THAT was a brainy literary gem you spewed out re: the cyberworld.
GMA and company have not really internalized the essential implications of the cyber age. Global Pinoys are much smarter than government thinks; smokescreens, stonewalls and old, tired PR jobs are no match to truth crisscrossing the blogs, IMs and e-mails. In the battle of ideas, the truth always wins and liberates in the end.
Notice the ever-increasing feedback from the OFW intelligentsia, thanks to the Internet? Once the Pinoys of the diaspora have tasted democracy/justice in their essential substance (if not form), no superficial antics can withstand morally progressive ideas homing back to the land of their birth.
It reminds me of T.S. Eliot — more expats are gazing back at the motherland and seeing its unique beauty for the first time. It’s a wonderful sight, though excruciating at times from my perspective, this slow moral maturing of Juan de la Cruz/John of the Cross inside and outside geographic boundaries.
Bravo to Joey DV for making the painful decision of taking the high moral ground! The baton has been passed on to his generation.
Thanks mucho.
– Hernan Hormillosa, Queens, New York
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September 26th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
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September 26th, 2007 at 9:55 am
Thank God there is still honor among thieves.
It can also be said that the Pinoys who opted to go abroad to find better jobs are now armed not only financially but technological savvy as well that can keep a close watch at every issues our government is involved and send their feedbacks on real time.
If not for those “modern heroes’” vigilance in keeping their ears tuned to the happenings in the Philippines and engage our government to explain every sordid issues, our politicians would have a field day raking in the millions in dollar remittances and fattening their pockets.
Mabuhay si Juan dela Cruz!
September 25th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
Yes, indeed, we salute the young Joey DV for taking the high moral ground. His generation could start now the awakening of a slumbering young giant, the youth, by emuliating his example. Still, the old Joe DV is still taking the low moral ground, still declaring his loyalty to the scammers. Let’s all hope and pray the old will now follow the example of the young. I’m now calling the attention of children of the president, children of the vice-president, children of senators, congressmen, governors, on down to children of Brgy. captains, and to all our children! Let us all CONDEMN this NBN/ZTE scam, and all other government scams coming our way.
September 25th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
How can anyone think of fully pardoning Joseph “Erap” Estrada after he was sentenced to a lifetime in prison? I know we all think that most of the people in the Philippine Government are corrupt, but by even considering pardoning him, they prove that there is no real justice left in the country. Might as well let all the crooks out of jail (the murderers, the child rapists, the rebels, and everyone else) because for me, Erap’s crimes destroyed more than one or some lives. Pardoning him for a flimsy reason such as “national reconciliation” is a hazy lie that simply translates to me as “Get to the top and you are beyond the Law.” Every educated person sees it as a hypocrisy of the people in government, the degradation of the rule of absolute law. We are reconciled because the case has been decided and he was proven guilty by the Republic of the Philippines.
In the words written by George Orwell in Animal Farm “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
Is this what it means to be a Filipino? That we forgive those that have destroyed the future potential of perhaps a whole generation of our countrymen? Pardoning him is inviting yet others to do even worse to us, our children, and our neighbors. Perhaps they are already doing such things. By not doing anything, we have MADE the decision to let it happen.
Destroy a generation is what Estrada has done; his actions as president have affected every single one of us; local or OFW. He’s pillaged the Social Security System, damaged the reputation of our stock exchange, supported and strengthened the base of political corruption through gambling pay-offs. It only takes looking at our neighboring countries to see what our potential is and what we are considering forsaking again.
No actor in the Philippines is worth the Php 1 Billion that the country is thinking of handing back to him. There is no way that he can prove he is worth more than Php 1 Billion; much less all those billions that he might have already been able to salt out of the Philippines.
Let’s get real for a change. Write to your Congressmen and Senate representatives or just write a blog about it. There has to be a point where all this bullshit chokes us, where we can’t hold it in and we vomit it out. I don’t think that everyone in government is corrupt, but now is the time for everyone to speak out. If he is pardoned by or before Christmas, that 1 billion returned to him will be paid off to the top crooks in government and another criminal is allowed to be kingpin again.
If we are real “Christians” and treat our neighbors like we would like to be treated ourselves, then surely we would forgive Erap as a man, but let him stay in prison for his crimes.
September 25th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
There is no reason to brag on what JDVIII’s exposy on NBN deal. All these are purely based on his personal allegation that may be turn out half truth or complete lies. Notice that he is a party to the BID and it can not be avoided that he has some vested interest on it. Politicians, who have the aspiration to become the next President, feast on this imbroglio let alone grandstanding on the issue. The more noises they created, the more media attention they can get. Those naive Filipinos credulously trap on this rigodon of deception and lies.
I urge decent, good and God fearing Filipinos not to drag on this issue. Do not allow yourselves to be the instrument of evil things lest destruction will come upon you.
All you have to do is stay away from these controversy, do some productive works. Improve your trade, talents etc..
Help deserving & needy persons if possible. Avoid helps for those lazy and corrupt people. Avoid useless gatherings, groups and nonsense talks. If all Filipinos have that kind of characterestics, surely we would expect, better society and prosperous country.