I heard this new bill that was filed by the Quezon Representative Winnie Castelo seeks to ban "planking" or an act of lying down with hands on the side and legs together after student protesters disrupted the traffic last Monday during the Transport Strike.
According to Castelo:
Parents and teachers have reason to be alarmed if these similar protest actions will have as a scheme and scene otherwise warm and living bodies laid down across street highways as though they were offerings to the gods.
The parent in me tells me that this precedent in the case of the this massive transport strike where militant street protesters who are students of various schools have to lie down or serve as ‘planks’ across the road to disrupt what should be normal traffic could just be very dangerous in the future. Life and limb are pretty much at risks here were unbelieving bus drivers or law enforcement authorities might just ram through these warm and living bodies rolled out on highways
As what Castelo said, it is a true that parents and teachers need to be alarmed with this. However, does submitting the bill is making good for our country?
We are on a democratic country so every people has the right to express things in a way that they can get the attention of the people such as protesters who want to get the attention of the government. At least those protesters didn't do anything harm to other people but only disrupting the traffic. It's their way to express their thoughts which we ignore sometimes.
Submitting this Anti-planking Act of 2011 Bill is just an act of negligence. Instead of submitting this bill, better focus on sensible things that needs to be fix such as those chaotic place in Quezon where there are people who walked along the road because of plenty of vendors occupying the sidewalk. Or, do some fruitful act to the people who needs help and etcetera. This bill is only provoking the people.
Anyway, this bill can't solve any problems of our country. For me, it only makes a big fuzz to get an attention too.
--- Source: Sunstar
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