tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post4688626443762517003..comments2023-10-11T10:57:26.122-04:00Comments on Gil The Jenius: Okay, When Do We Riot?GCSchmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735900094879466498noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post-63732227114966779042011-08-23T20:14:18.844-04:002011-08-23T20:14:18.844-04:00Alfredo, I'm with you part of the way. Economi...Alfredo, I'm with you part of the way. Economic oppression IS harder to deal with than military (physical) oppression. Money is energy and We lack the money to truly energize Our efforts. As for Our beliefs (or lack thereof), I agree: We're weakened by a lack of identity, which is what you're aiming at. As for educating, agreed. But it isn't the only solution, for you can educate people and they can (will) make bad decisions. You say "empower," but I look at "galvanizing," i.e., getting people to act. I disagree that a riot now would be suicide, for if history has shown Us anything, it's that when fearful, disenfranchised people erupt, the results are more along the lines of mass murder, rather than suicide. I'm advocating We riot before We totally lose any chance to react with anything but sheer savagery.GCSchmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735900094879466498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post-11078677976717701382011-08-22T23:04:05.081-04:002011-08-22T23:04:05.081-04:00So WHEN do we riot? Don't dismiss the fact tha...So WHEN do we riot? Don't dismiss the fact that economical oppression is way worst and hard to deal with than physical oppression: Throw me a punch and I will punch back. If you shoot me from an helicopter I can at least throw a rock on ya'. But when it comes to fight something as abstract as our well concealed colonial status... when it comes to overcome the belief (so rooted in our psyche) that we are not capable, nor good enough to have a self govern country... when it comes to decisions that seems to jeopardize our "food in the table", the tolerance level of any country would soar up to this ridicule levels... <br /><br />Lets say we have our so deserved riot: Then what? As long as the Puertorican people be as uninformed as we are, feeling as incapable as we feel, and politically divided as the country is, there's no use for a big riots (yet). <br /><br />We need to have educated (real educated) EMPOWERED (not fearful) people to have such a thing. Then and only then our riot will succeed. Anytime before than that, is suicidal.Alfredo Rafael Habersham-Pabónhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14444251031343999957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post-58597005103685934562011-08-18T21:15:56.313-04:002011-08-18T21:15:56.313-04:00Prometeo, although some may object at your use of ...Prometeo, although some may object at your use of the word "pato" (faggot or gay), you're on target. I called Us cowards, but sometimes slang gets the job done better.GCSchmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735900094879466498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post-1175936579451114212011-08-18T17:13:45.584-04:002011-08-18T17:13:45.584-04:00I wrote a two part series on my blog about why thi...I wrote a two part series on my blog about why this island is so submissive. It's titled "Puerto Rico, país pato". We have been taught to be submissive and to fear this government. I see other countries where people gather into groups and protest their government and don't go back until they get what they want. Until people learn and realize where this country is headed if we continue on the same course we will not have a riot nor a revolution. <br /><br />The series of posts:<br />Part I http://poder5.blogspot.com/2009/11/puerto-rico-pais-pato.html<br /><br />Part II<br />http://poder5.blogspot.com/2009/11/puerto-rico-pais-pato-ii.htmlPrometeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13034098106919545458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post-49773052777369267852011-08-18T11:16:52.422-04:002011-08-18T11:16:52.422-04:00The thing about anger is that, when it controls yo...The thing about anger is that, when it controls you, your words come out dangerous and harmful. When you control it, your words can come out targeted and helpful. Or dangerous and harmful. Atleast when you control your anger, you have a choice.GCSchmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735900094879466498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post-17529283595444421722011-08-16T10:53:09.031-04:002011-08-16T10:53:09.031-04:00I'm, like you, trying to post my anger in my b...I'm, like you, trying to post my anger in my blog. But sometimes I have no time...or my mind forget the correct words and I fail to speak my mind at the instant... It happens to me most of the time...Ms. Concienciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004721122982276663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post-19300068410431477442011-08-15T15:16:02.170-04:002011-08-15T15:16:02.170-04:00Ms. Conciencia, glad to have you back! I like &quo...Ms. Conciencia, glad to have you back! I like "PIG SQUAD"; wish I'f though of it Myself. Maybe I did... I empathize with your anger, which I try to channel into doing something or, failing that, into a post. But there seems to be a surfeit of anger and a lack of either results or posts.GCSchmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735900094879466498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post-15756431235506920682011-08-15T11:41:38.283-04:002011-08-15T11:41:38.283-04:00Damn! Such an accurate interpretation...again! But...Damn! Such an accurate interpretation...again! But it is like that old Metallica song, Sad But True. This Island has more idiots per inch square than I imagine... Sadly. I hate it! Too much people doing nothing to improve, and leaving EVERYTHING in the hand of the PIG SQUAD (I mean the politicians in general). Shit doesn't happen in this Island...Shit IS part of the Island.Ms. Concienciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004721122982276663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post-36200822597452901462011-08-11T09:34:14.846-04:002011-08-11T09:34:14.846-04:00Insider, I read your link and see the point. Much ...Insider, I read your link and see the point. Much merit to it. Now read Mine and see that what's going on in London has much that is similar to My Island: http://nathanieltapley.com/2011/08/10/an-open-letter-to-david-camerons-parents/<br /><br />And Kofia, I think "Palma Idol" would be almost bearable if the losers had to clean the GasoDildo...from the inside. With The Larva's face and The Mad Dog's bristle 'stache.GCSchmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735900094879466498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post-29594989173073092622011-08-09T17:12:22.717-04:002011-08-09T17:12:22.717-04:00Why riot when our beloved government is giving us ...Why riot when our beloved government is giving us Palma Idol? lol<br />http://bit.ly/o0DlT2<br /><br />I thought the same thing after I read this post this morning, http://undodigital.blogspot.com/2011/08/la-disidencia-segun-rick.html<br /><br /><br />We probably are closet masochists to accept so much abuse and continue begging for more.Kofla Olivierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09020407690818662882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post-55733591990660064552011-08-09T16:27:33.541-04:002011-08-09T16:27:33.541-04:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyagrahahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SatyagrahaThe Insidernoreply@blogger.com