tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post117016222837580624..comments2023-10-20T21:46:49.945+08:00Comments on Philippine Commentary: Davide to the UN -- We Get What We DeserveDeany Bocobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1170251223557468202007-01-31T21:47:00.000+08:002007-01-31T21:47:00.000+08:00And Dean, I agree with what you said up there: "We...And Dean, I agree with what you said up there: "We get what we deserve"<BR/><BR/>Short of kicking Gloria out today, it is fair to say that Filipinos deserve the people and the politicians they get.HILLBLOGGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977843513566589811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1170250225449656922007-01-31T21:30:00.000+08:002007-01-31T21:30:00.000+08:00Dean,I believe you are right that that's part of M...Dean,<BR/><BR/>I believe you are right that that's part of Manolo's rationale - "it was "to prevent violence"" but it didn't prevent violence, eg, Edsa 3, did it?<BR/><BR/>I don't want to continuously blame Manolo for that kind of rationale but it's time to face realities; to continue justifying that it - Edsa II - was the right thing to do is suspicious to me.<BR/><BR/>Six years later and we're still where we are because people like Manolo cling to the 'ideals' of an Edsa II. I believe it is important to really, truly look back and to determine with some kind of finality where Edsa II supporters erred. <BR/><BR/>After all, it's easy to collate facts. You and Alan Paguia have been doing it and there's not an iota of irrationality in what you've always come up with.<BR/><BR/>There can be no healing until we all have come to face the harsh realities, i.e., where and how Edsa II failed, what it did to the country's own judiciary, to the Constitution, etc.HILLBLOGGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977843513566589811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1170223272826560192007-01-31T14:01:00.000+08:002007-01-31T14:01:00.000+08:00HB--I'm not sure that is the reason in his case. I...HB--I'm not sure that is the reason in his case. I think he really does believe some of the usual rationale, like the idea that it was "to prevent violence". As I said, I don't think the FACTS can be ignored forever, especially if and when GMA is impeached herself. The precedent of a trial aborted by prosecutors and the Presiding Judge cannot but be reviewed, even when the Senate adopts new Rules for the procedure, which I say MUST be undertaken through its conclusion, or the Rule of Law shall never be re-established.Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1170172664175288582007-01-30T23:57:00.000+08:002007-01-30T23:57:00.000+08:00Dean,Re: "But I am still waiting for the day when ...Dean,<BR/><BR/>Re: "But I am still waiting for the day when Manolo runs out of justifications, rationalizations and defenses for that space-time Constitutional anomaly we call Edsa II People Power."<BR/><BR/>Manolo cannot but rationalize Edsa II. He was part and parcel of that 'people power.'<BR/><BR/>The elitist and the intellectual in Manolo dictate that he should justify to the very end why Edsa II was right lest his very existence will lose meaning.HILLBLOGGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977843513566589811noreply@blogger.com