Comments on: the radical significance of EDSA http://stuartsantiago.com/the-radical-significance-of-edsa/ Tue, 22 May 2012 06:34:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ayce http://stuartsantiago.com/the-radical-significance-of-edsa/#comment-73794 Ayce Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:49:10 +0000 http://www.stuartsantiago.com/?p=1924#comment-73794 I was just researching on EDSA for school work.. I dont know if you would take it under or even give a proper glance to my own comment but I hope that you would take in a brief consideration.. You are right though it has a significance of non-violence, not only that it had remove the reign of Marcus from us.. but still Marcus's family still has political power.. care to research on it if you wish or it spikes your interest.. Nothing has changed actually except those two biggest ways.... think it through thought who followed Marcus and did nothing else except change him.. Hope you enjoyed my boredom of speech ^_^ I was just researching on EDSA for school work.. I dont know if you would take it under or even give a proper glance to my own comment but I hope that you would take in a brief consideration.. You are right though it has a significance of non-violence, not only that it had remove the reign of Marcus from us.. but still Marcus’s family still has political power.. care to research on it if you wish or it spikes your interest.. Nothing has changed actually except those two biggest ways…. think it through thought who followed Marcus and did nothing else except change him.. Hope you enjoyed my boredom of speech ^_^

]]> By: supot http://stuartsantiago.com/the-radical-significance-of-edsa/#comment-2182 supot Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:12:17 +0000 http://www.stuartsantiago.com/?p=1924#comment-2182 Corruption within the Philippines may regretably always be there unless we wholly change each and every aspect in our government. Don't get me inappropriate but the Marcos' as opposed to the Arroyo regime has produced a lot more improvement. Anticipating a better future with the Aquino direction. Corruption within the Philippines may regretably always be there unless we wholly change each and every aspect in our government. Don’t get me inappropriate but the Marcos’ as opposed to the Arroyo regime has produced a lot more improvement. Anticipating a better future with the Aquino direction.

]]> By: mlq3 http://stuartsantiago.com/the-radical-significance-of-edsa/#comment-2181 mlq3 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:26:51 +0000 http://www.stuartsantiago.com/?p=1924#comment-2181 benk i did point out the ways have to change and people can't try to recreate it -one reason 2005 onwards failed was trying to manufacture a people power moment. but then i also said it (people power) has its own dynamics which also have to be present and also led to failure in 05 onwards -including a broader public consensus to try to keep things within institutional arenas. benk i did point out the ways have to change and people can’t try to recreate it -one reason 2005 onwards failed was trying to manufacture a people power moment. but then i also said it (people power) has its own dynamics which also have to be present and also led to failure in 05 onwards -including a broader public consensus to try to keep things within institutional arenas.

]]> By: mlq3 http://stuartsantiago.com/the-radical-significance-of-edsa/#comment-2180 mlq3 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:24:43 +0000 http://www.stuartsantiago.com/?p=1924#comment-2180 angela, no i said that's what some people say, and that some think it's a mistake to revisit it. but not my intention at all. angela, no i said that’s what some people say, and that some think it’s a mistake to revisit it. but not my intention at all.

]]> By: Buko-nuts & chopsuey http://stuartsantiago.com/the-radical-significance-of-edsa/#comment-2179 Buko-nuts & chopsuey Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:03:33 +0000 http://www.stuartsantiago.com/?p=1924#comment-2179 On the relevance of EDSA/1896 Revolution: Drawing a historical parallelism between these two events cannot be escaped since they were "sublimely" successful in its goal to end the tyranny of "despotic" regimes. unfortunately, both failed to bring home the bacon of societal change because the eventual leading elites could not resist the clerical influence on secular policies that is off-tangent with the moral values blindly accepted by herded faithfuls. while we had both achieved political emancipation, religous bigotry, hypocracy and superstitious belief hang tied the economic and social mobility of the marginalied poor leading to a political system adopted perfecetly in form but superficial in substance. As Sen. Arturo Tolentino has once said, our legal jurisprudence, which lawyers believed to be the great equalizier, is patterned after a Western style of democracy that suits an economic structure of equal men where the rule of law prevails. today, despite the spirit of change which EDSA I is being rehearsed, one significant monument we shall always appreciate is what Tita cory has done for the average Filipino is the restoration of the "freedom of speech and expression. This an area which unfortunately our educated elites have abused and committed the sin by "omission" by the powerful tri-media (both private and public) becaused they failed to elevate the political maturity and objectivity in projecting what the powerless sector needs to addressed by our government bureaucracy. That is why, we have this 'wowowee idiotcrcracy and this pseudo-nationalist group who called themselves anti-pinoy to make noise for nothing concrete and palpable effect to the marginalied poor. On the relevance of EDSA/1896 Revolution:
Drawing a historical parallelism between these two events cannot be escaped since they were “sublimely” successful in its goal to end the tyranny of “despotic” regimes. unfortunately, both failed to bring home the bacon of societal change because the eventual leading elites could not resist the clerical influence on secular policies that is off-tangent with the moral values blindly accepted by herded faithfuls. while we had both achieved political emancipation, religous bigotry, hypocracy and superstitious belief hang tied the economic and social mobility of the marginalied poor leading to a political system adopted perfecetly in form but superficial in substance. As Sen. Arturo Tolentino has once said, our legal jurisprudence, which lawyers believed to be the great equalizier, is patterned after a Western style of democracy that suits an economic structure of equal men where the rule of law prevails. today, despite the spirit of change which EDSA I is being rehearsed, one significant monument we shall always appreciate is what Tita cory has done for the average Filipino is the restoration of the “freedom of speech and expression. This an area which unfortunately our educated elites have abused and committed the sin by “omission” by the powerful tri-media (both private and public) becaused they failed to elevate the political maturity and objectivity in projecting what the powerless sector needs to addressed by our government bureaucracy.

That is why, we have this ‘wowowee idiotcrcracy and this pseudo-nationalist group who called themselves anti-pinoy to make noise for nothing concrete and palpable effect to the marginalied poor.

]]> By: angela http://stuartsantiago.com/the-radical-significance-of-edsa/#comment-2178 angela Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:06:51 +0000 http://www.stuartsantiago.com/?p=1924#comment-2178 hey benK ;) thanks, and i agree, no packaged construct this, but there were some things we did right during those four days (and in the run-up from the snap elections) in '86 that's worth checking out. hey benK ;) thanks, and i agree, no packaged construct this, but there were some things we did right during those four days (and in the run-up from the snap elections) in ’86 that’s worth checking out.

]]> By: BenK http://stuartsantiago.com/the-radical-significance-of-edsa/#comment-2177 BenK Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:59:13 +0000 http://www.stuartsantiago.com/?p=1924#comment-2177 Hmm, Manolo, seems angela is right; I remember reading the same thing. You shouldn't back-pedal, though, because it's a valid point. EDSA was very relevant to the moment and conditions in which it occurred. It's significance now, I think, is to help people realize that it never was some sort of packaged construct that can be pulled out, dusted off, and used again. Or to put it another way, the more-or-less spontaneous response to the moment is better than trying to do the same thing again in circumstances that can never even approximate, let alone be identical to, the circumstances of the original. Hmm, Manolo, seems angela is right; I remember reading the same thing. You shouldn’t back-pedal, though, because it’s a valid point. EDSA was very relevant to the moment and conditions in which it occurred. It’s significance now, I think, is to help people realize that it never was some sort of packaged construct that can be pulled out, dusted off, and used again. Or to put it another way, the more-or-less spontaneous response to the moment is better than trying to do the same thing again in circumstances that can never even approximate, let alone be identical to, the circumstances of the original.

]]> By: angela http://stuartsantiago.com/the-radical-significance-of-edsa/#comment-2176 angela Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:25:51 +0000 http://www.stuartsantiago.com/?p=1924#comment-2176 @mlq3 ;) ooops, did i mishear? i thought i heard you ask if maybe times have changed and so edsa no longer inspires, or something to that effect. maybe i was reading between the lines and incorrectly, sorry about that. @mlq3 ;) ooops, did i mishear? i thought i heard you ask if maybe times have changed and so edsa no longer inspires, or something to that effect. maybe i was reading between the lines and incorrectly, sorry about that.

]]> By: mlq3 http://stuartsantiago.com/the-radical-significance-of-edsa/#comment-2175 mlq3 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:53:13 +0000 http://www.stuartsantiago.com/?p=1924#comment-2175 wait, when did i say it's no longer relevant? i've been dwelling on edsa extensively lately precisely because it is significant. wait, when did i say it’s no longer relevant? i’ve been dwelling on edsa extensively lately precisely because it is significant.

]]> By: benign0 http://stuartsantiago.com/the-radical-significance-of-edsa/#comment-2174 benign0 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:13:42 +0000 http://www.stuartsantiago.com/?p=1924#comment-2174 Indeed, I see the Philippine Media as the next frontier that is in bad BAD need of revolutionary change. I created a page as my personal rallying point for this: http://getrealphilippines.com/philippinemedia/ :) Indeed, I see the Philippine Media as the next frontier that is in bad BAD need of revolutionary change.

I created a page as my personal rallying point for this:

http://getrealphilippines.com/philippinemedia/

:)

]]> By: Edward http://stuartsantiago.com/the-radical-significance-of-edsa/#comment-2173 Edward Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:26:07 +0000 http://www.stuartsantiago.com/?p=1924#comment-2173 Those anti-pinoys would bash anything pinoy hence the name. The brilliance is that they relate Philippine politics to wowowee, probably like relating American politics to Jerry Springer. Of course they are not to make a metaphor of it but to just destroy the show as a Filipino show. I never heard of them say anything positive about Filipinos which is a bias in itself. Those anti-pinoys would bash anything pinoy hence the name. The brilliance is that they relate Philippine politics to wowowee, probably like relating American politics to Jerry Springer. Of course they are not to make a metaphor of it but to just destroy the show as a Filipino show. I never heard of them say anything positive about Filipinos which is a bias in itself.

]]> By: GabbyD http://stuartsantiago.com/the-radical-significance-of-edsa/#comment-2172 GabbyD Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:36:30 +0000 http://www.stuartsantiago.com/?p=1924#comment-2172 also, whats wrong with wowowee? its a good show, entertaining.. a bit too sexy for noontime tho... also, whats wrong with wowowee? its a good show, entertaining.. a bit too sexy for noontime tho…

]]> By: GabbyD http://stuartsantiago.com/the-radical-significance-of-edsa/#comment-2171 GabbyD Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:34:45 +0000 http://www.stuartsantiago.com/?p=1924#comment-2171 re: talkshow hosts who are you talking about? re: talkshow hosts

who are you talking about?

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