Since the Quirino Grandstand hostage standoff, most Filipinos have cried out declaring to the international community how one nation can never be punished for the sin of supposedly one man. Rolando Mendoza, according to certain people, acted upon reasons only described to be selfish and nothing more. Names have been called out while fingers have also been pointed in all directions as government officials try to take each other out in their own battle. What they are trying to do within their own self-destructing circle is actually seen in a larger nationwide scale. The general public pay too much attention in deciding how it is supposed to clean its hands off the mess one guy created. It does not matter how it is executed, just as long as it can never be associated with it. It can not fathom being held accountable for what had happened. I think that is what it seeks above everything else.
It is one of the pressing problems the Philippines has today, but that is not all there is to it. Let us look at honesty and sincerity. Just like thousands have witnessed a flaw in the current administration, there is also a kink in these two widely taught values. Almost 100 thousand people from Hong Kong rallied around the city crying foul over the mishandling of our government in every issue. The bulk and weight of the symbolic march is greater than what is expected simply because I knew they have quit giving our government any credit. They do not trust it. If the administration had been more firm in its policies (which was supposed to start with a better management of the crisis), the impact of being able to arouse the number of people in a different land against one man would not have escalated to that degree. It may not look unusual to the blind eye, but once it has been given enough thought, it is really something. Imagine igniting a people power not on Philippine soil, not along EDSA, and definitely not for anyone on the Aquino side, but from one Aquino? Wow.
One day after the hostage crisis, pictures of local cops having their pictures taken in front of the crime scene began sprouting in social networking sites. These no-good egocentric officers in blue uniforms belittled the power of communication we have today. The tagging frenzy spread like wildfire across the web. While that idiotic move further sank the image of their agency, it also heightened the anger of the people of Hong Kong who were more than ready to blow up any minute. About a week later, proudly on the front page of a broadsheet we can obviously not miss those exact uniforms holding, wait, what’s that? Flowers? Are they serious? Didn’t they mean to bring a camera instead? They must be kidding, right? One day they are happy tourists, and then grief-stricken the next. Not that there is anything wrong with it, but when they have done something so foolish to cause an uproar, it is difficult to validate the truthfulness of succeeding actions. I am aware they are not the same people involved, but each one of them, as long as they wear that uniform, represent the whole police force.
I tried walking on the victims’ shoes and wouldn’t even care now if they offered flowers or not. It doesn’t matter anymore at this point. They have shown their true colors. Everything else is a stunt to calm me down, if I were them.
The president also took his Facebook page down after realizing he can not handle all the criticisms. What did he expect after creating an online profile visible to the public? He wanted to prove how “transparent” his government is and so this was a brainchild of that. I think for the entire six years of his term he only anticipated countless numbers of sweet words flooding his page. He could have done just what he has always done in front of the media crew, smile. It’s easy: =) See? That’s not hard to type at all. That shutdown created more buzz than what he could have avoided if he let things be. The page is no different from forums and blogs whose members are basically saying the exact same thing. It hurt his reputation as being an honest person because it seemed like there were comments which could be true that he didn’t want many to know about.
Hong Kong makes all the difference. We are such suckers for what it offers us. The travel time, the bargain prices, the beautiful weather. There are a lot of things we can like about it, and none we can think of not to like. The banners displayed all over the metro how the country is very sorry for the events that have occurred may mean something more than just that. There could be a subliminal message even disguised in tiny symbols pleading them to take us back. It’s one of our top destinations in vacations for goodness’ sake. It has become part of our own culture to fly there at least once in our lifetime. We can not bear living life without it. Voila! Here comes the apologizing and tears fresh from the printing machine. Do not mistake me for someone who does not care. I do. And I am sorry. Let me post this question: Just how legit is our remorse, really?
Now I am not talking about the honesty and sincerity of our *cough* Commander-in-chief. Give us a break. He has mentioned it over and over again since his supporters begged him to run. It was the highlight of his administration for all we know. Yes, WAS. Not anymore. This is different. Those two words have been tarnished. You know, how a brand new pair of white sneakers is now drenching with rain mud. Same keywords, but different circumstances. Those advocates will, of course, continue to deny such claims.
Have you heard of smiling as a defense mechanism for lying? I’m just saying.
It’s a non-verbal cue, in fact. Again, I’m just saying.
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My Stupid Mouth has written 2 stories on this site.
I know. The truth hurts, but pain is temporary. Fortunately, we can learn from it. That's the beauty of everything you read. Accept what you refuse to see around you, and good things will come.
The Filipinos have shown their insensitivity to the world; by their behaviors, during the Hostage Incident. I am ashamed of what had transpired. Our President, Noynoy Aquino, showed his lack of concern of a Tragedy; just about 20 Kilometers from the Malacanang Palace. He was there; but; he was nowhere to be seen; and nowhere to be contacted. How much more, if a tragedy, would had happened in Mindanao? After the tragedy; Noynoy Aquino was seen on TV smiling, in his briefing. The President may be an imbecile; insensitive; or out of his mind. Or, all of these characteristics. Crissis was there. The President went into hiding, and asked not to be contacted. Do we deserve this kind of leader? It is easy to say, that, your followers asked you to run for President. Why did you run, when you think, you cannot handle the job?This Hostage Incident will go down in our History, where an incompetent President, showed to the whole world his Gross Incompetence. And, he has no remorse about it…
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My Stupid Mouth Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 7:42 pm
I thought I was the only one thinking that way the night it happened. Apparently, so did others. This is the price he has to pay for running without really having any intentions to run in the first place at all.
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Remember when Noynoy and Yellow Army kept asking for DELICADEZA?
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My Stupid Mouth Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Because they know they have done wrong and can only do so much. Pathetic.
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This post mirrors the sentiment of President Noynoy via the statement that he released on National Hero’s Day: “… to stop the blame game; … that we must leave everything that holds us down.” Interestingly, his minions seem to take the same cues from him — to pretend that the crisis did not happen by insisting that GMA is at fault so, therefore, the intensity of the matter is no longer a weighty concern. Some Noynoy fans even say that this won’t be the news of next month and some in Facebook even commented that the police force has been there during the time of GMA which makes GMA responsible for the failure. If those contentions were true, then we still have GMA as president de facto making President Noynoy just a puppet president who’s not really in charge, not in control.
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My Stupid Mouth Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 7:46 pm
They’re all deflecting it everywhere: the rapid change in frontpage news, the PNP inheritance he received from GMA, etc. They can come up with 50 more ways how Noynoy is not to be blamed, but we know better.
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The Philippine Guild Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 9:47 pm
thanks for the great idea. might as well come up with at least 10 nasty excuses that noynoy and his minions are propagating about being responsible for the crisis.
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My Stupid Mouth Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 9:56 pm
Will we expect a new article from you sir?
Filipinos are too afraid of being depressed anymore that aside from distracting themselves with pleasantry seeking, they retaliate against even the people they wronged. Sounds funny doesn’t it; retaliate against even the people they wronged? This is referring to the 2005 Madrigal incident, which had obviously already been settled and already paid for.
And side from that, facts are being twisted. An Inquirer editorial has recently claimed to know the “truth,” using details which obviously try to cover up the observations of critics that would clearly implicate upper leadership and the media. One the Chinese know this, they’ll be infuriated. Clearly, this government is controlling all channels it can to control what people now and believe. But there has to be an end to this charade soon, and the subterfuge will be broken up.
I recently got an opinion in an online group that Chinese are OA daw in their reaction. I was so annoyed by it that I immediately left that group. I’ve had it with people who say “the Chinese are OA” or “we’ve done enough to apologize.” Such idiocy again comes from accountability avoidance and pleasantry addiction, which I am so tired of.
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My Stupid Mouth Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 7:56 pm
I agree. I’ve becoming more annoyed that the Chinese are being called OA for for their reactions. We just can’t accept the truth, can we? Clearly, being on the other side of the fence is not something we are used to that’s why. Let us not forget this is the nation that killed 8 foreign hostages which could implicate international ties. It started with one man, but led to the discovery of another man in power, then the media, then the Filipinos’ way of thinking (e.g. the said reaction). We’re all in this together so we can’t complain how OA they are. It is natural. We act like we’re the victims, very childish.
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Sharafa Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Indeed. It’s ironic that we claim the Chinese are overreacting for making a protest march, when we ourselves have conducted far more uncivilized rallies in the past for all sorts of petty reasons.
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My Stupid Mouth Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 9:24 pm
And their number is nowhere near the ones we have created over the last few decades.
bokyo Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 10:44 pm
Kung OA magreact ang Chinese, ano pa kaya mga ginagawa ng ordinaryong Pinoy?
Kabaliwan?
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KK Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:34 am
It’s sad to read all these nasty comments,statuses, pages about hating Chinese for killing people through melamine and lead poisoning… i don’t really know how to counter this, but i feel its overkill? What do you gyus think?
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My Stupid Mouth Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:38 am
I have thought about how to respond to these comments as well. Can anyone help?
BongV Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 9:15 am
China Puts 6 Melamine Poisoning Suspects on Trial After 300,000 Sickened
The Chinese companies were held accountable – in contrast, have any Filipino agencies been made accountable ever?
… daaaang flips are born and molded as slaves… no amount of tragedy or humiliation will change that…. i’ve seen flips around the globe treated as such, it pains me to see them take it as is… the “bahala na ang juice oooopsie dios” mentallity… ay sus ginoo… mga gung gong… magbago na naman kayo…
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My Stupid Mouth Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 8:03 pm
This I wonder: What can ever change us?
I thought this hostage crisis will change the way we think, but no. Will it take 80+ countries to put us on its black level travel advisory in order for us to understand the ramifications of a poor economy?
I have actually written something about this, ala Keanu Reeves’ The Day The Earth Stood Still, Philippine version: http://ervinang.blogspot.com/2010/08/day-philippines-stood-still.html
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The Philippine Guild Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 9:54 pm
their logic nga lang na next month this won’t be new anymore is so faulty. there’s still december for year-ender reports so technically this will be on the #2 spot of most controversial events of 2010 in the philippines. my guts tell me that the yellow media will put noynoy’s election win and inauguration to be on the #1 spot coz it’s positive news.
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HareBurger Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 10:20 pm
…and i was believing the #2 controversy is of the president throwing tantrums at the stage in front of the media like an autistic kid not getting what he wants.
there are still 3 months to go before the year-ender. if he and his cohorts haven’t learned yet, expect more controversies worst than the quirino massacre….
oh lordy! what have i done to deserve being born in this side of hell?
Jay Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 1:53 am
This I wonder: What can ever change us?
I don’t know, but if some form of civil war is inevitable I’m open for it. Otherwise if its ever possible to change the form of government, it just could. Pinoy democracy as someone has said already is a shrewdly disguised monarchy.
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noremedies Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 2:29 am
I just hope that the president can do better next time (by doing better, i mean doing something at the least). Though I cannot expect any changes aside from a multitude of expose’ about the “inherited problem” from GMA. For many people here in AP, Charter Change is the way to go, but I still haven’t decided yet which one is better.
ChinoF Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 2:52 am
Parang masochists ang Filipinos no? Makes them look saintly daw. Parang masochists are saints because they love being hurt.
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CDQ considered Noynoy actions are acceptable but the people are not.
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the ‘bahala na ang dios’ huh…
I don’t know why the yellow horde/most Filipinos are thinking. They pray and pray but they never act. then what – expect God to spoon feed them? This just goes to show how immature the culture and the Philippines is.
I’m glad I’m finally over with that kind of thinking – I used to think that way. Note the phrase – ‘used to’. Working and being exposed with other cultures and races will eventually open us up to our own fatal flaws and way of thinking. Luckily I had that chance. And add to that is this site, and it finally freed up my mind from the usual kind of thinking that the Filipino culture has.
There’s no sense praying if we will not act. But our president just went ahead as if everything will fall into place. And indeed it has happened. Everything fell into place, but not into his favor.
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My Stupid Mouth Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 8:13 pm
I agree. Living in the US for a while taught me our thinking is flawed. I am glad yours changed as well. I am hoping this website does that to more people too. Please share articles if you liked them!
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ChinoF Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 2:26 am
“Bahala na ang Diyos…” in practice, Filipinos are not even practicing the Dios part correctly. It’s actually “bahala na.” Bahala na kasi tamad eh.
Bahala na is part of Benign0′s cultural trinity.
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My Stupid Mouth Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 2:48 am
Bahala na as long as my mom’s term just so happened to be after a dark Marcos regime. Lucky her no one would be able to see how incompetent she was.
Bahala na as long as I succeeded the nightmare Philippine endured under GMA whom everyone thinks is corrupt. Hmm.. Why not use that as the core of my campaign? Anti-corruption? Perfect! The timing can’t be better. Now everyone will be blinded by the simple fact I’m not competent to run this country too.
Thank you Marcos and GMA!
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the ‘bahala na ang dios’ huh?…
I don’t know why the yellow horde/most Filipinos are thinking. They pray and pray but they never act. then what – expect God to spoon feed them? This just goes to show how immature the culture and the Philippines is.
I’m glad I’m finally over with that kind of thinking – I used to think that way. Note the phrase – ‘used to’. Working and being exposed with other cultures and races will eventually open us up to our own fatal flaws and way of thinking. Luckily I had that chance. And add to that is this site, and it finally freed up my mind from the usual kind of thinking that the Filipino culture has.
There’s no sense praying if we will not act. But our president just went ahead as if everything will fall into place. And indeed it has happened. Everything fell into place, but not into his favor.
@JB ‘CDQ considered Noynoy actions are acceptable but the people are not.’
–one man’s deluded conclusion and consideration should not, and will not be, the same for the entirety of the nation…well, unless everyone else is deluded as that man
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Lorenz Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 9:29 pm
What the Filipino lacks is passion due to defeatism led by the extremely rational views of the conditions of the country resulting to lack of patriotism and/or idealism and misled perspectives and misunderstanding of what nationalism/patriotism truly means. The abundance of nursing students and nursing schools make us look slaves to money and to the foreigners too.
A man chooses. A slave obeys. – Andrew Ryan
Mark Twain said, “Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government WHEN it deserves it.”
Tom Sloper wrote this about what passions really are:
By “passions,” I mainly mean “creative or constructive endeavors or activities that you enjoy immersing yourself in.”
Passions are not to be confused with “goals” or “obsessions.”
Somebody might have a passion for video games, without having a goal of being in the industry of making games – because he also has other passions, at least one of which points him to some other career goal.
Somebody who gets into games so deeply that he can’t take time away from the computer to eat or interact with his family or pay the bills isn’t being passionate about games – he’s being obsessive.
Somebody might be addicted to playing video games, without having a passion for making games, and without having any particular goal except to continue playing video games. He might prefer to call that being passionate, but I call that being lazy.
Passion is the gasoline that powers our engines. Passion also powers our steering wheels. The road we follow must be seen clearly, through a windshield not fogged by our “feelings.”
PASSIONS – Our passions help us know what we want to do, and they drive us in a direction of our own.
FEELINGS – We need cold hard facts and careful consideration to help us choose which way to go to get where we want to be. “Feelings” are usually what we have when we don’t have the facts (or haven’t considered them fully yet). Feelings, therefore, are not to be used as a guide. They often lead us astray. Heck, you might as well flip a coin, if you’re just going to follow your feelings.
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My Stupid Mouth Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 9:57 pm
Twain is money.
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The Philippine Guild Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Noynoy: “let us leave eveything behind us that holds us down.”
Noynoy: “i will show you eveything that i inherited…”
— The Philippine Star
Fluff to the max. Smack dab on victim complex. it’s been two months and he’s still yappin’ like a spoiled brat. Magaling lang s’ya sa exposes and scandals a la The Buzz and Star Talk but when it comes to actual work, he’s lazy and overwhelmingly whiny. No wonder 60% of the Filipinos did not want him to win.
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My Stupid Mouth Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 2:46 am
I’m sick of hearing inheritance, Cory, Ninoy, Benigno, parents’ name in all his statements.
ChinoF Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 3:05 am
The “Inheritance” claim is a thinly disguised acknowledgment of the oligarch feudalism that dominates our country. The real story is, “I inherited the status quo to make sure it’s kept and inequality is ensured, so we can reap the benefits from our poor people.”
Lorenz Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 7:03 am
ChinoF if you’re interested there’s actually a slightly similar event that happened in Taiwan. Unfortunately you might not be able to see it since i cant find it in youtube. I saw it in National Geographic Channel Locked Up Abroad Taiwan. The Chinese police also handled the hostage taking event badly. It involved an American (i’m not sure but they were English speaking westerners) family taken hostage by one Chinese gunman in their own house.
The result though was that they were able to survive. But it was a bad handling as the hostages complained how stupid and careless the Chinese police handled the hostage event by intimidating and frustrating the hostage taker and firing the house continuously like it was a war despite the hostage taker’s warnings. They also did not take into account the injuries of the hostages when taking them out of the house.
It was said that after that event, the Taiwanese police greatly improved. You should really watch it if you could find it. Please do not take this as any reason/way to justify or compare to what happened in the Philippines and do not comment on my synopsis on the Taiwan event as the documentary is far more informative. Watch it first. I just want to share this similar event to others since it’s interesting.
Lorenz Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 7:05 am
ChinoF finally found a link though it’s not the full doc. Please find a way to watch it.
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/locked-up-abroad/3812/Overview
Actually, we haven’t done anything one bit!
Our president thinks that the government has done everything they can… But, for us and the international scene, they haven’t done one thing to mend and restore our dignity and relations with other nations… In fact, he doesn’t care about relations and the country’s dignity for one bit, all he cares is himself being the president of the country!
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My Stupid Mouth Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 9:16 pm
Acting president. That’s all he does. He acts like he is in control, when really he is not.
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Ryunken Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 10:01 pm
Yeah… He thinks the presidency is like a comedy or drama show… Wait a minute… Let’s create a stupid slapstick comedy about our president…
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palebluedot_ Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 10:44 pm
where are those satires they used to make after the Marcos regime? i remember abs-cbn’s “abangan ang susunod na kabanata”, which became our source of information when we do not want to listen to the news. just watch it every monday, and you know already what happened to the country the week before. oh dino tengco is a good character for the president. abnoy din yun!
Garnet Alexa Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 2:23 am
That would be a great idea you know. Making a satiric commentary type of show for the government. But I doubt that a lot of people here (especially the government) would like that. I’m sure they wouldn’t want anything that makes fun of their incompetency. So insecure really.
I really think more Filipinos should adhere to their own saying: Bato bato sa langit, ang tamaan huwag magalit. We’ve got to learn to laugh at ourselves sometimes. At least then, we can admit to our mistakes and work on changing them instead of just feeling ashamed and ignoring it.
palebluedot_ Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 2:29 am
“We’ve got to learn to laugh at ourselves sometimes.”
The president probably did this after the hostage-taking. Unfortunately, he brought this country down with it.
Garnet Alexa Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 3:35 am
I don’t think he was laughing at himself at all. I think he’s just a crazy bugger who didn’t really care about what was happening.
I mean really?! Who would believe that his smile was anything resembling anger or exasperation or frustration or sadness? It was clearly the smile of someone who doesn’t care and has no freaking idea how serious the situation is.
The Philippine Guild Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 10:07 pm
worse, what the president did not do and did (along with what other Filipinos did representing the nation in the process) aggravated the situation.
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mix Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 2:13 am
A result of setting standards very low (or if there is even a standard).
He just likes attending inaugurals and anniversary celebrations. I think this was his idea of a presidency.
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Does the police still deserve “respect” and “trust” from the community and the citizens after what has happened? I do not think so. If you’re in trouble, you cannot depend and trust on the police anymore.
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My Stupid Mouth Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 9:18 pm
Long before the incident I have already found it hard to respect police whose vehicles run a red light anytime they want to. How am I supposed to believe the system is dignified when I see cops doing the opposite thing?
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Jay Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 1:59 am
I think long before the PNP has had issues, even with common people being able to pretend to be as a police officer as well. Then there is stuff like the torture case (already in discussion) and that video I saw where some pulis guy caught 2 snatchers, teenage kids and forced them to kiss on camera, because if they don’t comply they will surely get beat some more.
I think as much as some good cops in the PNP want to speak up, they care about their jobs so they don’t want to make a scene either. So they let ignorance go for the sake of some form of continuity, even if incompetence is prevalent.
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He and Mrs. Aquino-Yap’s flubs this year are best collected in a post called “Pilipinas Wang Na Wang.”
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If you look at the answers of the HK people in Noynoy’s facebook, you will see that except for some really angry and irrational people, they do not blame the Filipino people but the police, government and president. They even listed the reasons why they hate Noynoy: 1) that he did not answer Donald Tsang’s call, 2) that he smiled during the press con, 3) that he did nothing after that.
Some HK people even accepted the apology of some Filipinos there. And truly, the sad part is that, on Noynoy’s page, it’s the Filipinos who made the ugliest and racist comments telling the Chinese to “go to hell” for slamming the president “who has done nothing.” (Well, he did nothing, all right!) Clearly, those sound like blind fanatics to still praise the president after what has happened.
It is at least clear in HK. During their solid march, they put out photos of Noynoy and decried that he was wrong. Noynoy. NOT Mendoza, the hostage-taker. The people in HK want answers from Noynoy.
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My Stupid Mouth Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 2:43 am
We are too insecure that we react so immaturely. We give out racist comments that have nothing to do with anything at all. HK is right, they are more mature in these matters. They know which area to point out for its mistakes, but they know better not to direct it at the Filipinos in general.
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Nes Fondevilla Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 9:03 am
nice comment, Urduja.
i haven’t seen Noynoy’s FB page personally (the thought of clicking “LIKE” on it makes me wanna puke! haha) but this is great insight.
see, some Filipinos are just way too… EMO. hehe. (no offense to EMO rockers out there) they take offense on the situation even if they aren’t really the ones involved. all we want is to see that the government holds itself accountable for its mistakes.
and by holding themselves accountable, i don’t mean that lousy excuse for an apology on national TV a few days after the tragedy. (pls remind me, how many days did it take before the apology was aired? did it even seem like an apology? i don’t watch the news anymore. so depressing!) that’s just so…. hmm.. what’s the term? hugas-kamay? no. anyway, the word escapes me at the moment.
as I’ve commented somewhere in these blogs, Pnoy wouldn’t know the word “accountability” because he’s a “fiscalizer,” remember? hehehe.
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totally agree…remember when we raised hell for an article written by a HK columnist and demanded an apology from him which he promptly gave? personally, when he said that we were a nation of domestic helpers, we should have just instead turned it around and say that at least the domestic helpers are earning doing honest work. the impression i got then was that we ourselves were looking down on our fellow countrymen who were domestic helpers.
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Jay Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 2:04 am
I bet Chip Tsao is waiting to write his retribution soon enough.
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innagadda54 Reply:
September 4th, 2010 at 4:32 am
http://cornholiogogs.multiply.com/journal/item/633/Questions_for_the_Chip_Tsao_Firing_Squad_Part_1
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ChinoF Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 9:13 am
Chip Tsao was proven right. But we’re not just a nation of servants;.we’re a nation of callous and self-righteous hypocrites.
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@urduja
actually, the Filipino masses are not to blame for what has happened during the hostage taking incident. nor its consequences. the HK people are right -they are blaming the government, the president, and the police. sad to say, narrow-minded people(like the noynoy supporters) take it as a form of attack on the Filipino race, thus they go on retaliating in words against the HK people. those people are such in a sorry state.
@ici
siguro kaya lang humingi ng apology ang mga Filipinos nun eh kasi hindi naman lahat ng pinoy eh domestic helper. In a way, the HK columnist made the mistake of ‘generalizing’ Filipinos…still..being a domestic helper is an honest and decent job, Filipinos shouldn’t have taken such statement to the extremes. But, if you’ve read Adam Carolla’s statements, yun ang totoo, and that’s what we need to take seriously… coz Adam’s statements mainly reflect on most of Filipinos electing INCOMPETENT people into our offices.
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My Stupid Mouth Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 2:40 am
Yup. And we live and die with sports and showbiz icons like Manny Pacquiao and Charice Pempengco as if they are gods and goddesses who were born to save the entire Philippines. I don’t know what everyone’s complaining about when it is all true.
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Adding fuel to the fire…
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100902/tap-philippines-crime-hijack-hongkong-5cc1ef8.html
What does this tell the HK people about us? That we are so insensitive and uncaring that we don’t even bother to properly identify who the victims were.
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palebluedot_ Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 2:06 am
OMG! What kind of prayers are the President’s supporters praying these days ba?!? How come gaffes after gaffes are sprouting na? I find mislabeling coffins more disrespectful than smiling face…totally obnoxious na talaga!
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My Stupid Mouth Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 2:41 am
One mistake after the other. They just keep coming don’t they?
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Because of all the blaming that the PNP, media, and government have done, I’m so sick of listening to the news because that’s all I hear about. Another excuse to “explain” their (in)action, another person to blame to shift the responsibility from them. So sick of all of them evading accountability for what happened.
And really, everything they’ve all done so far have all been reactive. No ounce of proactivity in their actions at all. If they proactively participated in the resolution of the hostage-taking, maybe it would’ve ended better.
I’m also sick of people saying that the Chinese are over-reacting. I mean, if it happened on Chinese soil, to our people, I’m sure our country would react the same way as they are doing. That’s because what happened is inexcusable. The lack of leadership on the part of the president is what lead to the tragic end of the situation and people who keep defending Noynoy are seriously deluded.
If only our own countrymen would stop over-reacting just to save their prides, maybe they could see that they’re not helping our country from being respected by other countries.
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My Stupid Mouth Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 2:39 am
Whoever really said we are one hell of a nation that everyone should bow to anyway? That mentality has stuck since. It’s eating us alive.
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Garnet Alexa Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 3:42 am
Totally agree.
I think too many of our fellow countrymen have developed superiority complexes to overshadow their insecurities.
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brianitus Reply:
September 4th, 2010 at 6:13 am
I guess they took Quezon’s statement too seriously.
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potaters Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 10:58 am
Yeah… I’m not too sure what’s going to happen with those “probes” and “Investigative” bodies and crisis “teams”. It’s all very vague.
“OA” — that’s EXACTLY what my aunt is saying, that the Chinese are “over-reacting”. And when I disagree, I will hear yet another litany of “You are wrong-cakes!” and I’m just not up for it early in the morning when I haven’t had my coffee yet. What’s frustrating is that I would think that “compassion” is a pretty common emotion that has been around for ages but it is sidetracked or completely ignored because of pride. All because these people do not want to believe (the keyword here) that P-Noy is wrong. What is this, North Korea????
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Pinoy culture sucks. We get it. You can close your site now.
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Kikuchi-sensei Reply:
September 4th, 2010 at 1:20 am
VERY FUNNY, BUT CANNOT BE!!
WHY YOU ASK?
SIMPLE QUESTION HAVE SIMPLE ANSWER
BECAUSE FIRIPINJIN ARE STUPID, RIKE CHILD!!
IF YOU DON’T REMIND OF WEAKNESSES, THEY SOON FORGET!!
AAHHHH!!!
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ChinoF Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 9:16 am
So don’t you want to change it now that you’ve acknowledged it?
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Who’s “we”? And if you actually get it, why stop at this point when the fun has just begun?
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My Stupid Mouth Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 7:18 am
I think he’s one of the many people still refusing to accept the truth.
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HareBurger Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:50 am
…or one of those who dared to be different but came out like an insecure teenager.
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potaters Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 10:50 am
…or papansin lang siya.
…or ubos na daw ang gatas nya. Nay, meme na daw!
Jay Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 5:53 pm
The fun has certainly begun. There are those in the Filipino circles who say to not expose these kind of things to the children and the young. Only because if they were, they would become critical thinkers and would know how to question authority correctly, in hoping when they become adults to actively spread about changes that may be uncomfortable to the pinoys of old who are still nostalgia’ing about Marcos, Ninoy, Martial Law and among other things.
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Not enough people get it, and that’s the effin’ reality that will remain for a long time.
It’s even worse NOT to discuss it.
Forget the idiotic suggestion above.
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The Filipinos can’t have it both ways. They rejoice and identify over the ineternational triumphs of one person: Manny Pacquaio, Charice etc but they don’t want to be identified with the international sins of one person .
http://cornholiogogs.multiply.com/journal/item/688/Why_Are_Our_Filipino_Newspapers_So_Dumb
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My Stupid Mouth Reply:
September 4th, 2010 at 7:13 am
Now where’s that unity everyone is bragging so much about?
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ChinoF Reply:
September 4th, 2010 at 7:39 am
Excellent point! We want to identify with one person when it’s good, like Pacquiao or Charice, but when one person is bad (Mendoza), we wash our hands of all association with him, refusing to accept that the person is still Filipino. I think that’s what you call a fair-weather friend… or fair-weather fans?
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Some people walk through life with blinders on, no wonder they get tunnel vision and become snipers with the PNP.
Some see life in black and white, the lucky ones with the right connect goes to work at the cabinet; the others get to work at copy centers.
Some see life through yellow lenses with all the attendant hues, no wonder they’re chicken and so full of chickens*%!t.
Some are cursed with double vision, but surprise, surprise, they are the blessed ones. They get to see God twice!
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Filipinos have this tendency to choose what they like and dislike. Well, tell you what, reality will dish out both pleasantries and criticisms, good and bad situations, and the like. Filipinos just doesn’t want to live with the painful side of life and reality. And what do we have? Da Pinoy Matrix.
ChinoF, you’re correct on your statements. Most of the people would spread news about an achievement of someone else – even if that someone really doesn’t know our culture, as looong as he has a bit of Filipino blood. But when it comes to the bad times, we deny every relation and link that we have with the affected person.
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