AFTER our experience with the Marcoses, I thought we (Filipinos) should’ve grown up, a lot.
But here we are once more. We just had an ex-president convicted of plunder in a court of law and talks of pardon are quickly laid out and most embarassing of all, a good number of us think that it is the right thing to do.
Stupid. The only thing that comes to mind for lack of a stronger word to put sense in this.
Why are we like that? Is it because we have been raised like that? To have the right amount of stupidity to put compassion above justice and to be less caring about that person’s self-serving actions in the past? Simply because he was perceived as helper of a handful of poor folks who simply don’t understand that the reason they are in that situation is because of people like him.
So are we really a forgiving nation? No. We are in fact the opposite because we continue to do it over and over again.
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September 23rd, 2007 at 6:07 pm
i think what filipinos really need is the very basic,sense of origin, and the love for country.we dwell so much on having at least 1%spanish blood for we are under spain for 300 or more years,being their muchachas and muchachos,sakada etc.. dont forget how many bastardos ,bastardas did they left behind.we forgot our indo malay origin dated back to lapu lapu wich we are supposed to be very proud,not even our names are spared,we all have spanish names literally speaking.we dont have a sense of originality,the only catholic majority in SEA,yet the most corrupt,love of country???lets go back to time immemorial and ask who we really are..
September 23rd, 2007 at 5:26 pm
It’s not a question of being unforgiving or having a short memory. Filipinos just don’t have the proper sense of right and wrong. And this is not exclusive to the poor or the less informed.
Recent events in the country would show that even those perceived to be have the right mix of brains are just as guilty as the poor who wants to forgive a sinner even without contrition. In short, we are a nation that don’t deserve respect.
I am more than sure that the Philippines will never go beyond the third world category simply because of the third world mentality of its own people. At least, not within my lifetime. So this perennial sick man of Asia will remain chronically sick. It’s not the country, stupid. It is the people (to paraphrase Bill Clinton’s battle cry in 1992).
September 23rd, 2007 at 1:08 pm
Walang ibang paraan para umasenso ang Pilipinas kundi palitan ang lahat ng namumuno ng isang taong Maka-Diyos siyempre may takot, makatao at makabayan at may sinseridad na tulungan ang ating bansa at mga mamamayan. Paano? Yan ay sa pamamagitan ng isang Military Junta para alisin lahat sila sa poder (kaso ang mga Militar abusado rin) sana magkaroon sila ng magandang kaisipan para sa Bayan at mangyayari ito sa tulong ng mga media at mamamayan. Di ako pabor sa Military take over pero ito lang ang paraan para mapalitan ang lahat ng namumuno na mga buwaya sa kapangyarihan at patuloy na sumisira sa karangalan at dignidad ng mga Pilipino. In short let’s remove the Tonggress and Sin-ate for the good of our country and find a new leaders who are dedicated and willing to sacrifice for the country and for the people (I know there are many of them but we dont give them chance because of our system na dynasty at perahan at takutan).
September 23rd, 2007 at 12:47 pm
A naive rant !
more astute and down-to-earth is,
we are what we are, the sum weight of padre damaso on top of juan tamad.
yes, raising a cop-out, to any challenge, from any event , to transpire for 300 years to come.
the good news is, today is a good day to start, counting down 259 years to go.
September 23rd, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Kahit saang philippine blogs ako nagpupunta ang laging sinisisi ng karamihan ay ang mga leaders ng ating bansa. Bakit hindi natin tingnan ang ating mga sarili? Just forget for a while our leaders, just look at yourselves and your neighbors at makikita mong kahit sinong leaders ang uupo sa poder ay hindi magbabago ang takbo ng ating bansa. Karamihan sa atin ay nangangamba sa pangungurakot ng ating mga leaders, yan ay normal lang dahil wala tayo sa poder. Ngunit kung tayo naman ang makaupo, bigla tayong tatahimik dahil “it’s our turn”. Para doon sa maiingay dahil sa pangungurakot daw ng mga nasa poder, mga pare at mare, inggit lang yan. Dito nga lang sa abroad, kapwa kababayan natin ang nagsisiraan lalo na pagdating sa trabaho. Yong crab mentality ay laging daladala ng karamihan sa ating mga kababayan. Walang pagbabagong mangyayari sa ating bansa kung ang bawat isa sa atin ay manatiling bulag sa katotohanan.