Category: Civics

So now #CommunityPantry initiatives are being “red tagged” according to the communists

April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 benign0 16 Comments

It’s been just several days since “community pantries” had become a social media sensation and over that short period they’ve been reduced to a political ball being kicked around in the vast football field that is the Philippine national political “debate”. The Philippine Opposition have pretty much taken possession of this ball and their game…

Civics, Politics, Society

Wokes’ brand of justice must never be imposed on the world

September 14, 2020 ChinoF 4 Comments

A lot of people are up in arms over the pardon of Joseph Scott Pemberton, since they assume he’ll go scot-free back in the U.S. I’m pretty sure he’ll go through a court-martial, despite the claim of his lawyer. Woke protesters had better make sure of this before they make noise. If they cry, “what…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Society

Filipino “Menial” Mentality leads to Abuses

June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 ChinoF 24 Comments

People are so up and about against tyranny in the Philippines recently. They pointed at barangay officials and police beating up and even shooting quarantine violators. The wokes claim the Duterte Administration is a tyrannical dictatorship similar to the regime of Ferdinand Marcos. They always portray abusive behavior as a concerted effort of top level…

Civics, Culture

On lone dependence on memes as protest tools

May 23, 2020 rsurtida 3 Comments

There was a time when protests were done knowing well enough that such actions could cost your life or a stint in prison. Whether it was on the streets, or publishing or airing subversive materials, people were prepared for any possibility of harm that may come their way for pushing whatever vision or reforms they…

Civics, Culture, Media, Society

Implementing community quarantine in Metro Manila a test-and-learn exercise to manage the spread of COVID-19

March 15, 2020 benign0 4 Comments

As much of the Philippines belatedly comes to terms with the enormity of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is, to be fair, important that quick and strong measures be implemented to contain the disease. A Code Red Sub-Level 2 alert has been raised by the Philippine government which when implemented restricts movement out of and into…

Civics, Government

On Liberation Theology and Ivory Tower Mentality

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 ChinoF 3 Comments

I went through the liberation theology subject during my last college year at Ateneo (1996-97). We got immersed in an Aeta reservation in Bataan for a few days. It’s an attempt to make us “privileged” students aware of the plight of poorer people in remote areas, with the part-expectation that we would return and try…

Civics, Culture

The problem with De-stigmatizing and Forced Acceptance Efforts

February 16, 2020 ChinoF 2 Comments

The reaction of opponents against the decision then of President Duterte to move tambays (derived from “stand-bys” or loitering freeloaders) off the streets included attempts to de-stigmatize tambays. They say things like “not all tambays are crooks” or “being tambay is not wrong.” But these are not really true because increased number of tambays has…

Civics, Culture, Society

The Fallacy of “Special Problems”

February 1, 2020 ChinoF 6 Comments

The wokes tend to see certain social problems as “special problems.” It’s based on the idea that certain problems deserve more attention than others. For example, poverty in a slum town in a South American country, or hunger in a certain part of Africa. Or, as some woke Filipinos desire, many people in this country…

Civics, Culture