the blog is mightier than the pen

If you're Filipino...and you blog...you probably know Bambee De la Paz and her blogpost about how this politician power-tripped on her dad and brother at a golf club. Carlos Conde of GMA News TV Net stated...

Today, blogging, apart from being both a narcissistic and cathartic exercise of self-expression among millions, is a potent information tool. News organizations use it to complement their journalism (take note: complement, not supplant). Activists use it to promote their cause. Victims use it to right a wrong.

We are a lucky generation. Let us use technology to pursue a higher cause. We have the power to speak the truth, to speak for ourselves; but most importantly, we have the power to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves.

Do we go through life complacently and apathetic towards the oppression & injustice that we experience and observe? A scientist once said that the opposite of love is not hate but indifference.

It pays to leave one's comfort zone. I used to endure being taken advantage of rather than standing up and taking courage to question power-trippers. And think about it, oftentimes, powertrippers constitute a tiny proportion of the population. I've said this before and I'll say it again, money and titles are fleeting objects.