Comments on: The Middle faces extinction

By: Blog Coverage on The Death of Edsa 1 | The BLIPS Network

Blog Coverage on The Death of Edsa 1 | The BLIPS Network — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:46:26 +0000

[...] MLQ3 is out of the picture, since he is involved in the activities for today, though he muses if the middle faces extinction. The best analysis (though too extreme for comfort) is by Dean Jorge Bocobo, here, here, and [...]

By: trmadol

trmadol — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:46:33 +0000

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By: epsotto

epsotto — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:41:06 +0000

Pastor Martin Niemoller:
First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.

By: Dominique Legrand

Dominique Legrand — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:37:34 +0000

For quite a long time, the very foundation of the Philippine government has continuously been riddled by permanent and chronic corrupt practices for which there could unlikely be any effective or immediate remedy, no matter how very seemingly sincere or honest the candidates should present themselves before any election. Therefore, it isn’t the queston of deposing or replacing any president but instead the overhauling of the whole political system through any form of counter-revolution, short of being so radical as to what the French and the Chinese had done for the welfare of their people and the progress of their country.

In a democracy, however, it is rather unfortunate that the general electorate is practically to be blamed for the injustice or dysfunction in the government. What an irony of life that they should still have to bear the brunt at their own expense in the end.

It would likely seem too far-fetch and Utopic to see the Philippines to be free entirely from corruption, but there’s a long to go and a lot of sacrifices to be done yet in order to make it possible someday.

By: mlq3

mlq3 — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:16:01 +0000

thank you, lito.

By: Lito V

Lito V — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 05:30:34 +0000

Please accept my apologies for misunderstanding you, Mr. MLQ3.

By way of trying to explain comment #7, in comparison to most other social commentaries of local origin, to my mind, you tend to convey a host of possible meanings in an economy of space.

I thought I was gleaning a drift toward passivity and gloom.

Your writing is indeed pithy. I shall make it a point to read your articles with greater care.

By: Carl

Carl — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 23:58:35 +0000

mlq, I would also be interested in such a study. However, it would also be helpful to remember that some urban areas, while having a relatively high density of population, remain rural in their outlook and way of life. Cebu and Negros Occidental, for example, may have several large towns that could be classified as urban. But their way of life is most definitely rural. And agriculture, fisheries and natural resources are the main base of their economies.

By: mlq3

mlq3 — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 20:30:00 +0000

sassy, you know my attitude. people need me running for office like they need a hole in the head. the enthusiasm is gratifying, but we all do what we can in the fields wer’e best equipped to do good in.

By: mlq3

mlq3 — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 20:24:15 +0000

i’d be interested to know if it’s true, or not true, that the majority of filipinos are now residents of urban areas, whether in metro manila or the provinces. jojo abinales can explain bobi tiglao’s theory beginning in the 1980s, that this change has not been taken into consideration adequately when discussing filipino society and politics.

By: mlq3

mlq3 — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 20:20:24 +0000

Lito, read what I wrote again, and read everything I’ve been writing. What you think I said is not what I’ve said and been saying.