Excuse me, the rights I am referring to is rights movement of near-bogus or exactly bogus character.
NGOs--thanks to the Marcos, Cory, Ramos, Erap, Gloria eras for making them bloom and mushroom all over the place-- particularly the increasingly corporate-like ones, spend so much money for travel and publicity of rights causes; speaking as if they are one with the poor majority, the marginalized peoples. (People's and community organizations are a different a lot. I believe in them.)
Yes, being with NGOs for a long time made me analytical and be concerned about what's happening in the world, or even just this country. But now, I am seeing some NGO bosses use their organizations for career venture, if not a luxury and travel endeavors made to look like selfless service to the people. Kapalmuks no?
There are just so many of them pretending to be rights advocate when their talk is much much more than actual deeds. Travel here and there, all over the Phlippines and the world attending conferences, meetings and presenting papers read only by themselves because they are just so engrossed in their own words and worlds. Living in style, a citizen of the world, a world-class intellectual. If we convert their travel expenses and allowances to sacks of rice, we can feed so many communities, believe me.
We like to blame politicians for spending or taking money for the wrong things but who among corporate-like NGO top bosses is not doing it? Siguro meron pa. Sana. Pero kaunti na lang sila.
Pinoproblema daw ang usapin tungkol sa rights, may nagawa ka na ba para sa rice? Oo, rice para sa mga taong gutom, yung nasa malalayong lugar, yung mga hindi kayang umattend ng NGO conferences.
Gosh, hay naku, grabe... if you know what I mean. Ilagak nyo sa nararapat yang sandamukal na mulah na ninenenok nyo. Hinayupak kayo. Orocan, tupperware, ceramic ware, software, plasticware!
Bato-bato sa langit, tamaan please magalit! Now na!
O siya, matatanim pa ako ng kamote.
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