High Priest gives us a glimpse of how officials, especially those within the circles of this evil regime (i don’t want to call it empire), think about governance. Quite simply, they think that they’re the magistrates of old serving an otherwise evil kingdom. In this little country, those who think that way deserves more than derision; they deserve nothing less than a guillotine.
The last time I heard, we’re still living in a democracy. Thoughts about how government is right and the citizenry always wrong harks back to the days of the medieval era, where Kings and Queens rule with wanton abandonment. Flushed with tributes and sometimes, claims of divinity, these Kings and Queens rule an otherwise ignorant mass of people. When the Intellectual Revolution came, and gave rise to new ideas, even raised questions on the legitimacy of the concept of monarchy, these royal families lost their “blue-bloodiness”. They were exposed as flesh and bones. They saw how red their blood is when it started spurting from their heads.
And History always point to the defeat of those who think highly of themselves. Saddam Hussein was the last one to get it. A few decades back, we saw how democratic forces defeated Hitler and the struggle continues. Death is not the way to defeat these kinds. It is always a better paradigm that kills a harmful intellectual virus.
I don’t need to point how shameful this administration is. We all read that in earlier posts.However, this regime has turned from shameful to unabashedly harmful, since, it is being populated now by fascists in barongs. It’s already bad that this regime governs without the right direction; it is now equally appalling that pseudo-intellectuals like this so-called HighPriest who claims that he/she was elected as a King, walks the corridors of power.
Noteworthy also to note how the Arroyo administration is morphing into a hideous monster; that kind that attracts megalomaniacal flies, such as this High Priest of Smokes, who’s sole duty is toobfuscate issues rather than answering them.
And it’s always that way in this regime. Evidently, that’s the unwritten code being strictly followed by those who serve the devil enfant. Gloria chose to be queen of this enchanted Kingdom, yet because of her weak leadership, it has allowed people within her to think of themselves as “mini mes”, and ” surrogate kings” and “sheriffs of nottingham”.
High Priest is a manifestation of an intellectual rat munching the brains of those corrupt magistrates in this regime. And those who love democracy should not just shudder in their seats; they need to act to defeat these pseudo-intellectuals trying to justify what Malacanang intends to do–extend Gloria’s term. Short of any legal justification, the minions of Gloria, like this High Priest of Smokes, are resorting to political and philosophical ideas to mask or hide though smoking mirrors, that naked and truest desire for the perpetuation of Gloria’s power.
Those puffs from High Priest’s cuban cigars (i presume she buys cuban?) are conceptual diversions likened to Macoy’s “Bagong Lipunan”. Shades of Marcosian publicity stunts?
There is no philosophical nor political ideals that would justify Gloria and her gang of misfits’ continued governance. Be reminded that Gloria’s rule started on a wrongful or tortuous premise in 2004. To lust for another ten years is not just gut-wrenching; it’s the purest form of evil.
However, evil as it is, it is equally shameful for people, like Filipinos, to let this happen. As what my good friend Trixie Angeles used to say, if you let an injustice go away without acting on it, you’re as part of those who did it.
Defeat we will, those who pollute us with their fascist ideas. Fascism has no place in modern societies.
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If this guy really works for government, either he is acting as the advance party for a GMA dictatorship or he should be fired for his stupidity.
so what do you want to do with him?
isn’t there a chinese proverb…keep your friends close to you and your enemies closer.
this is not a GMA-I-hate-you-Club…is it?
nah, cat, everyone’s welcome to join in the slinging. :D
we don’t hate highpriest. we just want to defeat his ideas. because that’s the most harmful.
Defeat we will, those who pollute us with their fascist ideas. Fascism has no place in modern societies.
I have a very uneasy feeling about this. Looking at the trends from all over the world, I think fascism *IS* the future. HP has given us fair warning. He has pointed to an all-pervading attitude in populations all over the world: “We will get what we want and people will just follow us. These ordinary people do not have the strength nor the will to oppose us.”
The fight against this creeping fascism is worth fighting, but Im afraid in the end we’ll lose. “We are willing to give up our rights to move this country forward.” This isnt defeatism. The Norse gods kept fighting even though they knew in the end they will lose. Fascism will probably defeated in FV, but this isnt where the battle would be decisively won. The battle is out there.
On the contrary, as any of the Postmodern aficionados will tell you…“Il n’y a pas de hors-texte” (“there is nothing beyond the text”).
Karl Rove and Ronnie Puno knows this by heart.
Fortunately Im no postmodernist, and neither are Pinoys. ;-)
Anyone who knew Ferdinand Marcos and his vision of a “New Society” cannot fail to note the congruence with Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Most Filipinos are weaklings–mentally and emotionally–and this was the fact that Marcos early on realized and exploited with aplomb. Gloria is the same way. After she got away with Edsa Dos and then Garci, what was she supposed to think. Once you’ve screwed the pooch you can have all the puppies you want and being called a bitch just slides off the fur. Besides there will be plenty enough of those like High Priest with his tail between his, barking the loudest about how strong and dutiful and worthy of your obeisance and acquiescence she is.
Just as with Marcos, this battle won’t actually be fought on the streets, but in the hearts and minds of Filipinos. When the end comes for her, when Justice is done, it will come swiftly, as it did for Marcos, and even the sycophants will turn tail and act as if they’d done nothing wrong all the while.
We must all be patient with this process. It takes a long time for neurons in the brain to connect with what is most powerful when it is heartfelt: love of country and your fellow man.
Mr. patricio,
Called me a braggadocio, but you’re wrong in your postulations. I speak as a representative of the silent majority and I believe in just one thing–stability.
Can you provide just one instance when this government used fascistic methods? Can you cite just one case where this government oppressed the people? I really doubt it if you have the intellectual muscle to prove me wrong.