Exhibit A (actually, Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2) is what the Philippine National Police says caused the Glorietta blast.
Exhibit B is what the Ayala Corporation says caused the Glorietta blast.
And a 3-D Walk-Through of the Glorietta basement! How cool is that?
Bloggers like Tongue In, Anew seem more inclined to be skeptical of the PNP’s explanations, while other bloggers like Inner Sanctum (see his October 22 entry in particular) are not. See also, The Journal of the Jester-in-Exile.
Here’s what I find interesting. Now that the Governor-General, I mean, the US Ambassador, has spoken, it just might be that public opinion will shift, one way or another. The only reason I’m not saying public opinion will suddenly shift totally in favor of the PNP is, that the Zobels are involved on the other side, and you have another kind of colonial dynamic at work, there, as blogger Inner Sanctum seems to represent.
An effort to try to sift the evidence is in Glorietta Blast: Blaming the Basement, in Newsbreak (complete with a nifty diagram!).
As for me, I still think it’s too early to make conclusions, not least because a layman-friendly side-by-side comparison of all the available information, and the experts weighing in, has yet to be done.
November 7th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
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November 7th, 2007 at 11:25 am
Let me post my comment on your article “Save the day.”
Let’s not romanticize V. He’s a terrorist and no different from Osama Bin Laden. I understand the outrage against our corrupt politicians. But resistance is a poor response. It’s merely reacting to the crap they are throwing at us. Inspiration is a better response. That’s the problem with the so-called Opposition. They are uninspiring because their only cause is to overthrow the President. Removing the President is not a solution. A real solution would be a specific program of government and a leader who will implement it.
Our politicians have no program of government because they have no political ideology. They have no cause except to gain power. There’s nothing worst than a theologian who has lost faith. That’s what our politicians are today. They have no ideology, no program of government, no cause and no faith. Civil society must do it on its own. Develop its own political ideology and program of government, form its own political party, groom its own political leader, and challenge the traditional politicians in 2010. Civil society must inspire a great number of people to be a formidable force for change.