First of all, yes I’m back and I did not actually ran out of opinions. hehe. Like I said once, I do have a lot of them, I just don’t have a lot of time. But I do, really do love blogging, so hopefully, things are going to change around here from this day on. I haven’t actually left the web, see here I have maintained my personal blog, and here and here I have created new blogs. I’m all about web presence *wink*
Anyway, I’m going to thread carefully here, because the issue of poverty is not lost on me.
A lot of demolitions on houses of informal settlers have been happening lately and in fairness to the government, due notice was given and relocation houses have been provided. What I can’t understand is why, with all these provisions, the settlers still resort to violent refusal causing a lot of accidents that could have been avoided had they cooperated. The hard fact is, they knew from the start that the lots were their houses were standing weren’t theirs. The lots weren’t theirs period. And what’s even more baffling is why non-government organizations, instead of helping the settlers come to terms with the facts, are fanning up the issue by teaching them “demolition defense skills” that’s supposedly going to help them stop the government from seizing their properties. They can’t, period.
Let’s bring to mind past demolitions in the country, and we could say that their lot (no pun intended) were definitely better. Past informal settlers whose property have been demolished weren’t offered cash and a place to relocate to. I’m not saying, we should all just accept this as it is, although that’s certainly gonna help us all move on to a brighter future and economy, but we can’t change the facts as it is now, but we still can affect the future.
The informal settlers issue, mainly, is the location of their new houses. I do agree that it’s going to be difficult for their students studying in the vicinity, and for the workers working near their houses. But I’m very sure there are schools were they could enroll their children again near the relocation. As for the jobs that they can’t afford to lose, that sure is going to be tough, but for every problem I believe that there is a solution.
In short, there really is a thin line between grumbling and being thankful for what you have. Why don’t we all stick to the positive side of things instead of dwelling on the negative?
