Comments on: The toilet and the strain http://www.bhutanobserver.bt/2008/editorial/12/the-toilet-and-the-strain.html Bhutan Observer, Bhutan's Latest News and Headlines, Citizen News, Editorial, Letters, Literary, Breaking News, Featured Story... Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:25:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: kinley http://www.bhutanobserver.bt/2008/editorial/12/the-toilet-and-the-strain.html/comment-page-1#comment-7250 kinley Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:10:48 +0000 http://www.bhutanobserver.bt/?p=2812#comment-7250 yelnith, the Philipines example was just an example Bhutan could look upto. What wrong is there, if we could send hundreds of Bhutanese english honors graduates to work outside. or for that matter, mennial labourers-or whatsoever. There are basically two advantages, pressure and competition for employment opporunities at home will be lessened, and these bunch who go out there brings in the hard buck. They could get by with a little help from the governmenmt. What's the big deal when we ask the government to facilitate the process? The toilet metaphor was beautiful. Actually traditional wisdom has always been. yelnith, the toilet is for you and me, and many others who are destitute, or will be soon. it is for the jobless who walk the streets, with cracked lips, thin wallets, feeling lost and lonely. what does it take to build it? It is about giving them a feeling that they belong, that they are secure, that they are happy. And when an individual is not able to get a job out of which he can live a decent live, the state should come to their rescue. it takes the state to play a role. The state should intervene because a rich dad's son does not snatch a women's handbag in broad day light, so that a class 10 or 12 graduate does not give into drugs and just OD out in a dingy hotel room, so that jobless youth do not beat up a woman just to take her money in the middle of the night, so that youth remains away from crime, so that our police force who is the least paid do not have to patrol the streets and dark corners of the city. It takes just a little, to say, but a lot of doing. But we can't be complacent. The government cannot be so. And Not the MEDIA, in any case. And whatever issues the editorial has raised thus far is laudable. yelnith, the Philipines example was just an example Bhutan could look upto. What wrong is there, if we could send hundreds of Bhutanese english honors graduates to work outside. or for that matter, mennial labourers-or whatsoever.

There are basically two advantages, pressure and competition for employment opporunities at home will be lessened, and these bunch who go out there brings in the hard buck. They could get by with a little help from the governmenmt. What’s the big deal when we ask the government to facilitate the process?

The toilet metaphor was beautiful. Actually traditional wisdom has always been. yelnith, the toilet is for you and me, and many others who are destitute, or will be soon. it is for the jobless who walk the streets, with cracked lips, thin wallets, feeling lost and lonely. what does it take to build it?

It is about giving them a feeling that they belong, that they are secure, that they are happy. And when an individual is not able to get a job out of which he can live a decent live, the state should come to their rescue. it takes the state to play a role.

The state should intervene because a rich dad’s son does not snatch a women’s handbag in broad day light, so that a class 10 or 12 graduate does not give into drugs and just OD out in a dingy hotel room, so that jobless youth do not beat up a woman just to take her money in the middle of the night, so that youth remains away from crime, so that our police force who is the least paid do not have to patrol the streets and dark corners of the city.

It takes just a little, to say, but a lot of doing. But we can’t be complacent. The government cannot be so. And Not the MEDIA, in any case. And whatever issues the editorial has raised thus far is laudable.

]]> By: Yelnith http://www.bhutanobserver.bt/2008/editorial/12/the-toilet-and-the-strain.html/comment-page-1#comment-7082 Yelnith Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:10:17 +0000 http://www.bhutanobserver.bt/?p=2812#comment-7082 Your example of Philippines government sending out 7.3 millions could be true. But do not forget that they are technically qualified and has the skill based knowledge. Just merely churning out high school graduates with good English, and expecting the government to facilitate them to go out is an tall order. You have addressed the problems but not the root cause. Your need to construct toiled was good foresight , but the failure to see how/who and what it takes to build them was short of vision. Your example of Philippines government sending out 7.3 millions could be true. But do not forget that they are technically qualified and has the skill based knowledge. Just merely churning out high school graduates with good English, and expecting the government to facilitate them to go out is an tall order. You have addressed the problems but not the root cause.

Your need to construct toiled was good foresight , but the failure to see how/who and what it takes to build them was short of vision.

]]> By: dark angel http://www.bhutanobserver.bt/2008/editorial/12/the-toilet-and-the-strain.html/comment-page-1#comment-7062 dark angel Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:18:25 +0000 http://www.bhutanobserver.bt/?p=2812#comment-7062 How I wish all the above changes could be put into effect! You guys have done a good research and kudos to you for having come up with practical solutions (suggestions). ...but I wish the tone of the write up was richer. I'm not much of a fan of High School English Teacher! oops! How I wish all the above changes could be put into effect!

You guys have done a good research and kudos to you for having come up with practical solutions (suggestions).

…but I wish the tone of the write up was richer. I’m not much of a fan of High School English Teacher! oops!

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