Enough apologies
When can you say that you’ve shed enough tears? When is heartfelt sorrow enough to prove remorse, or the resolve to fix things that need fixing?
Former police officer Rolando Mendoza’s act of taking hostages and later executing eight of them was cruel and contemptible.
The ala-Keystone Cops hostage “rescue” by the Manila SWAT and how the whole crisis was managed by people and groups with power to influence the outcome are equally condemnable.
The police, media and even President Aquino have all acknowledged their faults and acted to avoid a repetition of the tragic event.
But how many times do we have to apologize to the Chinese in Hongkong and the Mainland?
“The fact is President Aquino has more than bent over backwards to try to ease the pain of the Chinese people,” Billy Esposo wrote in his column in the Philippine Star.
Senator Kiko Pangilinan added, “We ask for China’s understanding in that we live under different systems, and what may be prohibited and banned in their nation may not be so in ours”.
The US State Department released earlier this week the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.
“China’s human rights record is dismal and not improving,” noted Walter Lohman and Nicholas Hamisevicz of The Heritage Foundation.
The Aquino administration has demonstrated time and again just how new and inexperienced it is (others, less generous, say its incompetence) in dealing with major crisis.
It may not be as evident as several decades ago, but the Philippines lives in a tough neighborhood.
The Maguindanao Massacre was not simply an act of political violence. Coupled with the five-decade-old communist insurgency and Islamic secessionism in Mindanao – they undermine the fabric of Philippine sovereignty – the supreme and independent authority possessed or claimed by a state.
Add to that Mendoza’s brazen presumption that he could actually force the government to review his dismissal for being a “kotong” or “hulidap” policeman by taking foreign hostages, with the objective of winning back his old job.
The Philippines is surrounded by powers much greater than her.
The country still has to shake off the reputation of being the “sick man of Asia”. This only adds to the already serious institutional weaknesses that have stopped her from addressing the larger concerns of poverty and corruption.
Power loves a vacuum. It is drawn to it like flies on rotting meat. And since the Philippines has so little of it, the void could be filled from outside.
Perhaps that is why when a dismissed cop mows down eight Chinese tourists (some with dual British and Canadian citizenships), we seem to weep much harder and feel the indignation more than when active-duty policemen herd off about four dozen Filipinos on a lonely road, mow them down with Armalites, crushing some inside their cars with a payloader.
Isolated incidents, true. But isn’t it time the government, specifically the fledgling Aquino administration, proves it can get the job done?
In 1976, Israel raided the Entebbe airport in Uganda to rescue 248 Jews taken hostage by Palestinian terrorists. In 2009, France sent troops to rescue its nationals aboard a yacht held by pirates off the Somali coast.
Even as the Philippine government makes amends, it’s time to tell the Chinese we’ve finished with our apologies, to let them do their job. We live in a tough neighborhood – the Chinese know that only too well, and Filipinos should do too.
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ABNOY
I STRONGLY SUGGEST TO ABSCBN TO BAN THESE FILIPINOS USING THE WORD 'ABNOY'
THESE FILIPINOS CONSIDERED THEMSELVES EDUCATED BUT THEIR ACTIONS NOT.
LAW IS LAW, NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW. DRUG OR POLITICS, PERIOD.
Let's just get ready to rrrrumble
Naku! Tama na muna ang mga analyses at paralyses. Jan magaling ang mga nagmamarunong na Pinoy. Larga na! Pagpumalpak pa muli, let the Pinoys judge and decide what to do about PNoy's administration. Di ba democracy tayo!
Servando
Kawawang Filipino!!
Ka awa-awa naman tayong mga Filipino.
Alipin ng mga dayuhan sa ibang bansa at sa sariling bayan alipin pa rin.
pag may pinatay o inaalipustang Filipino sa ibang bansa, walang man lang bansang nagsasabing "SORRY" , bagkus pinaparatangang kasalanan pa rin natin.
Kailan kaya mangyayari na ang mga TSEKWA namn ay maging DH ng Pinoy at OFW sila sa bansa natin. bakit kasi ganoon halos lahat ng mayayaman sa Pinas Tsekwa.
Apologist's Manual
NOYNOY APOLOGIST'S MANUAL
By A True Believer
DISCLAIMER:
(Hindi ito sinulat ni Coloma, Lacierda, Carandang, etc.)
(Hindi rin ito in-approve ni Billy Esposo, Jarius Bondoc, Conrad de Quiros. Walang kinalaman dito yung brother ni Conrad na ginawang boss ng SSS ngayon. Wala talaga! Promise.)
(Walang partisipasyon dito si Randy David, lalo na yung asawa nya na ngayon ay top official ng isang government agency.)
(Hindi ito alam ng ABS-CBN. Sobra lalong walang alam dito si Ted Failon at yung tinatawag na Taberna.)
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To All Noynoy Loyalists:
Alam nating lahat na ang ating Santo Noynoy of the Perpetual Smiling Face ay perfect at hinding-hindi pwedeng magkamali o pumalpak. Kaya pag may kumontra, pumuna o pumintas sa kanya o sa ginagawa nya o sa hindi niya ginagawa, ganito ang sagot sa mga no-good critics :
(1) Kasalanan ito ni Gloria!
(2) Bago pa lang si Noynoy sa puwesto, tatlong buwan pa lang presidente. Nag-aaral pa. Kumbaga, OJT pa, on-the-job-training pa. Parang sa Jollibee crew. Hintay kayo ng 2016, magaling na siya by that time... maybe. Cross your fingers.
(3) Ano ba kayo! Andami na nga problema ng bansa. Kalimutan na natin ang nangyari. Let's move on. Kalimutan na natin yung ginawa, o hindi ginawa, ni Noynoy.
(4) Kasalanan lahat ito ni Gloria!
(5) Napaka-negative nyo. Kayo, ano nagawa nyong kabutihan sa bayan na tulad ng ginawa ni Noynoy?
(6) Kung patalsikin nyo si Noynoy, sino ipapalit nyo? Si Binay? Pandak din yon, parang si Gloria. Baluga pa. Tapos, baka manugang pa si Kris. Gusto nyo yon?
(7) Kasalanan ito ni Gloria!
(8) Pikon ka lang, dahil talo yung kandidato mong si Erap, si Villar, si Gibo... Belat! Bata batuta! Nye-nye-nye-nye!
(9) Pinupuna mo kapalpakan ni Noynoy? You are a loser! You are pathetic! You are a hater! Inggit ka lang sa amin! Bwa-hahahaha!
(10) Kasalanan lahat ito ni Gloria.
Amen !
This is a rare piece of gem.
pinoy_27 and psylom
These people are destructive Filipinos who are beneficiary of the previous corrupt administration.
Bilang na mga araw nila, kaya they are sowing hate and personal attacks to the new President.
Apologist's Manual
NOYNOY APOLOGIST'S MANUAL
By A True Believer
DISCLAIMER:
(Hindi ito sinulat ni Coloma, Lacierda, Carandang, etc.)
(Hindi rin ito in-approve ni Billy Esposo, Jarius Bondoc, Conrad de Quiros. Walang kinalaman dito yung brother ni Conrad na ginawang boss ng SSS ngayon. Wala talaga! Promise.)
(Walang partisipasyon dito si Randy David, lalo na yung asawa nya na ngayon ay top official ng isang government agency.)
(Hindi ito alam ng ABS-CBN. Sobra lalong walang alam dito si Ted Failon at yung tinatawag na Taberna.)
=====
To All Noynoy Loyalists:
Alam nating lahat na ang ating Santo Noynoy of the Perpetual Smiling Face ay perfect at hinding-hindi pwedeng magkamali o pumalpak. Kaya pag may kumontra, pumuna o pumintas sa kanya o sa ginagawa nya o sa hindi niya ginagawa, ganito ang sagot sa mga no-good critics :
(1) Kasalanan ito ni Gloria!
(2) Bago pa lang si Noynoy sa puwesto, tatlong buwan pa lang presidente. Nag-aaral pa. Kumbaga, OJT pa, on-the-job-training pa. Parang sa Jollibee crew. Hintay kayo ng 2016, magaling na siya by that time... maybe. Cross your fingers.
(3) Ano ba kayo! Andami na nga problema ng bansa. Kalimutan na natin ang nangyari. Let's move on. Kalimutan na natin yung ginawa, o hindi ginawa, ni Noynoy.
(4) Kasalanan lahat ito ni Gloria!
(5) Napaka-negative nyo. Kayo, ano nagawa nyong kabutihan sa bayan na tulad ng ginawa ni Noynoy?
(6) Kung patalsikin nyo si Noynoy, sino ipapalit nyo? Si Binay? Pandak din yon, parang si Gloria. Baluga pa. Tapos, baka manugang pa si Kris. Gusto nyo yon?
(7) Kasalanan ito ni Gloria!
(8) Pikon ka lang, dahil talo yung kandidato mong si Erap, si Villar, si Gibo... Belat! Bata batuta! Nye-nye-nye-nye!
(9) Pinupuna mo kapalpakan ni Noynoy? You are a loser! You are pathetic! You are a hater! Inggit ka lang sa amin! Bwa-hahahaha!
(10) Kasalanan lahat ito ni Gloria.
Apologist's Manual
NOYNOY APOLOGIST'S MANUAL
By A True Believer
DISCLAIMER:
(Hindi ito sinulat ni Coloma, Lacierda, Carandang, etc.)
(Hindi rin ito in-approve ni Billy Esposo, Jarius Bondoc, Conrad de Quiros. Walang kinalaman dito yung brother ni Conrad na ginawang boss ng SSS ngayon. Wala talaga! Promise.)
(Walang partisipasyon dito si Randy David, lalo na yung asawa nya na ngayon ay top official ng isang government agency.)
(Hindi ito alam ng ABS-CBN. Sobra lalong walang alam dito si Ted Failon at yung tinatawag na Taberna.)
=====
To All Noynoy Loyalists:
Alam nating lahat na ang ating Santo Noynoy of the Perpetual Smiling Face ay perfect at hinding-hindi pwedeng magkamali o pumalpak. Kaya pag may kumontra, pumuna o pumintas sa kanya o sa ginagawa nya o sa hindi niya ginagawa, ganito ang sagot sa mga no-good critics :
(1) Kasalanan ito ni Gloria!
(2) Bago pa lang si Noynoy sa puwesto, tatlong buwan pa lang presidente. Nag-aaral pa. Kumbaga, OJT pa, on-the-job-training pa. Parang sa Jollibee crew. Hintay kayo ng 2016, magaling na siya by that time... maybe. Cross your fingers.
(3) Ano ba kayo! Andami na nga problema ng bansa. Kalimutan na natin ang nangyari. Let's move on. Kalimutan na natin yung ginawa, o hindi ginawa, ni Noynoy.
(4) Kasalanan lahat ito ni Gloria!
(5) Napaka-negative nyo. Kayo, ano nagawa nyong kabutihan sa bayan na tulad ng ginawa ni Noynoy?
(6) Kung patalsikin nyo si Noynoy, sino ipapalit nyo? Si Binay? Pandak din yon, parang si Gloria. Baluga pa. Tapos, baka manugang pa si Kris. Gusto nyo yon?
(7) Kasalanan ito ni Gloria!
(8) Pikon ka lang, dahil talo yung kandidato mong si Erap, si Villar, si Gibo... Belat! Bata batuta! Nye-nye-nye-nye!
(9) Pinupuna mo kapalpakan ni Noynoy? You are a loser! You are pathetic! You are a hater! Inggit ka lang sa amin! Bwa-hahahaha!
(10) Kasalanan lahat ito ni Gloria.
Destructive Criticism
These people are destructive Filipinos who are beneficiary of the previous corrupt administration.
Bilang na mga araw nila, kaya they are sowing hate and personal attacks to the new President.
pesteng tuta
ganyan talaga ang buhay mga igan...
pag kaibigan mo ang isang tao lahat ng maganda ay maririnig mo pag kaaway mo laht ng masama ay nasa kanya...
kaya lahat ng nagkokoment ng hindi maganda kay nonoy ay mga tuta ni pesteng gloria macapagal arroyo..
anong yes nyo mga tuta...