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Date Posted: 17:16:10 01/10/18 Wed
Author: Carlo G. Soldevilla
Subject: ..egg yolk (Pls. check. Thanks.).
In reply to: Carlo G. Soldevilla 's message, "Kiss by Carlo G. Soldevilla" on 04:00:51 01/10/18 Wed

>Kiss
>By Carlo G. Soldevilla
>Written on January 10, 2017
>
>(Carlo Soldevilla’s Reply for Manila Times regarding
>the latter’s title of a news editorial: ‘PopCom’s
>condescension’
>
>-0-
>Sir J.P., I read your reply to Manila Times today
>and I find it informative.
>
>It is good as it may sound. However, I personally have
>my opinion on the matter.
>
>I hope you will read my reply pro-actively as we care
>to understand better the various ‘issues or attacks’
>or merely wake-up calls raised against Popcom.
>
>(My unsolicited advice is that it would be better if
>we get about 10 bright minds from UPPI who can help us
>on this matter. Wise counsels would always guarantee
>us ‘safety’.).
>
>
>-0-
>Delving on the Issues Raised by Manila Times—
>
>Kiss
>By Carlo G. Soldevilla
>Written on January 10, 2017
>
>
>1) On the title about
>Manila Times’ PopCom’s Condescension based on this
>link:
>http://www.manilatimes.net/popcoms-condescension/373378
>/
>Carlo Soldevilla’s Reply:
>
>Condescension, by definition means that by our
>attitude ‘We (Popcom) know better.’ Popcom did not
>brag that ‘We know better’. As an analogy, never did
>Popcom had that ‘Holier Than Thou’ attitude even as
>you, Sir J.P. , who is the Executive Director of
>Popcom, clearly stressed
>http://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/160df5fca1c7e8b7
>?projector=1
>
>in your response to Manila Times that what Popcom
>shared was a pure statement of facts.
>
>2) On the point (of Manila Times)--
>It’s 2018, but the agency seems to be trapped still in
>the Western population-bogey rhetoric of the 1970s.
>Does it think that Filipinos have nothing better to do
>but reproduce like rabbits?
>
>Carlo Soldevilla’s Remark:
>This is a nice link to read:
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Population_Bomb
>
>In golf, a bogey happens when you do not hit the mark,
>or miss the allowable number of strokes or swings.
>It’s an ‘over’ or surpassing the expected.
>
>Hitting the target or sinking the golf ball by one
>stroke is called Hole-in-one; two strokes, Eagle;
>three strokes, Birdie; four strokes, Par; and five
>strokes, bogey (which is considered as a poor stroke
>or performance.). Thus, if one is a bogey player,
>he/she is a poor performer.
>
>The western population-bogey rhetoric might supposed
>to mean uncontrolled population growth (in numbers),
>not necessarily unmanaged.
>
>-0-
>Carlo Soldevilla’s Answer on the ‘rabbit’:
>
>Rabbits are preys of snakes and eagles, and like
>rodents, they multiply fast in numbers. For
>agriculturists and regarding animal husbandry, one
>male rabbit is paired to four female rabbits. Meaning,
>the ratio is one-is-to-four.
>
>It seems unbecoming for Manila Times to say that
>Filipinos have nothing better to do but reproduce like
>rabbits.
>
>
>3) On Manila Times’ quote:
>
>“A noticeable increase will also be among women of
>reproductive age,” PopCom said, as if women are at
>fault for being fertile.
>
>Carlo Soldevilla’s Reply:
>Popcom does not adhere to the idea or belief of the
>Manila Times that women are at fault for being fertile.
>On the irony, a man can be more worried if he is
>infertile rather than being capable of producing
>offspring/s. (This is my personal take on the issue).
>
>4) On the line (of Manila Times):
>PopCom condescends again, assuming that our women do
>not want their fertility and sorely need help.
>
>Carlo Soldevilla’s Reply:
>Popcom did not say that the Filipino women do not
>want their fertility and that they sorely need help.
>5) On Manila Time’s point:
>‘By year-end 2018, there will be 8,013,059 Filipinos
>over 60, constituting 8.2 percent of Filipinos,”
>PopCom said, as if the elderly are to blame for
>lasting this long amid improving life expectancies.’
>
>
>Carlo Soldevilla’s Reply:
>Popcom does not blame the elderly for having lived
>long. Improving life expectancies is good news.
>
>6) On Manila Times’
>‘What PopCom lacks is context.’
>
>Carlo Soldevilla’s Reply:
>Please specify what do you mean by context. Do you
>mean Popcom is barking on the wrong tree or treating
>the head while the pain is felt in the heart?
>
>7) On Manila Times’
>‘For PopCom, these do not seem to be enough; at the
>very least Filipinos do not seem to get credit for the
>decline in population and fertility.’
>
>Carlo Soldevilla’s Reply:
>Popcom did not say that Filipinos do not seem to get
>credit for the decline in population and fertility.
>
>
>8) On Manila Times’
>‘But it cannot be rejoicing at the growth of one
>segment of the population while seemingly regretting
>the expansion in others.’
>
>Carlo Soldevilla’s Reply: My question: ‘What do you
>mean by this?’ Selectivity? Or unbalanced view? Growth
>in the number of young people may suggest a strong
>workforce or manpower which is needed in city growth
>expansion.. please elaborate further. Even the egg
>must be described whether it’s the egg shell, egg yoke
>or the egg white.
>
>9) On Manila Times’
>‘PopCom should look forward and learn from the
>mistakes of other countries like Thailand, whose
>aggressive population strategy in the 1970s has
>resulted in the beginnings of population aging.’
>
>Carlo’s Comment. This link may help:
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Thailand
>
>Though both the Philippines and Thailand belong in
>Asia, it does not automatically mean that the needs of
>Thailand are also the needs of the Philippines. We may
>differ in some way.
>
>For me, I personally go for moderation. If it’s
>(population) is getting fast in number, find ways to
>have a normal growth..like in driving a car where one
>regulates the speed.
>If it’s (population) is getting slow, find ways,
>still to have a normal growth or level (Forget about
>the ‘car’ thing this time because there are really
>areas where one needs to travel slow and not to
>increase in speed, like in a subdivision, where one’s
>speed is only expected at 5 kilometers/hour.).
>
>In everything, there must be moderation. Too much or
>too less of anything is poison.
>
>‘On Manila Times’
>‘PopCom should be proposing policies to ensure that
>the Philippine population will grow sustainably, in
>support of the booming economy.’
>
>Carlo Soldevilla’s Reply: This is a nice comment.
>After you ‘slap’ Popcom, you still care to kiss it in
>the end.
>
>-0-
>Based on the links:
>http://www.manilatimes.net/popcoms-condescension/373378
>/
>
>http://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/160df5fca1c7e8b7
>?projector=1
>
>-0-
>Note: This ‘Kiss’ is just for Popcom’s
>‘consumption’. The writer did not bother to send this
>to Manila Times.

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