A realist’s view
Posted on March 14, 2007 - Filed Under Punch Forum |
Ms. Ric
14 Mar 2007
The upcoming May election is certainly a hot topic within Filipino communities here in the US. Values, principles, and emotions ride high when trapped within the confines of community halls, living rooms, coffee shops, or even chat rooms. As oxymoron as it may sound, I am as much a realist as well as an optimist.
Philippines is evolving to the brink of extinction. It is tethering on the verge of falling off to an abyss. Imagine a child hanging on for dear life on a window ledge of a fire engulfed building. Not one person can go in to save him, but there are the spectators on the ground waiting, hoping, and praying for his safety. It will take this whole village to cushion this child’s fall and possibly save his life.
When corruption becomes so ingrained that it is not even a point of contention anymore, then time has come to acknowledge the fact that a cataclysmic change is needed for our dear homeland to have any chance of surviving at all. I am referring to a top-to-bottom change that has never been done before without having it as a result of a revolution, a holocaust, or a natural disaster.
It is possible to wipe out every single politician in power from the president all the way down to barrio captains and start fresh. Create a new government from scratch untainted of past relations or questionable pasts. Take chances on inexperienced citizens with the desire, commitment, integrity, and wisdom to serve their people. This can only be made possible when the whole nation buys into this new paradigm. A realist I am, hopeless, am not.
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