tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348132894440825809.post3933636347221580862..comments2023-05-26T06:55:34.442-04:00Comments on Notes from an Insomniac: Lernaean Hydra: the battle against impunity and its many layers<b>Lila R. Shahani</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18420435191083525621noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348132894440825809.post-55302097964972050802010-01-13T15:54:57.560-05:002010-01-13T15:54:57.560-05:00Thanks, all. Compact, I just registered in Philipp...Thanks, all. Compact, I just registered in Philippine Beat... ;-)<b>Lila R. Shahani</b>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18420435191083525621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348132894440825809.post-67326684975430906772010-01-05T20:59:17.880-05:002010-01-05T20:59:17.880-05:00Great blogs very informative. When you can check o...Great blogs very informative. When you can check out my blogs on <br /><a href="http://www.philippinebeat.com" rel="nofollow">www.philippinebeat.com</a><br /><br />Keep on blogging!compacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03135092416564845758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348132894440825809.post-779574011435996702010-01-03T22:58:06.948-05:002010-01-03T22:58:06.948-05:00And the Arroyo government should be included in th...And the Arroyo government should be included in the ICC filing, if only to record its having practically condoned past Maguindanao atrocities (murder of 2007 election rigging whistleblower, teacher Husma Dimasingsing, and abduction of two other teacher witnesses, among others). Now with the Ampatuan massacre, the Arroyo government seems to have planned the accommodation of a fall guy from the Jojo Soria de Veyrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10755588651423753783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348132894440825809.post-10413757297247989552009-12-29T15:08:34.831-05:002009-12-29T15:08:34.831-05:00Kudos for another provocative blog, Lila. The tho...Kudos for another provocative blog, Lila. The thought that all these events are seemingly from a masterfully drawn blueprint of conspiracy is menacing. <br /><br />Filipinos have been so calloused to incidents of corruption, inhumane crime such as the massacre that they quickly go through or even skip some steps in the DABDA process of dealing with any traumatic event(Denial, Anger, Bargaining,clucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03845850148013056423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348132894440825809.post-28538740400911079642009-12-29T05:19:55.657-05:002009-12-29T05:19:55.657-05:00Thank u for such a thoughtful post, John. I couldn...Thank u for such a thoughtful post, John. I couldn't agree with u more. But when I say "ancestors who built the nation," I'm not necessarily referring to the founding fathers (Rizal, Bonifacio), the heroes (Ninoy) or the political/economic elite who became our leaders (like Quezon, who had dubious allegiances, as u note) alone. I'm also referring to the ordinary men and <b>Lila R. Shahani</b>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18420435191083525621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348132894440825809.post-54937051941801673882009-12-29T00:16:53.849-05:002009-12-29T00:16:53.849-05:00Hi Lila:
I read your article with great interest...Hi Lila:<br /> I read your article with great interest and enthusiasm. It is quite an extensive research. My opinion regarding the whole issue in our dear country is summarized on the “Final Word” of your article---Mr. Fareed Zakaria described our country to be an “illiberal democracy”. I had the chance to read the Constitution(1987) and I agree with you that our country has a decent John Masiclathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596256513141480262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348132894440825809.post-14424128780143090922009-12-27T18:18:13.992-05:002009-12-27T18:18:13.992-05:00Bravo for these brilliant and lucid insights, Ms S...Bravo for these brilliant and lucid insights, Ms Shahani. The world obviously needs more people like u. <br /><br />The entire legal system apparently needs to be overhauled. Better checks and balances, greater accountability and higher wages would certainly provide less fertile ground for corruption and impunity. Hopefully young Filipinos will also be less apathetic about their future. <br /><brastrolabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12779069068248999661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348132894440825809.post-75372491585287797342009-12-27T15:18:15.515-05:002009-12-27T15:18:15.515-05:00Two things came to mind as I read through your pos...Two things came to mind as I read through your posting and tried to follow the labyrinthine discussion: Kafka's classic "Before the Law" and Bulosan's account of the rise of 'lawyers' as a new species and tribe of powerdealers in the early years of the American colonial regime in Part One of AMERICA IS IN THE HEART! For me, the two major problems of Filipinos and the Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13193978604739461021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348132894440825809.post-49001178482015999192009-12-26T23:26:34.479-05:002009-12-26T23:26:34.479-05:00Nice article.
While you identify a lot of issues,...Nice article.<br /><br />While you identify a lot of issues, I will zero in on the backlog in the justice system. The average court case takes at least eight years to resolve and the dockets of even the lower courts are filled with thousands of unresolved cases. One mechanism that seems to be working fine in my humble opinion is mediation. This mechanism was funded by multilateral agencies with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348132894440825809.post-4649947006352290312009-12-24T00:32:40.663-05:002009-12-24T00:32:40.663-05:00Kudos! my friend for another masterful piece. Glad...Kudos! my friend for another masterful piece. Glad to see you've rolled up your sleeves and wielded a scalpel this time, expertly incising this cadaver of a country and culture we call home, down to the minutiae details of hard data and facts that lend invaluable credence to the premise. Ending it with Hope and Recommendations (elated to see some of them) to boot..Fantastic!<br /><br />For #4Kabayanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09193220695703333254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348132894440825809.post-75594770951075971412009-12-23T00:13:49.973-05:002009-12-23T00:13:49.973-05:00(cont...)
Finally, I’ll say a bit about firearms ...(cont...)<br /><br />Finally, I’ll say a bit about firearms forensics. Almost immediately after the massacre, within a day or two, firearms confiscated from two early suspects were pronounced to have unequivocally been used in the massacre—by the PNP. Showing that they were no dummies and could handle operations in their area, the PNP announced that one of the guns was proven to have been used in<b>Lila R. Shahani</b>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18420435191083525621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348132894440825809.post-31318292266747347232009-12-23T00:12:48.875-05:002009-12-23T00:12:48.875-05:00Thank u so much for these comments, guys -- I'...Thank u so much for these comments, guys -- I'm truly honored...<br /><br />Another comment by a dear friend who prefers to remain anonymous:<br /><br />"You are absolutely right: it was indeed a masterful job! The thing that makes is even more frightening for the country is that it was also clearly a somewhat ad hoc affair. That means that GMA has some truly masterful people in the “<b>Lila R. Shahani</b>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18420435191083525621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348132894440825809.post-68415977347791312382009-12-22T23:21:48.933-05:002009-12-22T23:21:48.933-05:00The Ampatuan Massacre exemplifies what our country...The Ampatuan Massacre exemplifies what our country will become if we don't act and don't act fast enough: a collection of islands divided into fiefdoms ruled by political tyrants and plain war lords.<br /><br />Thank you, Lila, for this incisive analysis of the national situation, and for your recommendations. They can get us started on the road to recovery.<br /><br />I agree with you: Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348132894440825809.post-35691567610505423082009-12-22T21:30:42.908-05:002009-12-22T21:30:42.908-05:00Brilliant thoughts, as usual, Lila Shahani. But no...Brilliant thoughts, as usual, Lila Shahani. But not content with that, you offer solutions. Still not content with that, you subliminally challenge the present roster of candidates and voices in the wilderness of voters and propagandists (including closet propagandists) to stand up to solutions beyond the overwhelming scream of the usual campaign slogans and jingle bites. By this blog, you offer Jojo Soria de Veyrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10755588651423753783noreply@blogger.com