tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105695317663541952.post4551955339697430808..comments2007-06-24T13:34:40.472-07:00Comments on edsarevolt: ARTICLE REVIEW on MATURE DEMOCRACY: Governance in a Postmodern World by Ken White http://www.chaordic.org/speeches_mature_democracy.htmlErnesto Posadas Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08425316576844559212noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105695317663541952.post-3859882506371851342007-06-24T13:34:00.000-07:002007-06-24T13:34:00.000-07:00tiki, Interesting. Ken White - a Harvard professor...tiki, Interesting. Ken White - a Harvard professor - delivered this speech 5 years ago and was given to us for reflection in our graduate school class. He said he will meditate on my "critique" and was happy to receive feedbacks that enhances his knowledge - this time from "a Filipino perspective".Ernesto Posadas Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08425316576844559212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105695317663541952.post-76350493165419151662007-06-23T10:45:00.000-07:002007-06-23T10:45:00.000-07:00So much for a "mature" democracy:http://www.youtub...So much for a "mature" democracy:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFETiki Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15933590834437192654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105695317663541952.post-31401698191348888452007-06-13T23:03:00.000-07:002007-06-13T23:03:00.000-07:00missy,change is universal albeit on deferent timel...missy,change is universal albeit on deferent timelines. society can either succumb to the natural process of war and revolution or design it to minimize the birth-pain. the non-violence of gandhi and mandela seems to take a lifetime. like you, i too am impatient. the change of leadership however must be complimented by a change of the system in order to prevent the ogre from reappearing. i have suggested a form of government at http://edsarevolutions.blogspot.com that is self-organizing to keep the political elite in line. john kennedy said, "those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable".Ernesto Posadas Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08425316576844559212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1105695317663541952.post-31510219629345910932007-06-11T16:39:00.000-07:002007-06-11T16:39:00.000-07:00"There are good laws and there are bad laws. Any l..."There are good laws and there are bad laws. Any law that impinges on the individual’s right to privacy or its human rights should automatically be rejected by society, and not be “embedded” in it. Governments could either favor allies or harass oppositions through the deft manipulation of the “due process of law”. ..." Ken White<BR/><BR/>Yes, Democracy is a process and is founded on the basic principles of government that makes it democratic. One of these principles is as stated by Ken, the rights to privacy. And the rest of the "rights" are in themselves, founded on one basic idea; that we, as individuals, are endowed with inalienable rights, upon which all the laws imbedded therein ends. The litmus test of the laws' constitutionality is the degree in which they strengthen and secure individual freedom to participate in the governing of a country or a nation. Does Gloria Arroyo understand these principles? How about her prostituted members of the justice system?<BR/><BR/>I suggest we observe a moment of silence for all the souls of Filipinos who died from the hands of those who are protecting the right of Gloria to exercise the power of a president without authority from the Filipino people. Trillanes needs to be protected from harms way coming from Gloria Arroyo’s supporters. They do not know what democracy is.missy otthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12168673684622736075noreply@blogger.com