BOXING A SPORT?

1.       

       Boxing is a heinous crime, legalized and masquerading as a sport;

2.       From start to finish a boxing bout, from the choice of gloves, to the rulings on what are considered legal and illegal punches to defeat the opponent, barbarism is very evident in the sport;

3.       The punches of a boxer are aimed at immobilizing his or her opponent with a strike on the head or a body. Even a medical doctor would readily agree that a punch on the head could cause a blood clot in the brain;

4.       In boxing, the only target is to defeat the opponent by making him or render the other as a human vegetable, unable to think, to stand, to move, to act or any other state that would render him/her unable to continue doing the sport;

5.       History says that boxing was supposed to have started in ancient Greece under a ruler who allowed two men seated in front of each other to fight to death. In Rome, it also became a sport where fighters were usually criminals and slaves who wanted to earn their freedom;

6.       Two ancient rulers were humane enough to have banned boxing: one was Caesar Augustus, also known Octavian and was considered Pax Romana or Roman Peace, and Theodoric the Great (500 BC) who had great respect for Roman culture and was the patron of Philosophers and historians;

7.       Manuel Velasquez, a man from Florida compiled a list of injured boxers and fatalities. He started this research after his friend, Nego, a Floridian boxer was committed to an asylum after being diagnosed as being mentally incompetent due to head injuries caused by engaging in boxing.

a.       In his research, he mentions that the USA (according to the Journal of Combative 45; South AFriSport written by Joseph R. Svint) tops it all with 590 deaths followed by England with 143. Australia with 65; Japan and Mexico with 45; South Africa with 34 and on the 7^th place, the Philippines with 29;

b.       Ruptured blood vessels in the brain, heart conditions and head injuries were the usual causes of boxing deaths;

c.       The American Medical Association in 1983, called boxing an obscene sport that shoud not be sanctioned by any civilized society. The AMA claims that “three out of four boxers who have twenty or more professional fights show some brain deterioration;”

d.       The British, Canadian, Australian and World Medical Associstions also want the game to be abolished;

e.       The American Neurological Association and the American Academy of Neurology share the same views;

8.       The country, after undergoing the People Power Movement in 1986 should already lead all the nations of the world in condemning the sport as anti-democratic, inhuman and only lit for barbaric situations which shod ot exist at all in any human society;

9.       All national and local officials should be banned from engaging in the sport as they are putting up the mistaken role of a committed public servant to the young generation. Boxing is a dangerous sport for the yung, and any official who engages in it is setting up a negative and crude example of being sporty.

1   Engaging in boxing could cause brain damage and make an official render irrational analyses and discussions of political problems besetting the society, the country and the world in the name of internationalism; and

A need exists for a legal decision to decide if the sport should be part of Philippine culture at all.



Construction molle avec Haricots bouillis : Prémonition de la guerre civile, 1936, Dalí.

LOSS OF US SENATE SEATS

How can an unresolved attempted rape ever become  a cause for fear of mothers that their sons would suffer the same fate as that new SC justice?

Apparently the IO has a deep understanding of the psychology of the American people -- playing on their fears, anxieties and terrorizing them about imaginary events. 

What he had said were mere speculation and yet it razed the people's equanimity and made them vote Republican. 

Could this have been the cause for the sweeping away of the Senate seats?  

I think his political adviser from the other continent has a deep understanding of the American public. 




The Sowers by Thomas Hart Benton, 1942

VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT: IS YOUR SENSE OF FEMINIST JUSTICE RESERVED FOR A FEW?

Dear Folks, 


Kindly analyze this: out of 12 slots for visual exhibition at the Cultural center of the Philippines in 2017 only two are women. I submitted the works of our organization Kalipunan ng Malalayang Pilipina which spans 30 years of producing educational materials with a feminist perspective, starting in 1988. Come to think of it, is there a discriminatory attitude of the CCP Visual Arts towards us when Kamalapina is a pioneer and an active presence in the visual arts? In fact, our program, Halina Kabaro, a TV program over Channel 4 won the Catholic Mass Media Awards in 1987. Then in 2002, we also produced a 25-minute film on abortion portraying the oppressive condition of an urban poor woman who got impregnated yearly (three girls) by her husband dazed by the idea of having a male child. In 1996, we put up the Papetshow ni Lolay and produced 12 shows for six years at the Museo Pambata. In 1996 also, we produced the Feminismo Primer pamphlet, colored cover and black and white illustrated contents which educates the reader on the fundamentals of equality in the home, the community and the larger society. 

Where is justice, Ms. Estrada?

Here are the names of the artists as written by Rica Estrada, 

CCP-Visual Arts & Museum Division

"The selected proposals for 2017 are as follows:

Proponent	Exhibit
1.) Agustin Fontanilla II	KRISTO y KRISTOS
2.) Angel Velasco Shaw (curator)	Appropriation
3.) Russ Ligtas	Another World
4.) Rene Aquitania	WALKING STILL
5.) Kaff-eine	Happyland
6.) Canvas Gallery	Letters of Arrest
7.) Lilo Gutierrez	Solo exhibit
8.) Ciron Seneres	Gray Horizon
9.) Paolo Icasss	Solo exhibit
10.) Samantha Feleo 11.) Datu Arellano 12.) Vivian Limpin and Josephine Mosa	THE HORIZON OF EXPECTATIONS Tahigami Filipina Women of Myth

LOTTO'S INSIDIOUS EFFECT

Bakit ka tumataya sa lotto? Para gumanda ang buhay ko. 

Magkano ang tinataya mo araw-araw? P52 pesos -- kasama na run ang EZ 2.

So sa loob ng isang buwan, tumataya ka ng P1,456. Sa loob ng isang taon, ilang beses kang nanalo? 

Isang beses. 

Magkano ho?

Apat na libo. 

Sa loob ng isang taon, 1,456 x 52 na linggo = P75,712 ang tinataya mo. Pero apat na libo lang panalo mo. 

Oo, ganun nga. 

Folks, our people are being deluded into thinking that life is always a matter of chance. This has an insidious effect -- they will no longer have pride over working hard and earning a good income. Instead, pakuyakuyakoy na pagtaya tuwing umaga at maghihintay ng bola ng PCSO. 

Maganda ba yun? 

I think that Lotto should have only small prizes. Let our people win little by litte and don't make them dream of a million and more because it is such an adventurous frustrating endeavor. 

The 1 Billion winners the other week do not look like they won the prize for themselves. Who really won? I don't think they are ordinary bettors. 

BAKAL

HINDI BA ANG BAKAL AY NAPAKATIGAS? Kung gagamitin itong panghampas tiyak itong makakasakit at higit pa diyan, makamamatay. 

Kaya lang ito talaga ang ginagawang panggawa ng traysikel. 


Mahilig akong sumakay sa traysikel -- maliit, mabilis, at mura (kung minsan). Kaya lang bakal ang paligid nito. 

Bakal ang paanan,bakal ang bubong, bakal ang mga nasa tagiliran. 

At kapag kaskasero ang drayber, o parang ahas sa daan ang pagpapatakbo, tiyak na tatalsik-talsik ka sa kaliwa't kanan o kaya bubunggo sa bubong ang iyong ulo. 

Masakit di ba? Siyempre. 

Baka magkabukol ka o kaya ay magkatumor at mamatay ng kanser. 

Pero wala ba talagang magagawa tungkol dito?

May pangarap ako -- na lahat ng traysikel ay upholstered ang buong loob. Malambot ang mga paligid, ang bubong at may carpet ang paanan. Nang sa ganito ang katawan ng tao ay hindi masasaktan kapag nagmabilis man ng takbo o magpagiwang-giwang ang drayber. 

At kailangang uniform din ang ba-ba ng tapakan papasok -- hindi yung may mataas o mababa. 

Mahirap bang gumawa ng order ang LTFRB para mangyari ito? 


Tricycle 3D Angelo Buenaventura

SI NUNAL, ISANG BABAENG NANG-AASAR

May isang babaeng nagtatrabaho sa isang mall, si Nunal.  Mataas ang katungkulan niya at meron siyang sideline: ang mang-asar ng isang mamimili.

Tatabihan niya ito at magkukunwaring interesado sa mamimili yun pala ay aasarin niya -- kakanta siyang ng mga awiting may salitang "lukaret" patama pero disimulado. 

Hindi alam ni Nunal kung bakit ginagawa niya ito. Pero siguro buwisit siya sa buhay niya at kailangan niyang mabago ang mundo niya paminsan-minsan. Pero sinisigurado niyang kikita siya sa ginagawa niya. 

Tuwang-tuwa naman ang kumukuha sa kanyang gawin ang pang-aasar. Nakatayo ito sa hindi kalayuan at tinitingnan ang ginagawa niya. Pagkatapos ay babayaran siya. 

Isang ideya ito para sa isang animasyon. Ipagpapatuloy pa. 

MUSEO NG KAGITINGAN

Mabigat ang mga paa ni Lorena papunta sa konsulada. Ayaw na ayaw niyang magpunta kasi hanggang ngayon ay nangangalisag ang kanyang mga balahibo tuwing maaalala niya ang nangyari sa kay Kashoggi noong ikalawa ng Oktubre, 2018. 

Nasa kuwarto sila at nagtatrabaho pero pinauwi sila ng maaga. Natagalan siyang makapagbalot kaya narinig niya ang mga pangyayari. 

Aaaaah. Ayoko, ayokong umuwi sa bansa natin. Papatayin nyo lang ako run. 

Hindi, hindi ka namin papatayin. 

Basta ayokong sumamasa inyo. 

Ah hindi ha. Heto, heto ang mangyayari sa mga daliri mo. Ang mga daliri mong ginagamit mo sa paninira sa kaharian. 

Aaaah...ahhhhh..... 

Mga demonyo....kay......

Sumilip si Lorena sa pinto at nakita niyang wala ng ulo ang si Kashoggi na pinalilibutan ng may labinlimang kalalakihan. 

Heto na heto ang ulo niya. Balutin nyo na yan. At ipapadala natin sa kaharian. 

At narinig ni Lorena na parang may naglalagare ng buto. Nang sumilip siya nakita niya ang lalaki, may headset, na pinuputol-putol, nilalagare ang katawan ni Kashoggi na kanina pa sumisigaw. Parang siyang masusuka sa eksenang nakita niya. 

Nagsalita ang naglalagare-- Kung hindi ninyo matagalang tumingin dito, makinig na lang kayo sa musika. 

Kinilabutan siya at tahimik na sinarang muli ang pinto. Naisip-isip ni Lorena, kung ganito sila kasistematiko sa pagkilos, marahil ay marami na rin silang napagpraktisang gawin yung mga ginawa nila sa lalaki. 

Nang maramdaman niyang nag-alisan na lahat, dahan-dahan siyang tumalilis. 

Sa mga sumunod na araw, maraming nagpuntahang mga taga media at taga gubyerno. Nag-uusisa. Galit na galit dahil ginawang slaughterhouse ang konsulada na nakatirik sa lupa ng gubyerno, na pinahiram lamang sa banyagang bansang ito. 

Hindi maaaring hindi bumalik si Lorena sa opisina para magtrabaho nguni't parang sementeryo ang pupuntahan niya at hindi opisina. 

Paano kayang naging miyembro ng Nagkakaisang Bansa ang bansang kumikitil ng mga mamamahayag, naitanong ni Lorena sa sarili niya. 

Makalipas ang ilang araw, may bumabang memo: gagawin na raw ng gubyerno na museo ang konsulada bilang pagtanaw sa kabayanihan ng lalaking napatay. Manunulat si Kashoggi na tumutuligsa sa mapaniil at malupit na kaharian at hindi marunong kumilala sa karapatang pantao. Paaalisin na raw ang dating mga taga konsulada dahil taliwas sa kagalingang pandaigdig ang ginawa nila. 

Kailangang makahanap na si Lorena ng ibang trabaho. 






Sinulat ni Emma Orozco  

CREEPING FASCISM

DECIPHERING MEANINGS BEHIND WORDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Folks read These:

 

Wednesday, October 24

TRUMP: KHASHOGGI KILLING ‘WORST COVER-UP’ Trump called the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi “the worst cover-up ever.” He told journalists: “They had a very bad original concept. It was carried out poorly and the cover-up was one of the worst cover-ups in the history of cover-ups. Very simple. Bad deal, should have never been thought of. Somebody really messed up.” [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook

 

Questions: 1. Was he talking as how a president of a democratic Country should be or just as a bureaucrat who likes analyzing Projects?

2. Was he talking as a Moral individual who could be sensitive to the plight of any victim of violence?

3. Was he teaching the Saudians how to be more refined in their aggressiveness and violent Actions?

4. Was he speaking and acting as a leader who would guide the People to the path of a very righteous land?

It pays to analyze the words of a leader in order to know where he is bringing the world - to more bloody endings or a haven for all who are tired of what is going on now - wars, Inflation, Powerplays and many more.

CRUELTY: A TOOL OF DICTATORS

WHERE DOES SENSE OF CRUELTY COME FROM? WHY ARE THERE CRUEL PEOPLE? READ THESE:

TRUMP PRAISES GOP REP WHO ASSAULTED REPORTER President Donald Trump praised Republican lawmaker Greg Gianforte, who last year assaulted a Guardian reporter. “Any guy that can do a body slam, he’s my kind of guy,” Trump said at a rally in Montana, as supporters cheered him on.

Huffington Post, October 19, 2017

According to an account in the pro-government daily newspaper Yeni Şafak, and a later report citing Turkish officials by the New York Times, the audio recording proves that Khashoggi was seized as soon as he entered the office of the Saudi consul, Mohammad al-Otaibi, on 2 October.

The dissident journalist was beaten and had his fingers cut off, according to the news account. Otaibi asked for the torture to be done outside his office, saying: “You will put me in trouble.”

“If you want to live when you come back to Arabia, shut up,” the consul was told by a Saudi hit team who had flown to Istanbul hours before Khashoggi’s planned visit to the consulate, where he had expected to pick up legal papers he needed to get married.

Khashoggi was beheaded and his body was cut up. A Saudi forensics specialist Salah Muhammad al-Tubaigy can be heard putting on headphones to listen to music and telling others to do the same while the body was dismembered, according to the reports.

Investigators believe that after the killing, Khashoggi’s body was taken to the consul general’s house, where it was disposed of.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/17/jamal-khashoggi-pompeo-to-meet-erdogan-as-gory-reports-of-killing-emerge

In the eighties when we were campaigning against the martial law, we dreaded being near government agencies knowing that there were spies inside who could report on what we were doing there. However, due to the need to survive we also had to look for jobs and I found one in the Budget Commission, now the DBM ThereI used to work as senior management specialist where some co-employees of ours we had found to be spying on every one -- especially those who have ties to the underground. One employee's former partner then had just been released from Bicutan and so she was targeted for minute-by-minute espionage. 

We did our jobs well, not minding what they were doing. As far as we were concerned, our work was legitimate, assessing proposals of government agencies for budgetary allocations for organization, salaries, and operations, among others. 

What kind of cruelty did Marcos employ? The partner of that employee was tied to the bed by handcuffs; some detainees were made to sit on ice; others were placed in solo incarceration. I don't have much info on the more horrible methods save from what I have come across in the papers. 

So CRUELTY is not something indigenous to Marcos. But for the I O  to exercise a neurotic cruelty over media people shows a dangerous leader who could do worse in the future. I think the United States had better watch out for future worse scenarios with him at the helm. 

Meanwhile, what happened to Kashoggi is a product of an aristocratic society where the underlings had fallen head over heels in working for the MBS. In that closed society, where women are at their worst situation, the breeding of a cruel leader is no longer surprising. Unlike in Britain, where the monarchy enjoys the people's adulation, and women are liberated socially, in Kashoggi's country, the prince has turned out to be a spoiled brat. And with the blind obedience of his people, he could order anything, to be as cruel as can be to his enemies. 

Britain has a long history of enlightenment philosophically, unlike in Kashoggi's country. I think that really, a good grounding in philosophy among the people is the best defense against the propagation of cruel leaders. Why because, armed with a strong philosphical bent, then the people can counter intellectually and actively any overturning of their human rights. 

As Plato says:

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.