Philippine society -- fundamentally flawed!

[Princess_Fiona]

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What's wrong with our society? Well i think it's because a lot of Filipinos are illiterate and focuses too much on the media. They tend to idolize action heroes and actors who always get the goody-goody role as protagonists.

[adminroot]

hahahaha mao pud!

actually its not the goverments fault ngano ingani ang pinas.

it boils down kung kinsa ta. like what benig0 says on his site. eye opener indeed.

let say 20% of us thinks like benign0....unsaon man lang natu pag change course to development if 80% sticks to there view na ambot d ko kasabot unsa ilang tumong ug tinguha.

during the mid 1900's lupig natu ang ubang nasud sa asia....i wonder sa panahon mga 1980 to late 90's nagkaway ayo na man jud.

Yes we are the capital of CRAB MENTALITY aning kalibutana. I guess pinoy ra ni nga sakit hehehehe.

80% of the population is pulling us DOWN.

[jonciocon]

Wala nay tinood nga Filipino or Philippine society karon kay nalubog na gyud ni tungod sa mga langyaw sama sa katsila ug mga insik nga bati ug mga kultura ug batasan. Para sa akoa walay angayng ika-pasigarbo nga Filipino karon
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[gloryhunter]

Wala nay tinood nga Filipino or Philippine society karon kay nalubog na gyud ni tungod sa mga langyaw sama sa katsila ug mga insik nga bati ug mga kultura ug batasan. Para sa akoa walay angayng ika-pasigarbo nga Filipino karon
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hahahaha..johnciocon strikes again.

You're not making sense bai. as always..

hahahhaah.

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

As a matter of fact, misplaced ambition is what undermines Pinoy society in the first place.

Not at all times .... it is a matter of interpretation . Some considers it ambition and others see it as a destiny . Ambition is when you achieved something because of hardwork and destiny is when you dont give a damn and still live life the way you want it .

We have a huge ambition to become a prosperous society yet are totally clueless about the disciplines, mindsets and work ethic required to achieve said prosperity.

Yes and who wouldnt right ? The thing is , FILIPINOS focuses on the problems and not the solutions .

[riseendreev]

We can never govern our own goverment.

Thats what history has been telling us.

And its really unfortunate to know that I am right! HA HA

yes, i would definitely agree with you... look at what our politicians have lobbying nowadays?! another attempt to overthrow the present government, instead of helping each other for a prosperous united philippines. they are plotting all ways imaginable to make our government as hell as possible... no one could save philippines for now... sad to say that eventhough i am 105% Filipino(apil man ako utot og okok sa amo balay=5%) i am very much disappointed and ashamed of being one... i just have to live with it for the rest of my life though.

[adminroot]

We can never govern our own goverment.

Thats what history has been telling us.

And its really unfortunate to know that I am right! HA HA

yes, i would definitely agree with you... look at what our politicians have lobbying nowadays?! another attempt to overthrow the present government, instead of helping each other for a prosperous united philippines. they are plotting all ways imaginable to make our government as hell as possible... no one could save philippines for now... sad to say that eventhough i am 105% Filipino(apil man ako utot og okok sa amo balay=5%) i am very much disappointed and ashamed of being one... i just have to live with it for the rest of my life though.

Same here bai....though d ko sinto porsinto nga pinoy pero still pinoy gihapon ko gipadako....nindot jud biya kadtung panahon kuno like 60's...70's....pero karon nah down the drain.

Sigi lang bai lang ta mahutdan ug paglaom.

Mga oplok lang jud na atu mga politiko. Mora mga bata magsigi ug away.

POLITOKO sa pinas = CRAB MENTALITY hehehe

Ako nabantayan like sa US....ila mga laws mainly serves the vast majority of the population...in short para jud sa simple nga taw....as the statement goes..."FOR THE PEOPLE"......diri sa atua nasayop....."FOR THE POLITICIANS"

Diri atu laws kay maayo ra sa mga politiko o naa sa posisyon. Mao bitaw ni mga baga ug nawng nga POLITIKO (congressman...senador...mayor....gobernador) d jud mo step down sa ila posisyon kay nindot man ila kahimtang bisan wala na sa ilang term. Mao na ila ipalansad ila asawa...anak....igagaw...tiyo...tiya...lolo...lola ...apo sa tuhod....apo sa lapa2x...apo sa kumagko....etc...etc...etc.

Unsa kaha ang pinas noh like 20 yrs from now?

[benign0]

We can never govern our own goverment.

Thats what history has been telling us.

And its really unfortunate to know that I am right! HA HA

yes, i would definitely agree with you... look at what our politicians have lobbying nowadays?! another attempt to overthrow the present government, instead of helping each other for a prosperous united philippines. they are plotting all ways imaginable to make our government as hell as possible... no one could save philippines for now... sad to say that eventhough i am 105% Filipino(apil man ako utot og okok sa amo balay=5%) i am very much disappointed and ashamed of being one... i just have to live with it for the rest of my life though.

A journalist for INQ7.net coined the term "People Power weary". Yet another Edsa "revolution" then another, then another. When will it stop? When will we have a society that is mature enough to further its grievances through the proper channels? When will proper channels be designed?

Check this article out. It was written when Erap was first overthrown. Yet a lot of the prognosis for the country expressed there are still relevant today.

Excerpt:

The two EDSA revolutions are examples of our penchant for anger and indignation at a national level. Whenever the occasion calls for it, Filipinos are quick to the draw (a trait shared by Erap himself in his manner of conduct during ambush interviews). We sit back and allow our problems to fester then, at the eleventh hour, go all out to seek a quick fix. And, make no mistake, our quick fixes are effective – in the short-term. Both EDSA revolutions demonstrated this. However, it is disturbing to note some parallelisms between this and how we manage our roads. Our roads are rotten and structurally unsound on the inside, crumbling at the slightest bout of rainfall and subject to high-profile cosmetic repair work and asphalt overlays every election time. But the core remains rotten. In the same way that we will always have an abundance of cheap labour to dig up and re-pave our roads every year, so too do we have a rich reserve of warm bodies to march into EDSA whenever our rotten institutions crumble.

Read it all and weep here!





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[benign0]

Check out the following article by the brilliant Michael Tan and ask yourself -- are you a typical Pinoy? If you are, maybe you owe this tragedy to your father.

Excerpt:

Certainly, there is nothing wrong with idolizing our fathers and wanting to emulate them. It is when men equate fatherhood with machismo that we get into problems: having as many children as possible to carry the family name, an extravagant lifestyle, including spoiling the kids with the latest gadgets just to prove one can afford it. I'd go as far as suggest that corruption is driven to a large extent by distorted machismo concepts of fathering.

We owe much to the fathers who dare to defy those norms by leading honest and simple lives, teaching their sons (and daughters) that a simple life can be a good life, too. My father went against both Filipino and Chinese traditions by not giving us birthday parties when we were kids. He was not being a tightwad here; instead, he was teaching us priorities. Parties he felt were needless luxuries, but he and my mother were always ready to splurge when it came to books and travel, stretching the household budget so we could learn more about the world by reading and by seeing places.

There are many ways of breaking the mold, sometimes even for what seems to be the most trivial. Last week, I asked my freshmen students if they thought fathers could give haplos, a gentle touch. Most of them shook their heads, some rather vigorously. Asked to explain, one student volunteered, "Only mothers can give the haplos."

See the full article here.


Food for thought fellow (hopefully not-too-typical) Pinoys.


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[benign0]

For everyone's reading convenience, here is the roadmap to progress I propose:

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