YESTERDAY I POSTED a material that was recently forwarded to me by e-mail by a very good friend.† It is that of the message sent from jail by Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim.† Gen. Lim, as most Filipinos are aware of, is currently incarcerated for his involvement in a number of failed attempts to overthrow the present government.
I share my friendís views and convictions, and strongly at that, in so far as the current state of affairs in Philippine politics is concerned.† But I have never really done anything, not even lift a finger, to do something about it.
I guess I am one of those millions of Filipinos who know deep in their hearts that the current government is corrupt but are either too afraid or have grown cynical (that nothing will happen) to get involved.
When I started with my blog about a year ago I made a very conscious decision to be apolitical with my blogging.† I wanted my blog to have a ëpositiveí tone.† I wanted to write only about ëwonderfulí things.† I did not want to slight anybody who may differ with me in my beliefs and political leanings.
All of these are about to change.† I have decided that my ëpositiveí blogging will not make any things better if in reality there is chaos all around me.† How can I talk only of the ëwonderfulí things when there are so much ugly things happening in this country?
As a blogger I am just a small, irrelevant voice.† I donít even rank among the top 1,000 Fililpino bloggers (or maybe I do).† It doesnít matter.† I will add my faint voice to the millions of other faint voices out there.† I will use my passion for blogging to air what I and many others think and feel.† I will use my blog as another venue to ask the questions that every Filipino should be asking and which our current corrupt government refuses to listen to. †
I will be a more socially-involved blogger. #
Don’t lose hope, Bong. I was there last Friday. ‘Hope to see you in the next rally.
>Chiing-ching: Thanks for your comment. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Just last week I vowed to join the anti-chacha prayer rally in Makati. But the forces of inertia are strongly working against me. Too many convenient excuses not to go — monstrous traffic, get-together with friends. I think this is exactly the problem that afflicts many of us resulting to the rut we are in at present. Maybe we deserve PGMA and this government.
About time, Bong. I think it is from your blog where I read about how blogging played an important part in exposing the faked war records of a former US presidential candidate, ultimately leading to his decisive defeat. If all Filipino bloggers will speak out against the abuses of this government we may just succeed. We have to believe.