There is a new paradigm for revolution and it’s a revolution led by those who control the information environment. What I meant is, the present model for a successful revolution is not how many guns you have, but how many thinking people go out of their comfort zones and demand for truth, justice and peace. That is the new revolution led by the intellectual.

When Nick invited us to join him, I immediately said yes. Back then, I thought of this venture as the modern electronic version of the La Solidaridad. As things turn out, yes, it proved to be what we had imagined it to be. Checking out those volumes of people who subscribed to FV and the many more out there who want to know the truth as we perceive it is, FV is turning out to be the most revolutionary thing in the Pinoy blogosphere. And, FV owes it its present popularity, not just to the people who lent their time writing but more from those people who read these entries and participate in the discussion.

Hence, the pingbacks are testaments of a brewing revolution.

Yet, the vanguards of this ongoing revolution should remain vigilant against those who want to influence the voices of the Filipino. In the first Katipunan revolution, the collective voice of the genuine revolutionaries was hijacked by illustrados whose interests lie in preserving their lands. Let those who value the Filipino Voice guard it against unscrupulous interests. As more people read the FV, more so we must consider our social responsibilities. One of these, I think, is the responsibility to consider the thoughts of the common Filipino, those who part their precious twenty pesos just to spent an hour reading what goes on at the site. There’s also the responsibility to write not for the sake of writing “intellectual”, but more on educating and propagating the truth so that people would rouse from their stupor and create history.

Who profits from Filipino Voices, but the people who want to see real change and want to contribute to the formation of a truly Filipino model for revolution. Who profits from the reverberations of the collective voice but the collective? Who must profit from all of these but the poor and the disenfranchised, never those whose parasitic natures corrupt this paradise. Who must profit from FV but those who thirst for knowledge, for truth and seek a way out of this perpetual cycle of disarray and corruption that threatens future generations.

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