Utmost Self-Restraint
Utmost self-restraint. That's what I should exercise. I get in trouble by not saying anything, but then again I get in trouble, too, for speaking my mind. Given the choice, I would rather speak my mind but observe tact and prudence. There are some who worry that I say too much. They get nervous for me, I get that. But what to do? I am wired this way, and I do not want to pretend.
However, in the light of the lists coming out of people having negotiations with Janet Napoles, I would like to say, even as I write these true-to-life stories in my blog, evidence is crucial. I do not mention names, but people who read my blogs, assume. That's the way it goes. Assumption is the mother of all f-up's, I heard in one movie.
If that is the case with me and my blogs, then, it is safe to say that it is the same, if for example the media gets hold of a list of senators who had so-called negotiations with Janet Napoles. It is sooooo easy to poke people to talk about those in the list badly. Badly. So regardless of the truth, those in the list have been judged and worse, crucified. I can relate to that. So much for speaking my mind. Here I am, writing about anonymous people in my blogs and on facebook, just so the rant and vent and what-not. Then I feel sorry for the people in 'the list'.
I do not defend corruption here. I actually am happy about some of the senators being filed cases with (sorry). I also do not know how the media got hold of the 'list'. I only know that there is one, and each of those in the list are now, as I write this, the subject of conversations over dinner or beer all across the country. Well, more than the usual rumors about them. I, however, feel disturbed by the fact that the list is out there. Damage has been done, regardless of the truth. To characters, reputation, involving senators and their families. To people. And their lives. I have done the same. Oh God. How could I live with that? So, from hereon, I will either write with names of real people, or I will not write at all. Joke. I can imagine my friend's nervous smile as she reads this.
Oh and, sorry is in order here.
However, in the light of the lists coming out of people having negotiations with Janet Napoles, I would like to say, even as I write these true-to-life stories in my blog, evidence is crucial. I do not mention names, but people who read my blogs, assume. That's the way it goes. Assumption is the mother of all f-up's, I heard in one movie.
If that is the case with me and my blogs, then, it is safe to say that it is the same, if for example the media gets hold of a list of senators who had so-called negotiations with Janet Napoles. It is sooooo easy to poke people to talk about those in the list badly. Badly. So regardless of the truth, those in the list have been judged and worse, crucified. I can relate to that. So much for speaking my mind. Here I am, writing about anonymous people in my blogs and on facebook, just so the rant and vent and what-not. Then I feel sorry for the people in 'the list'.
I do not defend corruption here. I actually am happy about some of the senators being filed cases with (sorry). I also do not know how the media got hold of the 'list'. I only know that there is one, and each of those in the list are now, as I write this, the subject of conversations over dinner or beer all across the country. Well, more than the usual rumors about them. I, however, feel disturbed by the fact that the list is out there. Damage has been done, regardless of the truth. To characters, reputation, involving senators and their families. To people. And their lives. I have done the same. Oh God. How could I live with that? So, from hereon, I will either write with names of real people, or I will not write at all. Joke. I can imagine my friend's nervous smile as she reads this.
Oh and, sorry is in order here.
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