ko madami pa tulad ng bagong news sa pagsabog ng Victory Liner, are sitting ducks pero buti na lang walang suicide bombers.
ROTC cadets are within the university/college system. They have the benefit of liberal education which remains our best guarantee against militaristic messianism. Although it isn’t foolproof (look at the lefties at UP who believe that the CPP-NPA will lead us to paradise),it is still our best guarantee.
Even the PMA realizes this when it instituted liberal education as part of its curriculum.
The ROTC isn’t a militia. Cadets and graduates if ever called to active duty, will still be under AFP command.
The training of citizen soldiers is best under civilian universities. Professional military should be trained in a National Defence University.
got you Blackshama.
Karl,
Check the wikipedia. It is not the NAzi thing that I am talking about. It is how they escaped, the hostage takers and the mastermind.
The movie must have inspired the police authorities during the latest coup in Makati to bring in all those found in the vicinity of the hotel particularly the journalists to police stations for investigations.
Life imitates art or art imitates life? The hostage takers mingled with the hostages themselves and swore that they were victims.
Another inspiration was the plastic handcuffs used which in the PHilippine incident was considered a violation of human right.
The mastermind emerged later.
In the Philippines, they never knew who the mastermind was and who was that savior that they’re waiting for.
No sophistication for Filipino destabilizers? I disagree. Filipinos are moviegoers and are copycats. They even copy themselves. lol.
Karl, it is not a theory. Have you been following the news?
The protesters announced among the reasons why they want to remove the prime minister… he is hostile to the monarchy.
What king would not support those people whose concern is the monarchy whether it is true or not?
Ano ba ang pakialam natin sa mga Thai na ito? Masarap nga ang kanilang Phadwonsen at Masaman Curry pero meron din naman tayong Pacit Malabon at Kare-Kare. Pero, teka lang, protesta sa airport–magandang idea yan. Baka puwde natin gayahin para patilsikin si GMA.
Paguusapan namin sa Starbucks yan :) Sali kayo, join na!
Cathy,
Acknowledged.
One on the “insider”,nasobrahan ako at na analysis paralysis ,kung nag stop ako sa sinabi mo about the escape I would have not look any further,and should have started from there.
Thanks for explaining further.
and for the Thai protesters,Again I have to give recognition for what you have said. Admittedly,I followed more(although in a limited capacity as,well) the editorialized reports rather than the news reports.
needles to say,but I will still say it;you have my respect.
Ca t,
When you wrote “Karl, it is not a theory”, what exactly do you mean by “theory”?
Thanks for your attention.
joma,
opinion, speculation
Hi Ca t,
Ah, you mean then;
“Karl, the Royal Backing is not a matter of view and judgement (opinion), but “an analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another”?
Tama ba interpretation ko? :)
it is not a theory because the non-anti government
heading the protest is composed of royalists
, businessmen and the urban middle-class.
are you following the protests or just skimming the news?
I see why you mean by “its not a theory”. You mean its not a hunch or a plain guessing or an careless opinion, but it is, in fact, an analysis of sets of facts and events (being observed) in their relation to one another.
The royalists there is the keyword.
Do you need to theorize ?
Its plain. Refer to my 11:23
i got a jolt reading this. bengn0′s words echo mussolini.
http://www.uniffors.com/?p=55
gah, sorry blackshama, wrong window.