TALK OF THE TOWN

          Usong topiko ngayon ang kahirapan. Not because it is fashionable but because most of us are buried deep in it.

          Rallies are everywhere again.  Pero sana lang when rallies happen, para lang iparating ang hinaing at manggising ng kinauukulan.  Destruction of public properties and disruption of the general peace and order should be avoided.  Lalo lang tatagal ang tulong para sa atin kasi maaabala pa ang kinauukulan sa paggasta at pagkumpuni ng mga nasira at pagpapanumbalik sa kaayusan.

         Kawalan ng trabaho ang isang itinuturong dahilan at sangayon ako diyan ngunit hindi rin naman tama na ibunton ang lahat ng sisi sa gobyerno.

         I don’t know if it is just the media playing us or it is the actual truth. Marami sa mga ipinapalabas ay hindi man lang magpasalamat sa natatanggap na  pera galing sa gobyerno sa halip ay naghahangad pa ng mas malaki. Mabuti nga iyon at sila ay nakatanggap na hindi gaya ng iba na wala. Kulang ba ang tulong o sobra lang tayong mapanghangad ng pangmadaliang grasya.  Alin ba ang mas mainam, meron kahit kaunti o iyong talagang walang-wala?

         I want to be enlightened about whether population growth really has no contribution on the poverty of a country.  Personally, I believe it has. 

         Tingnan natin ang isang pamilya ng lima. Sa isang mahirap na komunidad.  Ilan sa mga bata ang makakapag-aral, ilan ang sasabak agad sa trabaho upang makatulong, ilan ang magkakaroon ng sapat na kaalaman upang makahanap ng disenteng trabaho? At ilan pa ba ang maisisilang sa pamilyang ito?  I heard an argument that in every mouth added in a family is not necessarily a burden for with it come two hands and two feet.  Nandoon na ako pero bago pakinabangan ang mga biyas na iyon ay ang pagpapalaki muna sa nagmamayari sa mga ito at pagbibigay edukasyon nang sa gayon ay makatulong at magamit sa wastong paraan those two hands and two feet that come with that mouth that needs feeding.  Of course a big family is happy but honestly, until when will they be happy when everyday they hear are the grumblings of a hungry stomach, the creak of an overcrowded shanty, and the suppressed sighs of overburdened parents, or see the blisters at the hands of under paid under aged sibs, sons or daughters or the envy in their eyes for children their age that go to school, wear decent clothes and eat decent meals even if sometimes late?  I am not pessimistic; this is just the truth no matter how harsh.

What’s wrong with family control?  I have nothing against big families if they are living well even for a daily basis but for a big family that still gets bigger even when the odds barely meet, then nandoon ang problema.  I can’t help but notice na ang malalaki pa manding pamilya ay iyong medyo or talagang hikahos sa buhay then blame the world for getting poorer each time.  I hope this doesn’t make me an opponent of the pro-lifers dahil ako man ay against sa abortion and abortionists but really, is it any different from bringing a child in this world and subject them to daily tortures of poverty?  Is condom bad? As far as I’m concerned, life only begins at the union of gametes that do not happen in condom use- I am not promoting the product, I am simply saying the very basic principle involved in its use.  Withdrawal?  Well, maybe it is effective but com’on I believe only a few are really that good in self-control in that department otherwise they would have opted for abstinence- and again that’s not bad either, in fact, I believe everybody agrees that it is the most effective birth control. So next time, instead of simply saying pro-life, why don’t we try pro-decent living condition life?

Of course paghihirap is what brings the best in us at times but let us face it, that is just the optimistic and philosophical part of it, the instance when suffering ends into something good but without sugar coating it, the other side of it would be child labor, crimes committed just to survive or the hatred to powers that be both divine and human at the instance when volleys of trials drive our noses closer to the grindstone and still seem not to end.

Again, hindi natin mareresolba ang mga bagay sa pagbibintang sa iba ng mga bagay na sa simula’t sapul ay alam naman natin sa ating sarili na kaya nating labanan sa pinakatamang maaaring paraan.  Hindi masama ang humingi ng tulong sa iba o sa gobyerno man ang masama ay ang di man lang pagpapasalamat pagdating ng tulong maliit man o kahit pa kulang kumpara sa wala.  Kahit naman kasi mga trabaho na bigay ng gobyerno, kahit simple ay nangangailangan ng mga kaalaman kahit sabihin pa na basic sa school and yet hindi matanggap ang iba sa mahihirap na pamilya dahil dito and the cycle starts again in blaming the government when the problem is in fact within.

We can do this; all we have to do is believe and most importantly, act responsibly.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 at 8:21 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.