SK is a Waste of Taxpayers' Money

These kids are better off studying and not learning the way of corruption in their early years.

Exposing young adults to public positions in pursuit of public service may sound reasonable and full of good intentions. But these are the years when they need to go to college and be formally educated themselves.

CRITICAL THINKING is one of those rare things one, given enough effort and patience, may develop inside learning institutions.

Raising from the educational focus of intermediate learning institutions i.e., saturating high schoolers with facts and "what is" information, the value of critical thinking, among other things, lies in its capacity to allow interpretation of collected data through established theories, determining the proper context of circumstances or statements, and most importantly, encouraging individuals to inquire and to question long held assumptions, prejudices and traditional beliefs.

By exposing a young individual to a wide range of views, perspectives and ideas, one does not become easily compromised and readily susceptible to the wisecracks or rhetoric of some silly old fool acting as a fountain of wisdom.

The only education these kids will get if they join SK is how to become a traditional politician; devoid of a critical mind, skills in making distinctions and a principled conscience, these kids become masters of systemic graft & corruption and patronage: our very own TRAPOS.
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Truth Commission and Inquisitorial System

The Truth Commission, by going beyond its mandate, is about to turn into an inquisition run amok.

Peace bonds? Leave it to the Justice Department OR fire the current Justice Secretary and replace her with Davide as Justice Secretary! Since you did not trust the findings of the committee reports on the hostage taking, might as well be done with De Lima.

There is so much focus on the granduer of creating special investigative bodies these days, one forgets that the issue is not the government institution in charge of the investigation, but how will justice be served and how long will the people wait in order to see justice done.
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Lèse Majesté and the Philippine Supreme Court

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Thank goodness for impeachment or 70 years of age!

Oops. If no one files a suit on their behalf, the Supremes will just issue a Motu Propio decision to make the impeachment process unconstitutional.

In any case, why use "Motu Propio" as opposed to "Nostra Sponte?" The former sounds like an order from a sovereign while the latter is a plain and practical description of the nature of the judicial order.

The use of those two latin terms is indicative of what the SC think of themselves.

That is what we get when jurists are constitutionally granted the power to make their own rules.

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Criticizing Cheekygadfly: Lost Opportunities and Living a "Normal" Life

The first impression one with normal capacity and delight for deep thought and critical thinking with regard to the title of this article is that I have gone mad that I now criticize my two months absence of sharing unwanted spoken nuisances.

That having lived what normal people do should be most commendable, given that it preserves harmony and prevents discord certainly did occur to me; as to its appeal, that is a different matter.

The joy of the unending cycle of sleep, taking a bath, work, going home, interaction with others, eating, again and again and again seems quite fulfilling; monotony has provided the meaning and given the purpose, for the many, of existence.

Life, as the many knows it, endures by satisfying our daily needs and our present wants, and seeks to maintain what it once was. Self-preservation, even the preservation of order in society, becomes directly related to shunning all things that would disturb the present scheme of things.

Unable to see the potential of uncertainty, or as Tolkien would always say "things un-looked for," we become afraid of seeking the unknown and fear the consequence of taking leaps of faith.

To the many these days, Abraham's journey to Canaan, following a nameless, unseen and violent Voice, commanding him to live in a place far away, to leave his family and away from the confines of comfort and safety as provided for by his homeland, the land of Ur, is none other than lunacy.

Indeed, change frightens us all. As such, we cling to the old; tradition is so ingrained in our minds that we cannot even distinguish it from what we profess to believe in and thus should aspire to most.

Worst, in order to preserve what gives us comfort and harmony, our beliefs must then be interpreted in a manner consistent with the demands of and must comport to a prescribed and predestined lifestyle.

Lo and woe to anything that challenges our present way of thinking, that offends our sense of peace and decorum, and that seeks to destroy life as we know it!


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Under these circumstances, subsequent articles are to be written.

More to come.
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