@killiem
“Who has the right to to speak about the internal affairs of the country?”

Anyone anywhere, Filiponos or foreigners alike, as long as THEY DON’T CROSS THE LINE (unlike many the bastards here), DOES have the right to do so. Hint: there is a very fine line between racial hostility and blottering out the (sadly painful) “truth” that does seem discriminatory.

Tell you what,

Why don’t we (or you or I) curse these people (and I mean business here – no time for blabbermouth) and bring them down to hell?

People here had nothing right to do but blot out racially hateful stuff.

True, Kahlil. We need to have a strong stomach to stomach the truth, too.

hey guys…

you know what, i don’t care if martians call us lazy, rights or no rights. as long as it’s an honest observation based on facts (as long as it’s true) then no harm no foul. it’s up to us what to do about it. do we act on our alleged laziness and prove them wrong or do we shout our collective indignation out to space? for me, it all boils down to the truth.

For me, anyone with Filipino blood and family relations in the Philippines, or even just friends, has a stake in the country and a right to say something about it. Screw citizenship.

who has the right to to speak about the internal affairs of the country? only those who hold a filipino citizenship(dual citizen is acceptable) for a simple reason that they are the one who will reap the benefits from the improvement of the country or the one who will suffer from from its mismanagement. =)

I recall there was a movement to change the name of the Philippines to something more “native.” They thought maintaining the name of King Philip in our country’s name was symbolic of our failure, so if we change it, we’ll “remove the curse”. To me, this is completely unnecessary and idiotic. “Philippino” for me is an acknowledgment of the truth about ourselves and that we don’t escape into lies just to feel good. We’ve got to accept that we were a foreign creation, and thus we should use foreign connections to help our country, instead of closing to the world, which would be more harmful.

Also, what would be the new name? Ilocanos, Bisayas, Warays, Cebuano, Tagalogs and Mindanaoans would feud over it.

the term Filipino originally refers to the Spaniards that lorded over our lands, as well as their mulatto offspring; we natives were called “Indios”. when the Spaniards were booted out, we inherited the title, but it seems that we inherited more than that: we inherited the social caste that the Spaniards enforced during their stay here. and to some degree, the original oligarchs did not really leave, they are still here. they are alive through their descendants who still hold the country’s economy and politics in their hands. these descendants’ ancestry is diluted not with native blood, but with Chinese pedigree. so in a sense, we are still oppressed by “naturalized” foreigners.

but i digress. It is rather insulting that we have to bear the name of our oppressors and still be treated as stupid monkeys. so maybe to be a Filipino is to be an Indio, just rebranded.

Typical Filipino. Always the drama. Always the pat in the back. Always the ego-fodder.

Never the solutions for issues. Instead, they call it “unpatriotic”. Afraid of the truth. Always in-denial.

Is the term “Filipino” that tainted? But I don’t believe it’s irreparable. It’s a challenge, I agree. And even if it hurts to try, the nobility of the purpose makes it worth doing.

Maybe your “promotion” in your work gives you a chance to help clean up your colleagues’ acts, and exert influence to help them change their bad habits. If it doesn’t work out in the end, at least you’ve tried. Call it a challenge, call it a trial. Life’s full of them… while some Pinoys want to avoid them. Guess you know what I’m talking about. Good luck at work, anyway.