Category: Culture

House Rep. John Bertiz’s arrogance mirrors the character of the Filipino people

Posted on By benign0 27 Comments on House Rep. John Bertiz’s arrogance mirrors the character of the Filipino people

The brouhaha over House Representative John Bertiz not removing his shoes for a security check at the Manila International Airport is, itself, evidence that rules and the Law don’t really rule in the Philippines. In a modern society of laws, such a display of arrogance would have been swiftly dealt with and not have required…

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Culture, Society

Why are Filipinos reluctant to call wrongdoing out?

Posted on By FallenAngel 18 Comments on Why are Filipinos reluctant to call wrongdoing out?

Well, to be more specific, they are reluctant to call out, on the spot, wrongdoing with strangers, and especially with persons of higher social rank, and persons of authority. When it comes to a person of lower social rank – perceived or real – than themselves, quite a few Filipinos won’t hesitate to give a…

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Civics, Crime, Culture

How Ideologies Failed and became Obsolete

Posted on By ChinoF 27 Comments on How Ideologies Failed and became Obsolete

During one martial law anniversary, columnist Raul Pangalanan wrote about how ideologies led to what happened during the martial law era. These include the First quarter storm riots, the formation and actions of the New People’s Army, and nearly anything anti-Marcos. He said, all of these happened because people clung to ideologies more people today…

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Culture, Politics, Society

We Should Stop Being Profuse With Praise Towards People

Posted on By ChinoF 37 Comments on We Should Stop Being Profuse With Praise Towards People

A recent article I saw on my feed was how parents were pushing for rewarding children who just participated and never had any worthwhile achievements. The derogatory symbol for it is the participation trophy. It’s another extreme of the false positivism and self-esteem movement. Some believe that any sort of criticism, such as pointing out…

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Culture

Going around in circles

Posted on By FallenAngel 47 Comments on Going around in circles

People come and go. Governments rise and fall. Disasters (natural or otherwise) happen and leave their effects. In this regard, the Philippines is not much different from other societies in the world. What distinguishes us is how we react. Despite knowing some things happen cyclically, rather than improve their response, it seems Filipinos collectively would…

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Culture, Development, Politics, Society

Few (if any) Filipino “national heroes” are soldiers

Posted on By benign0 25 Comments on Few (if any) Filipino “national heroes” are soldiers

I noticed something about Filipino “national heroes”. None of the ones that the nation’s “thought leaders” wax poetic about most frequently are soldiers. As I wrote a while back, most of them died with their back turned towards their assailants. They captured no territory nor held a stronghold to the death. They are hailed as…

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Culture

Not really an “Asian” movie but I’m excited to see Crazy Rich Asians nonetheless

Posted on By Kate Natividad 37 Comments on Not really an “Asian” movie but I’m excited to see Crazy Rich Asians nonetheless

I’m gonna see Crazy Rich Asians as soon as I can. How can I not? It’s been promoted ’til Kindgom come! There’s also all that hype surrounding Queen of Philippine Media Kris Aquino’s millisecond appearance. Lol! If I were her I wouldn’t make such a big deal of it. When you are The Queen and…

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Culture, Film Review, Glitz and Glamour

Zaxx to Charice (Jake Zyrus): False Voice was your beginning. Will Fake Voice be your end?

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False advertising, fake news, fake election results, and guess what’s trending next… Below is an open letter to the former diva Charice (Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco, 26) who now goes by the name Jake Zyrus, a transgender “male”. This is in response to her coming out in the recent interview at the Tonight with Boy…

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Culture, Glitz and Glamour