Here's one piece of news that I feel is quite welcome on the heels of the violence of the Connecticut shooting - the RH Bill has finally been approved! Yehey!
Listening on the news last night on the way home, it is very much fun to note that no women member of the Senate had voted against the bill, whereas, the eight senators who had been outvoted are all men. I'm not sure how many voted in the congress are women, but the odds are of course in the favor of the bill at about 60 - 40 split, the actual number of senate being 13 pro - 8 anti, and the congress around 100+ - 80+ (can't recall the exact).
After all the drama that unfolded since its inception, it has been finally approved after the final reading. But its really funny how some of the people involved in passing the bill is so hanged up on the word satisfying. Guess we really are a country run by people who are still unable to grasp the difference between then and now, but luckily for us, we actually do have forward thinkers in the government that looks at it more from the perspective of the realistic need of the country than the spiritual need.
Throughout this event, I am quite glad to note that there are people who started to notice that the church is indeed pushing the boundary protecting the separation of church and state. At least, I'm not the only one noticing how the church seems to want to influence the legislature and allow our country to remain a backward one.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
News Thoughts: Royal Family Blamed for Nurse Suicide
If you haven't been hiding under a rock for the last quarter of the year, news of the Duchess of Cambridge aka Kate Middleton, before her marriage to Prince William of the British throne, being pregnant has been overshadowed by a tragedy.
Such joyous news should have been met with tons of congratulations, loads of royal watchers and baby bump watchers would be clamoring to get a glimpse of the commoner cum royal just to see how far along she is, but instead, a tragedy instigated by a prank call lead to this wondrous occasion to be forever stained.
Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse who committed suicide in her quarters at the King Edward VII Hospital, from what I can gather, was of Indian descent. She was a mother of two and very much married at the time of her demise. She was also the receiver of a prank joke by two Australian DJs of a radio show on 2DayFM, Mel Grieg and Michael Christian, three days prior to her suicide. Found among her belongings were three apparent suicide notes, two of which were readily recovered at the scene of the tragedy and the final one most probably in her luggage as reports indicate vaguely that it was found among her possessions. Also noted, injuries on her wrists were found at the time of her death, their nature has been pretty much left unsaid, and it is my best guess that they could have been signs of cutting injuries. How long they have been there, your guess is as good as mine.
Despite obvious reasons pointing to the suicide as something that had already been attempted at, or at least hinted at, a number of people are placing the blame on the newly-wed Royal couple due simply to their association with the hospital, its staff and of course, being the object of the DJs misfired prank call. The person who has been most notably vocal about the whole thing is Morissey, who seems to think that blaming people simply due to association a very clever and wise move.
It makes you wonder why throw light on the Royal couple when we should be more concerned about the lack of awareness people working and living with Saldanha have. Suicidal tendencies aren't something that happens overnight. It is a long-term psychological problem that should be addressed properly. It is not something people decide to do in the spur of the moment. It is something that increases gradually at a time, as the injuries on her wrists would suggest. Suicidal tendencies exist most especially in people who suffers from some form of depression, but it could also be the result of other things. Since we are of course not aware of what the mother of two had been going through, we cannot therefore simply form assumptions at what could have cause this behavior. The prank call may or may not have been the trigger that led to her final attempt at suicide, albeit a successful one, but unless the contents of the three suicide letters were made public, most especially dates to when it was written, we are pretty much left in the dark of her psychological state at the time.
I am deeply sorry for the royal in the womb, as the reports of its conception has been marred by people wanting to blame his parents simply for their association to a woman who had taken her own life. And to those who still claim the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge cares naught for a fallen health care provider, they best be informed that the couple had issued a joint statement concerning this matter shortly after hearing about this tragedy. You can find their statement here.
Such joyous news should have been met with tons of congratulations, loads of royal watchers and baby bump watchers would be clamoring to get a glimpse of the commoner cum royal just to see how far along she is, but instead, a tragedy instigated by a prank call lead to this wondrous occasion to be forever stained.
Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse who committed suicide in her quarters at the King Edward VII Hospital, from what I can gather, was of Indian descent. She was a mother of two and very much married at the time of her demise. She was also the receiver of a prank joke by two Australian DJs of a radio show on 2DayFM, Mel Grieg and Michael Christian, three days prior to her suicide. Found among her belongings were three apparent suicide notes, two of which were readily recovered at the scene of the tragedy and the final one most probably in her luggage as reports indicate vaguely that it was found among her possessions. Also noted, injuries on her wrists were found at the time of her death, their nature has been pretty much left unsaid, and it is my best guess that they could have been signs of cutting injuries. How long they have been there, your guess is as good as mine.
Despite obvious reasons pointing to the suicide as something that had already been attempted at, or at least hinted at, a number of people are placing the blame on the newly-wed Royal couple due simply to their association with the hospital, its staff and of course, being the object of the DJs misfired prank call. The person who has been most notably vocal about the whole thing is Morissey, who seems to think that blaming people simply due to association a very clever and wise move.
It makes you wonder why throw light on the Royal couple when we should be more concerned about the lack of awareness people working and living with Saldanha have. Suicidal tendencies aren't something that happens overnight. It is a long-term psychological problem that should be addressed properly. It is not something people decide to do in the spur of the moment. It is something that increases gradually at a time, as the injuries on her wrists would suggest. Suicidal tendencies exist most especially in people who suffers from some form of depression, but it could also be the result of other things. Since we are of course not aware of what the mother of two had been going through, we cannot therefore simply form assumptions at what could have cause this behavior. The prank call may or may not have been the trigger that led to her final attempt at suicide, albeit a successful one, but unless the contents of the three suicide letters were made public, most especially dates to when it was written, we are pretty much left in the dark of her psychological state at the time.
I am deeply sorry for the royal in the womb, as the reports of its conception has been marred by people wanting to blame his parents simply for their association to a woman who had taken her own life. And to those who still claim the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge cares naught for a fallen health care provider, they best be informed that the couple had issued a joint statement concerning this matter shortly after hearing about this tragedy. You can find their statement here.
Friday, December 7, 2012
Celebrity Thoughts: RobSten Marriage
It's not everyday I comment on celebrity news, but more than the rumors of Robert Patinson and Kristen Stew, or RobSten, tying the knot soon, the thing that irks me the most at times is how people who don't know the two personally comment on their relationship as if they know better.
Anyway, here's a link to the article about this news: http://ph.omg.yahoo.com/news/pattinson-stewart-split-marriage-170000474.html
While there are some well-wishers commenting on the article, there are quite a huge number of negative criticisms about it. From people predicting they'll divorce within the next five years, people chastising Robert for forgiving Kristen on her ill-advised discretion, to encouraging him to dump Kristen and date around.
Honestly, we live in such a duality. The guys go like dump the girl she cheated on you, she doesn't deserve a second chance, and yet, a number of these same guys boast about having met and dated tons of "good" women. So how is being a serial dater different from cheating on your current girlfriend many times over? Or are we really into the idea of casual relationship where people sleep around and nobody blinks an eyelash at this practice? And then, there's also the girls who judge Kristen harshly for her momentary indiscretion. It's not like it was something she planned on, it was a result of something much more deeper.
People who are serious about their relationship don't just jump into the arms of another unless there's something they're not getting from their partner. It doesn't mean they love their partner any less, it just so happens that there are some things that they feel they don't get at certain points of the relationship. I mean who here hasn't felt under-appreciated occasionally? Who here can say that they're content in their relationship all the time? Who can claim that they never had any bad day in their relationship? If you do, well and good, you must have an extremely one-sided dictated relationship with a mindless partner. As humans, we're thinking creatures, thus, we are meant to work at relationships because without nurturing the relationship, it will fall apart. But that doesn't mean we all know how to work at it to avoid the pitfalls that all relationships seem to encounter one way or another. A relationship is made up of two individuals who want to build a life together, they are not two mindless entities who you can put together and expect them to flourish.
Robert and Kristen deserve to work on their relationship in peace. To do what they feel is best for each other. But due to their celebrity status, peace is pretty much elusive, and it doesn't help that there are people who feel that this couple struggling to make theirs work should just give up and throw in the towel. I do whoever wish them the best of luck, and I hope that the opinions of strangers wouldn't deter them from making the decisions of their lives solely for their own benefit and not for the legions of people who are torn between celebrating their union, waiting and expecting them to fail, and those who delight in criticizing others.
Anyway, here's a link to the article about this news: http://ph.omg.yahoo.com/news/pattinson-stewart-split-marriage-170000474.html
While there are some well-wishers commenting on the article, there are quite a huge number of negative criticisms about it. From people predicting they'll divorce within the next five years, people chastising Robert for forgiving Kristen on her ill-advised discretion, to encouraging him to dump Kristen and date around.
Honestly, we live in such a duality. The guys go like dump the girl she cheated on you, she doesn't deserve a second chance, and yet, a number of these same guys boast about having met and dated tons of "good" women. So how is being a serial dater different from cheating on your current girlfriend many times over? Or are we really into the idea of casual relationship where people sleep around and nobody blinks an eyelash at this practice? And then, there's also the girls who judge Kristen harshly for her momentary indiscretion. It's not like it was something she planned on, it was a result of something much more deeper.
People who are serious about their relationship don't just jump into the arms of another unless there's something they're not getting from their partner. It doesn't mean they love their partner any less, it just so happens that there are some things that they feel they don't get at certain points of the relationship. I mean who here hasn't felt under-appreciated occasionally? Who here can say that they're content in their relationship all the time? Who can claim that they never had any bad day in their relationship? If you do, well and good, you must have an extremely one-sided dictated relationship with a mindless partner. As humans, we're thinking creatures, thus, we are meant to work at relationships because without nurturing the relationship, it will fall apart. But that doesn't mean we all know how to work at it to avoid the pitfalls that all relationships seem to encounter one way or another. A relationship is made up of two individuals who want to build a life together, they are not two mindless entities who you can put together and expect them to flourish.
Robert and Kristen deserve to work on their relationship in peace. To do what they feel is best for each other. But due to their celebrity status, peace is pretty much elusive, and it doesn't help that there are people who feel that this couple struggling to make theirs work should just give up and throw in the towel. I do whoever wish them the best of luck, and I hope that the opinions of strangers wouldn't deter them from making the decisions of their lives solely for their own benefit and not for the legions of people who are torn between celebrating their union, waiting and expecting them to fail, and those who delight in criticizing others.
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