tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post113505976297848917..comments2023-10-20T21:46:49.945+08:00Comments on Philippine Commentary: Freedom and Garci's Second PetitionDeany Bocobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1135246917771381422005-12-22T18:21:00.000+08:002005-12-22T18:21:00.000+08:00BFR -- American Painter has been up front and I th...BFR -- American Painter has been up front and I think honest about his opinions. I may not agree with some of them, but I think we must welcome the diversity of opinions and win each other to our point of view using logic and emotion both, but in the right proportion. Magaang ang loob ko kay AP [I am light-hearted towards AP] because he believes in certain things and defends them as well as anybody. Also I am very much convinced that nationalism is no longer Humanity's greatest political virtue. It was after all invented a long time ago, in 1776. But we must reach for greater more universal and inclusive virtues to bind us all to the values and principles we all share.Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1135243954392695252005-12-22T17:32:00.000+08:002005-12-22T17:32:00.000+08:00American painter is talking of rule of law and law...American painter is talking of rule of law and lawful processes as it is in USA and we are talking about the "way it is in the Philippines." He talks about the Highly-Esteemed US Supreme Court and we talk about the lowly-regarded Davide-now-Panganiban Supereme Court of the Philippines.<BR/>While AP can be an expert in the way it is in the USA, he is totally being NAIVE in the way it is in the Philippines. He is definitely comparing ORANGES and APPLES. He says "I don't care." What a laugh! Who solicited for his "care", I ask! Not me! Did you DJB? If my lolo is still alive today he will tell American Painter: "Walang kang paki sa hindi mo pami."Bernardo F. Ronquillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04054476909603464900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1135235622023731132005-12-22T15:13:00.000+08:002005-12-22T15:13:00.000+08:00Sorry you feel that way AP. I think that among all...Sorry you feel that way AP. I think that among all the bloggers in the Philippines, here is the only place you will read a DETAILED analysis of the Anti wire tapping law. <BR/><BR/>I assure you that my idea of overthrowing the govt is not GMA and Davide's WAY of getting into power. <BR/><BR/>Remember that America herself comes from a history of SLAVERY and RACISM and that there was as CENTURY of pro-slavery decision making in the United States. Yet what did good and decent people do during those centuries? It took a while and Abe Lincoln to OVERTHROW such a TRADITION of inhuman Law-making. Likewise it was in America that a guy like Richard Nixon got what's coming to Gloria.<BR/><BR/><B>From Justice Frederick Douglas:</B><I>"Your forefathers were men of peace; but they preferred revolution to to peaceful submission to bondage. They were quiet men but they did not shrink from agitating against oppression. They showed forebearance but they knew its limits. They believed in order but not the order of tyranny. With them nothing was "settled" that was not right. With them, justice, liberty and humanity were "final" -- but not slavery and oppression. You may well cherish the memory of such men, for they seized upon eternal principles, and set a glorious example in their defense. Mark them.</I>Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1135219838282705352005-12-22T10:50:00.000+08:002005-12-22T10:50:00.000+08:00CORSARIUS-- thanks for the quote. It was a moment ...CORSARIUS-- thanks for the quote. It was a moment to be proud of, but where have we gone wrong? It will take the youth, I think, seeing these awful truths, about the dangers of good intentions unfounded in the Law, and love, love of country over self must come to pass, or we shall all perish in our strife over what is just, what is right. <BR/><BR/>MB--We must win over our friends, who perhaps do not see that we know how this society OUGHT to be, that we dream the same things for it that they perhaps take a lil for granted. Though I am inspired by an America that has gone from a history of slavery and racism to being the best hope for a just world, I also know we cannot rely on her for more than a passing glance at old friend. She has her own troubles now and maybe we must see to ourselves! We KNOW what the Rule of Law IS. And we shall re-establish it, with their help or not!Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1135192302161246252005-12-22T03:11:00.000+08:002005-12-22T03:11:00.000+08:00p.s. that Simon quote pertained to the EDSA revolu...p.s. that Simon quote pertained to the EDSA revolution :)Corsariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17984493812083953924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1135192253345863332005-12-22T03:10:00.000+08:002005-12-22T03:10:00.000+08:00That FreedomHouse article is certainly depressing....That FreedomHouse article is certainly depressing. What has happened to the nation who taught the world what democracy truly is? In the words of Bob Simon, "We Americans like to think we taught the Filipinos democracy well, tonight they are teaching the world."<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the info, sir.Corsariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17984493812083953924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1135125928045323102005-12-21T08:45:00.000+08:002005-12-21T08:45:00.000+08:00What do you call the present AP? Peace and Order. ...What do you call the present AP? Peace and Order. Or is it not the ANARCHY imposed by those who claim to uphold the Rule of Law. <BR/><BR/>Our anarchy is the rule of Political Mafias -- capi di tutti capo allied with clever consiglieri who studied Goebbels but are best described by Orwell.Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1135122648095048032005-12-21T07:50:00.000+08:002005-12-21T07:50:00.000+08:00I AM a great advocate of due process. But if a Pre...I AM a great advocate of due process. But if a President like ERAP, flawed and execrable as he was, cannot have due process, who can? His very existence, uncouth as it is, is proof positive that our MOST REVERED PERSONALITIES are also the pavers of the road to hell because they would SHORTCUT the road to heaven via their good intentions. Evil comes in many flavors, AP.<BR/><BR/>What I wish now is that AMERICA, including its Painters, stop supporting a State that has made its people PARTLY FREE.<BR/><BR/>Where is Abe Lincoln and his wisdom about fractions and national arithmetic?Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1135117863937063402005-12-21T06:31:00.000+08:002005-12-21T06:31:00.000+08:00A Warm Welcome Traveler. Though if truth be told i...A Warm Welcome Traveler. Though if truth be told it is it is gloomy, wet and cold in this PARTLY FREE ARCHIPELAGO, where the <I>capi</I> rule with their <I>consiglieri</I> in <I>omerta</I>, even as the People slumber in dreams of people power.Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.com