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Society, wherever you may be, is corrupted. But it doesn't always have to be the government who should be blamed.

I just finished reading F. Sionil Jose's Ermita. Such a poignant novel! I'd like to quote the author himself when his novel has been translated into Korean. “This novel is more of a metaphor about the prostitution of Filipinos and the decay of our society. The story has a universal theme because all over the world many people are prostitutes without knowing it." I have bookmarked some quotes in the novel but I haven't posted them online. Not yet.

Another society issue that perturbs me, though it has done so before, is the injustice to the natives of the land, be it here in the Philippines or abroad. I just finished watching the nineteenth episode of CSI: NY season 5. It upsets me everytime I hear or know that natives have been deprived of their rights.

I appreciate how CSI: NY features issues in the society. There was another episode where they featured an issue about  an e-waste dumpsite in China. I can't remember the name of the place but it was definitely loathesome. This is a link in National Geographic's website. It has no connection with the CSI: NY episode.

As for present issues, I cannot elaborate each of those that I know. I quite have a short memory. But there's this thing about a Guantanamo prison in Cuba. I don't really have any idea about this issue, but I will do my research. Having watched Prison Break changed my way of thinking towards inmates. Guilty or not, it is not right to throw any prejudice to any of them. NGC will feature it tomorrow, 05 April 2009. I can't wait to watch it.

We live in a rotten world but that doesn't justify any negligence to these issues, as well as to those I have not mentioned. And before I forget, Darfur is still in malady.

 

I never worry about action, but only inaction. Churchill 101.