Comments on BACK TO BASICS: A Nation Sold Out!

anonymous 15.15

cant agree more. we should ...

2008-09-02T22:58:00.000+05:00

anonymous 15.15

cant agree more. we should never trust a human being who are in positions of power (Power corrupts). all of us are naturally corruptible. what i think is - all the religions to laws and system of government are tools to safeguard all of us from our own nature (the bad side) and its consequences. the problem is that the masses dont realize (or have lost faith in) the importance of a system of governence that address such issues or the link between justice/clean government and prosperity. :(

the article is very true indeed. but we should als...

2008-08-28T15:15:00.000+05:00

the article is very true indeed. but we should also raise questions as to why we are the way we are...i am sure something is missing..dont u think? i think its lack of political awareness..the link that holds us all together as a nation...the effects it has on our personal lives. still today although not too many, a significant amount of maldivians do consider political involvement to be a waste of time.. what such people woud normally say is...how can we invest time and thought on politics when everything in our life is a mess...like housing..health care and education... they dont know that it has been our ignorance on politics that has led to these messy conditions in the first place....
even if we institute a democracy in the near future, it might be impossible to sustain democracy with out civic education for citizens....cause democracy is rule of the common people..the commoners need to be involved in full.
if men were angels, no government would be neccessary. if angels were to govern men, no external or internal controls on government would be necessary ..surely it is the dependence on the people which is the primary control on government.but if the people were to exercise that control, they should be both informed and engaged as citizens.The founding generation of America, took seriously the need for education as insurance against the loss of liberty.
Thomas jefferson wrote“EVERY GOVERNMENT DEGENERATES WHEN TRUSTED TO THE RULERS…. THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES THEREFORE ARE ITS ONLY SAFE DEPOSITORIES. AND TO RENDER EVEN THEM SAFE, THEIR MINDS MUST BE IMPROVED.”

You do get the point across, but are the solutions...

2008-07-31T11:42:00.000+05:00

You do get the point across, but are the solutions doable?

Unless we have our people totally and unequivocally committed to change, we'd add another 5 year term to the 30 being served.

Some of us are happy with the system as it is, for whatever little financial (insignificant) gain we get from voting. That is the truth. We really don't know what is good for us!

It is not ignorance! It is selfishness and unwillingness to work for our own wellbeing. We want change, but we want someone else to make the effort and pay with their sweat and blood for our wellbeing. We are lazy, cowards and pathetically (and pathologically) apathic.

thank you all for comenting. the situation is real...

2008-07-31T07:57:00.000+05:00

thank you all for comenting. the situation is real bad in islands.

i heard a certain member and hopeful vice president is on a buying spree. buying NGOs in key islands. some one has to stop it.

on the other hand before requesting for aid and medical ppl are joining drp and they submit their requests with drp card.

i think adhaalath and mps can do a lot to combat this situation.

good article! the nation has/is being sold out. A ...

2008-07-31T02:25:00.000+05:00

good article! the nation has/is being sold out. A lot of education and awareness HAS to be carried out to the people of the Maldives. without awareness of the rights of the people, from whom all powers 'originate' in a democracy, the latter will not being to function. all intellectuals and everyone who are concerned about our future have got to start working on this.

Thought-provoking read. My take on this is that we...

2008-07-30T23:37:00.000+05:00

Thought-provoking read. My take on this is that we sell our vote to the highest bidder because we are not in a position to say "NO" economically (as well as a lot of people being morally bankrupt!) The country has gone down the drain so badly that we are left with no choice but to sell even our souls just to get by, leave alone the ballot paper. I subscribe to your requests to the MPs etc but I would also request them to dig us out of this hellhole we are in at the moment and give us something to live by together with some self-respect and dignity. As long as we have to go and beg the President to get medical treatment to our ailing mothers and fathers just so that they could survive for another few more months, then we would never be able to get out of this "sell my vote" territory.

Some NGO's ran a campaign on vote selling during t...

2008-07-30T22:04:00.000+05:00

Some NGO's ran a campaign on vote selling during the barulamaane/Riyaasee referendum.Hopefully there current campaigns I choose and GoVote will reach the public specially in the islands and make them think before they sell down their future to this corrupt government.