Quite a lot of issues have hugged the limelight in the last few months. Some of them are funny. Some are irritating. Others are just plain stupid. Anyway, here are some of the stories I've been meaning to react to.
One funny issue is Venus Raj's hair during the Bb. Pilipinas 2011 coronation night. I know this issue is not going to shape the country in anyway but I still find it 'cute' so let me write about it. Her stylist made her hair curly. No! Not those big curls to make the hair 'big and bouncy'. Small waves were made. One comment on twitter says 'Nuestra Senora del Venus Raj'. The one who twitted it is obviously saying that her hair looks like that of a 'poon' (image of a saint ) or Sto. Nino. She is the model of a hair conditioner so what was her stylist thinking. But you know, they were able to use it (the situation) wisely in her newest commercial. Look for transcripts of the presscon for that commercial and read between the lines. Watch the commercial carefully and you will also see a connection. Genius!(This makes me wonder if it was really done on purpose.)
Another issue that made twitter and facebook really busy was that of Willing Willie and the young 'macho dancing' boy. A lot of comments have been said. Threats of legal cases have been hurled from all sides. But for me, the real issue is simple. Just know the difference between being an adult and being a child and you will know what (or who?) is right and wrong. A child may want something (desperately) but you do not necessarily need to give in. If it's going to have negative effects on the child then why allow him or her. Yes, it is an adults responsibility to make a child happy but it is also his or her responsibility to protect the child from anything that will harm him or her now or in the future. And also, not because a child has done something several times in the past means you can allow him to do it again and again. Doing something repeatedly does not make that something right. Right?
The ombudsman issue has also occupied a lot of precious newspaper space. It has been in the news for a rather long time already. However, last I heard, ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez has already resigned. Some are happy about it. Some are not. Some are happy because she is already out of office they can put somebody they trust (hopefully not somebody they are intending to turn into their own version of Mercy). Some are not happy because they can longer put her on trial (impeachment trial). They say there are also senators who are not happy because they will not be able to show their 'skills' in debate on national tv. They say some are looking forward to it because they need this 'show' to boost their popularity for the next elections. For me, there is really no need for that impeachment case. No need for it to go on tv. People have already judged her anyway. People already have their own conclusions. Thus, I think, it would be better for the case to be tried in a court where there will be no television cameras. It could be in an RTC, in the Sandigan Bayan, the Supreme Court - wherever - just as long as it will not be used to advance the career or popularity of someone.
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