tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17476693.post7363954525914014193..comments2023-10-14T17:44:39.203+08:00Comments on The Black and White Movement: A COLLECTION OF STATEMENTSLeah Navarrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08936079585251164701noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17476693.post-44858736076612056032008-04-16T00:01:00.000+08:002008-04-16T00:01:00.000+08:00bruce, re your comment above, you forgot to mentio...bruce, re your comment above, you forgot to mention one essential element of democracy: due process of law. just saying "if you are caught, you are punished" is overly simplistic, if not draconian. condemnation without due process is a mark of totalitarianism. is that what you're advocating?Bencardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835134494644061076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17476693.post-72238203439279527352008-03-15T15:15:00.000+08:002008-03-15T15:15:00.000+08:00Very interesting reading indeed.Apart from the cor...Very interesting reading indeed.<BR/>Apart from the corruption etc we read about I have taken a different attack because I do not see 'her/them/ changing their ways or leaving before 2010. So I have made a site suggesting ways to lessen (I don't believe any country can rid itself of...) the corruption and problems. Have a look at it and tell me what you think. If you like it tell everyone.<BR/>www.fix-the-philippines.netfirms.com<BR/>Cheers<BR/>DaisyYumYumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971310328401039006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17476693.post-34706687481601279952008-02-24T13:28:00.000+08:002008-02-24T13:28:00.000+08:00AER says "Under the leadership of a non-corrupt pr...AER says "Under the leadership of a non-corrupt president, anti-corruption programs and institutions will be effective. Under a corrupt presidency, the same programs and institutions only become a protective veil for corruption itself."<BR/><BR/>So their solution is to get an uncorrupt president? Good luck with that. Personally I choose a more practical, less naive, historically proven solution. It takes more time, but I stopped being in simple, magic-bullet solutions years ago.<BR/><BR/>Human beings are not perfect and sinless. Basing a government or a political philosophy on a fantasy that is there is dangerous. Down that path lay Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Marcos and scores of dictatorships.<BR/><BR/>Instead we must put our faith building up traditions, such as the tradition that if you are caught you are punished. GMA has been caught; she should be punished. I don't care who comes next. The next president will be a sinner as well. When he is caught, he shall be punished. This is how progress is made, slowly, incremental, step-by-step over generations. This is how the US reduced corruption. 100 years ago it was as corrupt as the Philippine sis. Now, it is less so.<BR/><BR/>Marcos was caught, and he was punished, eventually. Erap was caught, and he was punished. GMA has been caught, on tape no less, and she should be punished. And then we will catch the next one and the next and on into the future. If it takes 100 years and 100 People Powers, so be it. That's how civilizations advance, through slow, slogging incremental process.<BR/><BR/>Enough of these school-girl fantasies about the super hero coming to save the day. We know that story and have seen how it ends (Caesar, Hitler, Lenin, Mao, Marcos...). It's time to get down to the never-ending slog of making the Philippines better.Bruce In Iloilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13696713855390145393noreply@blogger.com