KAPAG SAGAD NA ANG SALOP

Bigas – "staple food" ng Pilipinas, sa mga nagdaang araw laman ng mga diyaryo at balita sa television at radio man ang napipintong global rice crisis at isa tayo sa mga apektado . Nakakatawang isipin ang mga pangyayaring ganito. Iniisip ko tuloy sino ba talaga ang may kasalanan tao ba? gobyerno ? o ang kalikasan? Nuong araw natatandaan ko pa ang mura ng bigas, nuong mga panahong namamayagpag tayo bilang pangunahing producer at exporter nito. Hindi pa kinikilo ang bigas noon , salop ang panukat at supot na papel ang lalagyan. Makabibili ka nuon sa halagang 25 centavos kapalit ng isang salop at may dagdag pang isang dakot kung madaling pakiusapan ang binibilan. May mga nagdaang krisis din nuong mga panahon na yaon at natatandaan ko pa nga na inirarasyon pa ang bigas para mapag-abot lang ang supply. Pero pag dumarating ang ganitong problema mabilis ang aksiyong ng gobyerno . Ngayon P30-P35 at aabot pa raw ng P45 a kilo susmaryosep! Excuse me po!. Kawawa naman tayong mga mahihirap lalo na yung mga walang hanap buhay. Kanin na nga lang ang kinakain nila kahit idildil sa asin o toyo na may mantika at kamatis mawawala pa? Palubog ng palubog na nga ba tayo sa kahirapan? Ang mga magsasaka natin ayaw na kasing magtanim kulang daw ang supportang ibinibigay ng gobyerno. Ang mga lupang sakahan lalo na sa Central at Southern Luzon ay paliit na ng paliit dahil gingawang residential subdivisions at commercial districts ng mga kapitalista. Kulang din tayo sa irigasyon at post harvest facilities. Malaking impact din ang trade liberalization policy ng gobyerno sa ating mga magsasaka. Isa ring dahilan ay ang kawalan ng mga Pinoy ng disiplina sa pagkain. Ilagay lang natin sa ating plato ang kaya nating ubusin. Kung ano lang ang kaya nating kainin yung lang ang orderin natin sa Jolibbe man o Mcdonald. Sayang ang mga kaning naitatapon lang sa basurahan. Nakakalungkot isipin na naungusan na nga tayo ng mga kapitbahay nating mga bansa sa larangan ng pagsasaka ng bigas. Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar - - hindi ba dito sa Los Baños Laguna nagpakadulabhasa ang mga iyan? Tayo pa nga ang mga nagturo? At ngayon tayo ang nagmamakawa sa mga bansang ito na makaangkat ng bigas na ating isasaing? Tsk!Tsk!Tsk! Kawawa naman tayo. Kailan tayo matuto? Kailan tayo magbabago?

Oo nga pala inaanyayahan ko kayo na muling panoorin ang “Kapag Puno Na Ang Salop” ni Da King. Medyo may pagbabago nga lang dahil pinalitan na yung title siguro nabasa mo na? Yung mga famous lines ni FPJ at Eddie Garcia inedit na din:

Eddie Garcia: “Marami ka pang kakaining bigas”

FPJ: “ Di na ako kumakain ng bigas” “ Mahal na kasi” “ Kaya ikaw Judge...mag-noodles ka na lang!”

THE POWER OF CHOICE

Men are sexual beings and it has long been disputed if they are really polygamous or not. Although some people to a certain extent believed both men and women are polygamist, men in general desire more sexual partners as possible. This is why males' double-dealing rate is far higher than that of the females'. Secondly , the difference between reproductive mechanisms of each sex why most women would be likely to prefer a commitment to specific sex partner. Men can permeate as many women at the same time without having troubled about pregnancy. Men can love one person but their "inborn sexual impulses" drive them to seek newness elsewhere even though love does not have to be involved.

Since God at one time called us to multiply, polygamy has its historical evidences in biblical era. Moses had two wives , Zipporah and an Ethiopian woman, Abraham got three, Sarah, Hagar, and Keturah while David at least had 18 wives - Michal, Abigail, Ahinoam of Jezreel, Maacah, Abital, Haggith, Bathsheba and ten women/concubines. Other biblical polygamists were Abdon 70 wives, Abijah 14, Gideon 70, Jair 30, Rehoboam 18 and King Solomon 700!. It has also traces in other faiths such as Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Mormon.

Christianity have a great impact on the transformation of men's sexual activities and morality. It changed the rules. And most of us are trying to conform ever since. What limits man's sexual tendency is morality. A person with little or no ethical values or who supports the belief of " moral relativity" has little to ward them off from acting on urges. All that thwart them from cheating is the apprehension of getting caught. While a truly moral person does the right thing even no one is looking. Not all achieves this echelon of maturity and a lot of people still continue to hop from one bed to another . Sex is gratifying and stimulating and a lot of people get addicted to it and keep on jumping from one lover to another seeking new pleasure and excitement. My two pennies worth , men are naturally polygamous. If one tells me he never bothers to look at other women , it's a complete duplicity( its ok to look at unless you do not act). We have animalistic instincts, when God called us to multiply He made sex as a medium for the purpose for any animal's life including mankind to ensure the continued existence of every species. But do not get me wrong , I am not advocating polygamy in this article. When God gave the divine gift of sex it was integrated with the "power of choice". Some people are easily satisfied and gratified while some are not.We were given choice and the capacity to control.There are hundreds of thousands or more men who have the ability and power to stay monogamous. That what makes us superior beings. We can opt to be polygamous or choose not to have multiple sex partners or choose not to let our eyes and mind run wild whe we see someone kindles our urge. Contentment is all in the attitude of the person. Both men and women have urges . We have choices. To do what is right or to do what is wrong. If you opt for the latter, the price is to be paid - broken hearts,broken marriages, broken families and broken children. Men are capable of being monogamous but it does not come innately. It takes a lot of courage to be faithful. A lot of personal reminders to oneself, a constant practice of discipline and self control ,developing good relationship with the ones we love and above all - a personal relationship with the Lord.

God has designed sex for us, for procreation and expression of affection and dashed it with the "power of choice" . Rules and laws has been made for the protection of rights and goodness of all. Sex is like a fire, burns vivid and hot, it starts that way but then as the fire calms down then we start to think if we have really made the right choice. Human beings were crafted as the highest form of life. Capable of controlling ourselves but then if we do not know how to suppress our urges, we are nothing more than an animal. . .

Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure,
for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
HEB 13:4