Vision vs. dream
Posted on March 14, 2007 - Filed Under Punch Forum |
Eduardo Pontaoe
14 Mar 2007
Mr. Sison,
Allow me to straighten this discussion before it gets out of whack. Let me be unambiguous. You said, “The vision of the people in their desire to make change whatever it is that needs to be change”. A vision is not a belief but the foresight to see in advance something to be accomplished.
The vision of Quezon was the independence of the Philippines. It was a grand design but the rest of the corrupt presidents that followed him lucked out as visionaries when they programmed their paths to Quezon’s dogma of running the country like Hell and hell it went.
Cases in point. The vision of Otto von Bismarck. He’d seen that within the chaos and confusion of warring German states, a confederation was possible under his iron will to unite the country in one solid political organism what we call Germany. The Magna Carta…the vision of Baron Godfrey to curtail the absolute power of the king, it was necessary to force King John to sign the charter, the precursor of our democratic rights. Since when did a vision become collective, Mr. Sison?
A vision is a singular thought by a visionary with absolute determination. A vision grounded on speculation that it can be done with everybody, with no common ground is just banter amongst fools surrounded by incompetence. Charter Change…People’s Initiative are not visions for substitution. They are just proposals to modify the framework of government without changing the basic principle of governance. A shell game. A fox in sheep’s clothing.
To postulate that Mayor Braganza did not give up hope is foolhardy. By excluding himself in the service of his country, he surrendered all semblance of public service. It was not a gesture of expectation for change that will push him back but his acceptance that the Philippines is completely and undeniably lost.
Since when was a dream not a promise? A dream is a strongly desired goal or purpose… something that fully satisfies a wish….e.g., his goal is to become rich. A promise to one’s self is to make something good of himself. Daydreaming, Mr. Sison?
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