Speaking of respect

Do your job mr. fsmpio! there is no excuse what so ever. You have time to post in here but no time to write a short biography of the presidents and vices?

Yes! and maybe China can fund this for us...

True, I was disappointed about the missing biographies, especially that of our first President. My only memory of him was as a kid when he visited Yap and there was a big celebration. I was to short to see over the crowd but could hear his speech (although I couldn't understand).

Young Micronesians know more about US Presidents then our own.

I wish FSMPIO would take care of this issue very soon.

Calm down gentlemen. I'm sure the FSMPIO will get around to posting the backgrounds as soon as he can. By the way, the FSMPIO is very handsome. Has anyone noticed this fact? Or has it been overlooked due to his awesome PIO skillage!

why only Chuukese Reform? why can't you extend this service to all of micronesia?

:) i like

move the capitol of fsm to chuuk. joking. i have to agree with the guy above, Nakayama would never DEMAND or cry over spill milk.

niekufen,

You might want to ask yourself the same questions you asked Vid. If you are so very well versed in our cultures, practice it too by refraining from talking to a man in that way. Vid has every right as a citizen to demand what he deems necessary to maintain a professional image of the official website of our president, the president himself, and our nation. We are part of the nation, and we want her image to be professional in every way possible. Furthermore, Vid is closely related by blood to the late Tos. Very very close. The lastname says it all. But I believe this is not personal. If the late Tos was your uncle, affort Vid the same respect. Please read Vid's article above, and then vent the right way.

I am smelling a big misunderstanding here.

If I have a President whom to be my role model or if happen to be my relative who doesn't like to gain attention to himself as being his humble habit or being wise and so forth. Me, as a citizen of a country he founded or as a relative, will rather be the very first one to defend his honor by either request or demanding for a respect he deserved. Because he is humble and talented that I so benefited by living in a long existing country he founded, especially if I happen to be a relative, I will rather be the one making the call and raise the concern when none of the family or citizen of the country stand up for him or for the country where I see honor and respect misplaced or neglected. Most importantly, if I do am also a relative of a man currently in-charge, it will be an opportunity for a family altogether to fix where I personally believed respect and honor fit for a late honorable president and a country.

I think Vid using the term demand in a sense of urgency because I am also a witnessed for a long missing important part of information that has been left blank for quite a long time. Not just as a close relative but also being a loyal citizen of F.S.M somebody must aware and voice him/herself to where he/she see necessary. Now, do I think it is very disrespectful to lack important information in the eyes of this country? HELL YEAH!!!! When you sing the National Anthem and cross your arm over your heart looking at the F.S.M flag to honor it, respect it, and acknowledge your loyalty, how does it pin into your brown skin knowing one lil piece of information of atleast one MAN who very founded the country that make it possible to have four white star existed lack the respect to give immediate attention???

If I am a relative, I'm supposed to give Vid the support and the President an encouragement than publicly sharing a poor judgment and misunderstanding when I can't stand up for an honorable man who deserved great respect.

JUST my opinion and my apology I have no place to voice in this matter.

like who give a hoot about a premeditated publicity stunt. get back to work and refrain from using public fund to endorse chuukese interest.

Vid is right in demanding such missing information for the generations to follow. What is also true is the tone of his "demand", if it were to be vocally heard. However, it has become evident that FSM PIO is on top of this and we should just be patient and wait for the outcome.

Vid should be commended though for reminding us that such is important for the development of our history.

Niekufen, pwan kinisou ren om na sense of respect, ussun ururun met kiich choon Chuuk mei mammarita fan nurun. I dont know who among us were mature then, at the time of the Late Nakayama's era. Nge ewer ennet ai chok pwan nuku pwe non fansoun an Vid mammarita, ina epwe fen nee atin, fansoun an Samach Nakayama we emweni fonuwach, non nangattamen fansoun, ai nuku ina popun Vidalino a chopwano iwe a "demand" epwe wor uruwon ika porousen samach ika attongeach we mei unusen ammafen me miriit.

Just thinking foolishly out loud.

Speaking on behalf of myself and the Chuuk Reform Movement, I wish to extend a sincere killisou chapur to Patrick Blank (FSMPIO) for communicating frankly to me via email and correcting my assumption about the President's official response to the issue. It is now clear that the missing biographies have been a simple case of oversight which is now being corrected by order of the President. I join other citizens of FSM in looking forward to proudly reading these biographies of these great public servants of our nation as will undoubtedly be published by the FSMPIO and his staff in the coming days. I hope this has been a worthy exercise in civil discourse we need to have in our nation without personally attacking anyone as some have chosen to do. I have also refrained from making this demand a case of a blood relative of the late President Nakayama crying foul. Instead this is about citizens exercising their democratic right to speak up for quality services from the government for the sake of making us as a nation moving forward.

I would respectfully disagree with you, i, about what we as a nation can learn from the late President Nakayama. We, more than ever in these troubling times in our union (and especially in Chuuk) need to learn from his life, his values, his courage, his history, his perseverance, his leadership style, his discipline, his humility, his philosophy, his upbringing, his education, his desires, and his dreams and hopes for this nation. How can we learn to overcome our problems in the FSM if we have not given ourselves the time of day to learn from the great founder of our nation? We are not just talking about any old biography; we are talking about honoring the foundation of our nation through the hopes and dreams of a man who overcame all odds to lead this nation into a unified body.

I would agree with those who say that the humble person that he was would never ask us to write his biography, but I'm sure he would want us to keep alive and improve the nation he so courageously fought with his sweat and tears to form with others in his time. Our leaders today need to learn how to govern as he lived and we citizens need to live the way he led. How do know these values unless someone puts the effort into researching and writing these things for us today and for future generations of FSMers? If I had the ability and resources I would write his biography myself and insist my daughter reads it when she's old enough.

Thank you FSMPIO. You and the President have spoken like true hard working gentlemen.

The late President Nakayama always used gentle words, and he was well liked and admired. A true diplomat, he was. Let us hope that our young generation today do not just demand his biography but also learn to live his smooth ways.

"...citizens exercising their democratic right to speak up for quality services from the government for the sake of making us as a nation moving forward." (Vid)

I totally agree with Mr/Ms. i. This exercise of democratic right to speak up by Vid was uncalled for. He could have easily rectified the problem by personally writing to FSMPIO and it would have been done. If nothing was done, then this comment on micsem would have been appropriate.

In this case, Vid obviously wanted the glory by putting down the President. And I cannot help but equate Vid to Nancy Grace of CNN, who loves to find any subject to stir up a fight on her show in order to attract an audience. My word of advice to Vid, there are more urgent issues in your home islands that need your publicity that you can advocate for. Look deeper and speak as a man, Vid, not as a woman.

Thank you all for the hearty dialogue on this important issue of giving due respect to the late President Nakayama on President Mori's website. That's the issue and we look forward to it being corrected.

TAYLOR: thank you for equating me to a Micronesian women although I'm not worthy of such honor. I respect your viewpoints except for your last sentence which shows how you think about the women in your personal or professional life. If we Micronesian men have half the courage, half the intelligence, half the strength, half the compassion, and frankly half the balls of our Micronesian women, we'd be a lot better leaders and therefore a better nation. But I've spoken my peace on the issue of Micronesian male chauvinism in other topics on Micsem. Let's just leave you wallowing in your chauvinistic pen of ignorance and decide for yourself if your male chauvinistic attitude belongs in the public domain. I suspect you don't have the guts of a woman to apologize to our women for the low blow.

Secondly, posting on Micsem and publicly calling attention to years of neglect on the President's website are hardly places or actions I would choose to go or do to seek "glory." There is no glory in this endeavor except that which is long overdue for the late President Nakayama. When his biography and those of all our former presidents and vice presidents are published on our president's website as they should have been, then the glory will belong solely to President Mori for finally correcting years of neglect by his predecessors. Is there glory in that for me? Not in my book. Is it the right thing to do? Absolutely!

Thirdly, why the public debate? This neglect has been a public embarrassment for us as a nation (public because it has been on the internet for the world to see for so many years) that it deserved a public engagement. I'm sorry I had to be the one to push the envelope, and even more sorry that Patrick Blank (FSMPIO), my former colleague and friend from his teaching years at Saramen Chuuk Academy had to be on the receiving end of the challenge, but that's his job. He's a professional and he can handle it. We've put up with this neglect for so long, silently waiting in our "Micronesian way" for years it had to be done in the way that politicians know how...public display. Will the FSMPIO deliver on the solutions based on this publicly engaged debate? We shall see, but I have no doubt it will be done as promised. Is it worth the effort? I sure hope so...

FSMer: you are absolutely right! I agree that President Nakayama was only one of the many founders of this nation; they all should be honored. Let's start with him and go from there. Who knows...maybe this is the start of a long overdue museum (physical and virtual) in Palikir and on the internet to honor the legacy of these great leaders. Maybe the newly formed Office of National Archives and Cultural Preservation will lead the effort. Maybe the College of Micronesia will utilize one of its Micronesian History class (I suggest the one taught by former President Haglelgam) to write these histories and publish them online. Maybe a progresssive member of the FSM Congress will sponsor a bill allocating funds to turn one of those beautiful buildings at the Capitol (I suggest the one housing the ineffective Department of Education) into a museum dedicated to preserving the histories of our nation. Maybe Micsem will be funded by FSM Congress to build and operate an independent museum much like the Smithsonian Institute in DC. Maybe the President will hire additional staff for the FSMPIO whose sole job is to collect stories and photos of these leaders and publish them on his website. There's a lot more we can do to honor these greats. Let's hope we don't end with the former pres and vps, but have the biographies of all those great leaders. But let's take this one small step together and build on the next leap.

I agree with SVN...this topic is officially closed while we await the results of our efforts. I'd be happy to continue any debate via email. Mine and the Chuuk Reform Movement's email addresses are publicly posted in our Micsem profiles to encourage continued personal dialogues.

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