I was informed by a friend that I’m back in the news… again. Following the incident at Valley Golf and Country Club, my take was taken up by posts in Inquirer.net and PinoyExchange by DJ Yap and Alex Villafania:
One blogger, Marocharim (http://www.marocharim.com) criticized the re-appropriation of agricultural land into golf courses. “The least you could expect is to demand courtesy and respect from everyone in the [golf] course.”
Rather than having at least one reader out there wonder how in the heck do you pronounce “Marocharim,” what I did in fact say was this:
A lot can be said about the issue of agrarian reform (like, say, CARP) at this point. Heck, it’s ironic – even sarcastic – to speak of the caprices of golf when you’re running the Department of Agrarian Reform, and if you’re a mayor in one of the poorest provinces of the Philippines. That, though, can wait for another day.
OK, I wasn’t “misquoted” by Yap and Villafania; I suppose that one of my Plurks may have leaked out to the world. Today being the “another day,” allow me to take advantage of the angle that both Yap and Villafania decided to highlight. (I don’t know how and why, but thanks anyway…)
The interesting question: if you hold a Government position, should you play golf?
Hmmm…
