There is truth to this post... really, so is the Filipino still worth it?

[machinecult]

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o ang pagsakop sa Spain sa Pilipinas for 400 years walay epekto sa Batasan sa mga Filipino? We adopted Catholicism kay maoy gipa implement sa Katsila natu unya mu ingun ka nga ang atung pamatasan karun wala na apektuhi sa ilang pagsakop? na apektuhan ang Pagtuo ug practices sa mga Filipino tungod sa ilang pagsakop nya mu ingun ka nga ang Batasan ug Mentality wa na apektuhi? i find it very fallacious also.

Okay, but in what way did Spanish Catholicism influence the mentality of the Filipinos and made the Philippines what it is today? I'm not Catholic and I would like to know its connection to our corrupt government, crimes from petty to violent and the free-for-all attitude in our society.

Matud pa sa ako lolo, sa amung probinsya sa Mindanao mga 1970s basta election gisugdan sa mga kandidato ang pagpamalit ug mga Boto. Carbon ang gamit, sa gawas sa presinto magbutang silag lamesa puno ug kwarta, nya ig gawas sa ni botar tan awun ang Carbon - if ilang kandidato ang gibutaran hatag dayun kwarta. So naanad ang mga tawo nga kung kinsa daghan kwarta adtu sila labi na kay naay carbon copy kinsa ilang gibutaran. Hangtod karun, bisag di na uso ang carbon copy naanad na ang mga tawo nga kung kinsa tong daku hatag maoy butaran bisag wa sila ganahi ana. Bisag di mahibaloan kinsa ilang gibutaran jud pero since mao namay nabatasan nila or mao naman naandan nila mao nay ilang ginabuhat.

Daghan ko nailhan nakasuway anang carbon paper inig voting, mid-2000's na gani didto sa Argao manghatag ug 500 para botaran ilang kandidato. Sa ako lang, dili ko gusto na mupasangil sa mga Katstila mismo tungod aning mga butanga tungod kay wala ko kita sa punto. We've been free for a hundred years, how much longer are we going to blame them before we actually do something to fix this country?

[machinecult]

Why should I die for a country of idiots and cowards who say for instance elect en masse a retard like Pnoy? Haha e sugal akong kinabuhi para sa tambay na di magduha-duhag tulis nako kung mangitngitan? Kamo nalang.

"e sugal akong kinabuhi para sa tambay na di magduha-duhag tulis nako kung mangitngitan?"

I can't help but agree that there is some sad pang of reality to this statement.

The person you quoted is just being cynical and I understand his reasons I just don't think its the right way of seeing things. Nobody defends their country for idiots, cowards, criminals or a president they don't like. They defend their country for the sake of their families, friends and love for nation regardless of its imperfection. This is why soldiers have a habit keeping pictures of their loved ones like in their helmets and not pictures of their country's most wanted list.

[RhyLe]

Otherwise, it is still better to see a Philippines run like heaven by anyone else, than run like Hell by Filipinos themselves.

I agree with this. As long as they manage to "respect" every person in the Philippines, I'll let them run my country.



We really can't change the country by ourselves, kailangan kita gyud tanan. I know it's hard since lahi-lahi gyud ang Filipinos nya daghan kaayong islands. We also have discrimination, stereotypes and prejudice. (I hate Filipinos discriminating/stereotyping Bisaya. Yeah, I hate them too. I hope I can see a President from Visayas or Mindanao area in my lifetime, that might restore my faith in Filipinos)


Are Filipinos worth it? Some of them, can't say all of them.

[darkpilas666]

patriotism has "changed" throughout the years.

[tophat]

I agree with this. As long as they manage to "respect" every person in the Philippines, I'll let them run my country.



We really can't change the country by ourselves, kailangan kita gyud tanan. I know it's hard since lahi-lahi gyud ang Filipinos nya daghan kaayong islands. We also have discrimination, stereotypes and prejudice. (I hate Filipinos discriminating/stereotyping Bisaya. Yeah, I hate them too. I hope I can see a President from Visayas or Mindanao area in my lifetime, that might restore my faith in Filipinos)


Are Filipinos worth it? Some of them, can't say all of them.

That will never happen as long as this country remains as is.

If, by chance we get to separate from Imperial Manila, then maybe.. maybe that will be possible.

[mokiloo]

patriotism has "changed" throughout the years.

exactly
one thing i observed:
wearing of the "proud to be pinoy" themed apparels--kanang na-ay map sa phils and the red-blue-white-stars and sun shirts, which for me is purely a merchandising powered by fad thing. pero pasul-oba ug barong tagalog or makakita naay mag barong tagalog ingnon pa mura patay or gihaya

[tophat]

exactly
one thing i observed:
wearing of the "proud to be pinoy" themed apparels--kanang na-ay map sa phils and the red-blue-white-stars and sun shirts, which for me is purely a merchandising powered by fad thing. pero pasul-oba ug barong tagalog or makakita naay mag barong tagalog ingnon pa mura patay or gihaya

personally hilas man lantawon ni nag usar ug apparel nga flag theme. ambot lang.. basin sayop ko pero mas una pa man ni mibiya sa nasod if naay chance.

[KE-25]

just this weekend, i reprimanded two youngsters, they must have been in their late teens or early twenties, for throwing candy wrapper on the street (snow bear) when a city garbage bin was a mere six steps away ( i measured it by actually walking).

you know what they did?



they got mad, challenged me.. "kinsa man ka bai?"

yeah.. do little things for our country. i did.

Well at times there are unfortunate events like that , its not perfect , but lets not count the little things we do , if we truly mean to help we just do.

[tophat]

"A Philippines run like hell by Filipinos", a prediction by Manuel Quezon, made in the late 1940s, which is evidently coming true in our lifetimes.

"The Beatles is more famous than Jesus", said John Lennon, and a bullet ended his life.

This country is doomed.

[mokiloo]

^^^what prediction? did he actually said it as a prediction?