this comment was posted on fb. And I responded thus, by response one and two. thought it a good write up for blog, so here it is.
Jamela Khan I may be laughing but truth is I am weeping.....
where were all the activists in the last 7 years??? Look at the state we are in???
Response One:
what do you call an activist?
i know two for sure. Wayne and Peter; Burton included/...anybody i saw getting hauled off for standing up for something; anybody peddling a certain view point in public full view (FB does not count)...Verna, Haz...el
people representing a voiceless segment of the population or representing a different idea than the status quo...in public platform...
who fits that description?
and why for just the seven years? was life wonderful before then?
were women not getting chopped like meat? Children not being preyed upon? an entrenchment of a twisted politic; did that not take hold before a seven years? was corruption, smartmen and the women who support them not the policy and practice before seven years?
PEA wrote a note "identify the corruption" or something like that...listing all the kakalang bachhanal...a list long so (make move to arm) lol
trying to understand that framework you offer in the post
cultures, religions, ideologies and society of materialism, status, money and position reigned/reigns...how do activist fit in that?
are you suggesting they, the activists would have been good at turning things around.
why is Verna so silent? where is she, by the way?
thanks for reminding me my to do list for today...
Response Two:
how! and shall said activists change the way every single citizen behaves, thinks and comports in this country? get educated, not in school or book, but in knowing how to live; that teaches people cleanliness, civility, kindness, care, for environment, for their homes, for the streets on which they live, to package and store their environments so their surroundings are not health hazards of scorn: that would teach said persons, all, how to parent, how to be an adult and not just grown children killing themselves and other innocents on the road, those who wish to no longer cleave to them in relationships, or more importantly, know the responsibility of being a citizen, its function and form in a nation. what it means democracy. and how to vote accordingly...
hm
seems I have just written myself from activist to citizen. citizen to person. and what kind, form and ;level of function
we need to start making the burden too much to bear and projecting other responsibilities to others. if we all do our individual part, we would never be here. Never.
but, plenty people say, folk just reach so give them a chance. i just find it peculiar, they reach, after 48 years, but no everything but sense and common sense.
give the activist time to know themselves...maybe the 1.8 million of them will emerge soon enough
;)
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