This is a very excellent list of things that need to be done. What is unfortunate though is that a lot of your recommendations are things we all know about for some time now and should have been implemented a while back by concerned agencies and officials. The lack of political will is a crucial element lacking in this matter. With all the natural disasters that have befallen the Philippines in recent years, it appears we continually fail to learn our lessons and keep repeating mistakes or ignoring things that need to be done, such as your recommendations. Climate change is indeed a game changer and is going to make this issue a lot more challenging in the years to come, yet climate change is nothing new. It has been a global issue for more than 5 years now. It is good that you bring this all up again, there is no harm in constantly reminding ourselves of what needs to get done.
Showing posts with label politics and social issues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics and social issues. Show all posts
29/10/2011
Manila Standard Today -- A culture of violence -- 2011/october/29
Manila Standard Today -- A culture of violence -- 2011/october/29:
An excellent article Ms. Angsioco. You make a very valid point there with regard to our prevailing culture and the socialization undergone by our children. As you have mentioned, the culture of violence stems from other facets of our culture such as our predominantly male oriented/dominated (macho and chauvinistic) society, and the glorification of guns and violence in media and in our daily lives. I share your view that we must start with the children, institute steps so that their socialization process is markedly different from the current one that only serves to feed the existence of our current culture of violence. Unfortunately, as we note the growing incidences of bullying in schools, I think there is a very, very large challenge we have ahead of us. It will probably take a few generations before we turn the situation. However, given the enormity of the task at hand, we need to start now. Small steps are better than not taking any step forward at all, otherwise, we will just continually find ourselves reading off the list of names of people who died under violent circumstances.
28/10/2011
20/10/2011
She cried rape — and no one helped - TODAY People - TODAY.com
She cried rape — and no one helped - TODAY People - TODAY.com:
The running over of a 2-yr old child in China while people did nothing (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article … China.html )is the latest example of something going horribly wrong with humanity. No one seems to care anymore. It's not limited to one particular country either, in 2009 in a NY subway a woman was raped screaming for help but the person in the ticket booth didn't do anything to help other than inform police. While not expecting the person to physically interfere as he wasn't trained for that situation, the victim claimed he at least could have used the public address system to try scare off the attacker (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/30105703/ … p95cJuBrqH).
Are society's or humanity's sense of values deteriorating? Is it everyone for himself/herself now? I'd really love and hope to be proven wrong and I am really interested to hear your views and comments. Thank you.
Are society's or humanity's sense of values deteriorating? Is it everyone for himself/herself now? I'd really love and hope to be proven wrong and I am really interested to hear your views and comments. Thank you.
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