The Ouracle [i] at the Sunday Times

Walanghiyang shameless plug ulit.

It is the first Sunday of October, and here is the first part of The Ouracle. I do not know what it would imply now, because the State and the Church are having lovers' quarrel or something. The said story was written without any references to the recent Spectacle. But since, I think, any work of fiction (or even art, in general) is inevitably interpreted with external factors that give particular meaning/s to it in a particular context, then it is, of course, up to the reader to comprehend what the writer attempted to communicate. Again, while reading Transmetropolitan, which was written in 1997, I took Warren Ellis for a Nostradamus,commenting on 2010 Philippine politics. But of course, he is not. Anywaaay. Would again extend my gratitude to Sir Dennis Aguinaldo of UPLB and Sir Elmer Ordonez of the Sunday Times.

PS I would have plugged this upon the story's completion, but Kathy June Fiel posted the link on facebook. And I think Hani Julien also did. Pero, matsala pa rin, mga chong. Sana abangan ang susunod na kabanata. Hehe. Pa-kritik na rin, kung maaari.

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Okay, from here, I would like to "update" what I think of the Spectacle. There are also speculations--grounded ones--about the business angle of the RH Bill. The US would have its business interests fulfilled if the RH Bill is passed. We would, of course, import contraceptives from them. And, again, the issue also shifts focus on the heretic-heroic Noynoy being another important opposition against the "DAMASOs", therefore a champion just like Celdran and the liberals. This is of benefit to US Imperialism and its bureaucrat capitalist puppets, with (as mentioned on the previous blog entry) the advantage of diversion. (Forget Arroyo, extrajudicial killings, human rights violation, the hostage crisis / PNP incompetence, the agrarian revolution, the issue of rising unemployment when nurses apply as call center agents, the education crisis, among others.) However, my problem is, why and how would Noynoy retain pogi points in the rural areas, where the Church, I suppose, is still powerful enough to influence politics? And, adding Gloria Arroyo to the equation/s further blurs the image of what the actual agenda is, at least for me. Who or what institutions would then be sacrificial lambs for the preservation of the status quo? Seeing most of the posts of RH Bill advocates, they are indeed neo-Malthussians, blaming the poor for their poverty, and in conclusion blaming this poverty on overpopulation--and not on the power relations concerning the distribution of wealth. Thus, deviating away from the issue of class conflict as the primary contradiction: the root cause of the problems of society. As most liberals keep on bitching about overpopulation and the irresponsible scums (poor people! duh?) that went forth and multiplied like an epidemic--threatening the good hardworking people who abide by the(ir) law. BUT, yes, the Church does rip a lot off the religious. I do not know. I really do not know how I myself can be enlightened, though most of you, probably, have positions already.

Or perhaps I tried, and that's enough, ano? Hehe. "Over thinking, overanalyzing, separates the body from the mind," Tool hummed.

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Out of whims, I want to end this post singing "Ktulu! Ktulu so baaaaad!"

Ktulu (He's So Heavy) by Beatallica.

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