Far From Neutral Notions - Philippine politics, culture and stuff

Why I Blog

This lastest incarnation of my blog, I’ve tried to be less opinionated… something that the erstwhile love of my life said I was very. Uncomfortably so. It’s a side of me she never liked; it’s no stretch to say it may have contributed to what happened between us, finally. So I kept my peace, I never blew my top and ranted (much) about anything. When bombs rocked the nation on Valentine’s Day, I did no more than (figuratively) shake my head in sadness. When the Abu Sayyaf held in a Taguig prison staged a near-breakout, I made no complaints against the ineptness of the government, no outrage at the gall of some in the Filipino-Mulsim community for saying that the policemen who died in the LIC died for the will of Allah, no disdain at a prison system that can let this happen. When close to thirty children died of food poisoning, not a peep. Not even to question the government’s persecution of the vendors, and not the farmers who used the pesticide on the cassava.

Well I did none of those. Not because she told me not to, but because I’d gotten used to keeping it in. To just let it go, and curb my argumentative instincts. To my shame, I’ve become neutral.

Well, enough of that. This blog’s tagline used to be “I reserve the right to care”, and I do. I haven’t forgotten how. And I haven’t forgotten why.

What I care about is, more often than not, outside your area of interest. The passions that drive me aren’t yours, nor are yours mine. But I rage, because I have to, even if no one understands. I scream because keeping it in hurts so much more, even if no one listens. I care because I am far from neutral.

Bow.

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