no problemo, professor child. your professor, good sir, is NOT rizal so he will never know the exact thoughts rizal was thinking when rizal wrote the 2 novels. so, your professor may keep his opinion about the institutionalization of crab-mentality that's being attributed to rizal's 2 novels.
it's like your professor was suggesting that it was because of rizal, filipinos are so now into crab-mentality. and that other professor of yours who wrote about the great benefits of colonialism? what's so great about being a lapdog for a dictator? well, that's their opinion and you may share it with them.
you can't stop me from commenting too, that the church made us this way. from the time of the spanish friars, it's because of the church that the filipinos never really realized their full potential but instead being looked down to as only an indio.
but thanks to filipino Masons (and some spanish Masons), we gained our independence from spain.
sad thing, the crab-mentality indoctrination by the church remained. their dogma of "i'm right you're wrong, i'm holy you're not, i'm smart you're dumb, i'm big you're small" was pretty much programmed into the minds of the filipino people through fear-based emotional blackmail using the name of God as leverage. the church literally held people's salvation hostage IF they do not submit to their teachings.
but not rizal. and all those filipino Masons who sacrificed their lives so we may know what freedom is like.
and if you say that crab-mentality is here to stay, well, that's your choice. that's still your freedom to choose. but we also have the freedom NOT to choose anything the church is offering.
professor child, i know you may reply thrice the length of this post because you love flowery words. i must admit it could put us all, who are not very bright, into unease. but they don't impress at all. not at all.
professor child, you may want to read the book The Brethren by Reynold Fajardo.
i think we've derailed much already, so i think it would be prudent to go back to the topic. thanks for opting not to reply anymore as it will be off-topic entirely.
God bless.
