Try not to forget, Philippines.

We started to forget when some of us benefitted from their wealth and patronage. 

We started to forget when the dictator and his cronies' kids and their kids' kids became friends with ours. We started to forget because we try not to judge the kids for the sins of their parents even when they continue to propagate the lies, for their own sanity, that their parents were honorable and innocent when they were really nothing but thugs and bullies who stole from the country's coffers so they can satiate their need for mansions, designer clothes and fancy cars, and got rid of people who got in their way.

We started to forget because we are impressed with those that have great wealth rather than those that live with honor. We started to forget because we value fame more than truth.

On this anniversary of Philippine Martial Law, try to remember. 


MARTIAL LAW REMEMBERED | Where did Marcos go wrong and when did we start forgetting? 
By: Joel C. Paredes, InterAksyon.com
September 21, 2013 1:28 PM

What's Up With That?

I don't understand this country. They fervently fight to make capital punishment for convicted criminals as painless and humane as possible, so they came up with lethal injection. However, they will let an upstanding person, whom they say are in a vegetative state (although this is still in argument) and can't feed and fend for herself, die of thirst and starvation.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/24/schiavo/index.html

http://www.terrisfight.net/

Without a written will, how can we be sure 'beyond reasonable doubt' that what she wanted was to be starved to death now that she is what society calls "useless"?

Open Season on Filipinos and the Philippine Government

Now that the Philippine government has shown terrorists worldwide that they can be bullied to do something, it is open season for us. Muslim extremists in southern Philippines and Jamaah Islamiyah of Asia have cause to rejoice. The future is bright for them. As long as there is someone to kidnap and behead, the Philippine government will do their bidding. Why don't we just concede and give them the reins of government to prevent any other threats? That way, nobody has to be kidnapped and threatened with death anymore.

Just when we thought the Philippine government could not do any more wrong, it manages to surprise us.

I am fiercely proud of who I am and being a Filipino in many, many ways eventhough the behavior of the Philippine government and politicians have brought shame to us many times. But today, my head hangs a little bit lower.