March 24, 2007 : Saturday
BATTLE OF THE BRAINS
Shiela Coderis
… a natural born citizen of the Philippines, a registered voter, “ABLE TO READ AND WRITE” …
Battle of the brains…
Businessman VS. Lawyer
Battle between the knowledge and knowledge ’bout the laws of the
’bout money land
Former senator VS. Reelectionist senator
Battle between the intelligence in intelligence in making laws
making laws
Teacher VS. Former congressman
battle between the knowledge ’bout knowledge in passing laws
the scarcity in education
Military VS. An actor
Battle between the knowledge in knowledge in entertaining people
protecting people
“WHOSE INTELLIGENCE WILL PREVAIL?”
ABLE to READ and WRITE. Easy to understand isn’t it? Must know how to read and decipher what have been written. Simple! A requirement written in the hierarchy of laws — The 1987 Constitution.
EDUCATION. Can be another requirement for politicians, electorates. But is it a necessity? Could this be a meter to measure his/her capabilities to serve and pull our declining country up?
INTELLIGENCE. What kind of the intelligence is needed? Intelligence acquired from education or from experiences? Could also be!
Take a look at reality. What is the real scene; the real show? The battle of the brains. The battle of alleged abilities. The showcase of people who are blessed in speaking the English language; the people who have these capabilities in molding the minds of the masses into round. He show of cleverness; the skill in pretending that they know what does reality means to the masses. The intelligence that will control our lives. These are the names of the game!
Ferdinand Marcos. An intelligent, very educated person that he even won a case against him with he, himself as the lawyer. He knew all about politics, his powers as the highest person in the land and his influences. He has used his incomparable intelligence to control the whole Philippines; our lives; to control every aspect of the country which the masses didn’t understand. It was his advantage to have such intelligence and such ignorance of the people as his greatest power.
Joseph Estrada. Unfortunately, on the other hand, an actor, didn’t finish studies, established his name in the field of entertain m entertainment, Mr. Popular. It was his experiences, popularity and appeal that made him the highest person in the land. But in the short span of time, look at him now! Imprisoned! He’s far from the the intelligence Marcos’ has. He failed to use his full powers to control the whole nation unlike Marcos did. He failed to influence people around him, thus he was the one influenced by those people which pushed him down.
Hence, its pretty ridiculous to think of the politicians who’ll enter politics without the proper knowledge ’bout it. Why enter politics without the greatest weapon?…INTELLIGENCE.
But still, in the end of the day, it is the voters which comprises mostly of the masses who’ll decide. It’s up to them if they’ll choose those intelligent, wise, clever persons or just those “ABLE TO READ AND WRITE” persons only. Those very literates or illiterates. It’s up to them on how they want to change the status of the country.
That’s perhaps the reason why our constitution just stated “ABLE TO READ AND WRITE” only. For us to exercise our freedom to choose; to choose between these options —– those intelligent, holding a degree, wise men, or those with the real heart for serving and who understand what really reality is. However, still, we cannot blame people if they feel voting these intelligent persons… It’s their FREEDOM!
