tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post4822754437588723676..comments2023-10-20T21:46:49.945+08:00Comments on Philippine Commentary: That Infallible HeartDeany Bocobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-89056490135729651072009-08-06T04:04:11.458+08:002009-08-06T04:04:11.458+08:00I'll have to agree with you, Anon yymous, that...I'll have to agree with you, Anon yymous, that massacres/killings happened during Cory's time. <br /><br />The Mendiola Massacre, I remember reading in our library, seemed unbelievable for her time such that I thought it was an old issue from Marcos' time. Thing is we know Cory never approved of, nor ordered them--just the rightists in the AFP. Also, the NDF has recently expressed their gratitude to her for the peace talks, etc.<br /><br />As for the Cojuangco mga greedy hacenderos, I'll agree but let us not single them out--elites have ruled us since when so it should be some national policy that should address such (as if naman feasible). <br /><br />Human rights? In this country, the lower your status, it seems the lesser rights you have. Who knows, however, if such a Truth Commission will materialize? Napakarami talagang iba pang na.torture at napatay, based on HR group reports, but deny lang the government ....Jesusa Bernardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13216156182443307139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-6555262006107507652009-08-04T19:50:46.902+08:002009-08-04T19:50:46.902+08:00Kailangan pa rin ng bansang Pilipinas ang Truth Co...Kailangan pa rin ng bansang Pilipinas ang Truth Commission. Hindi lang si Benigno Aquino ang na-murder at na-torture, napakarami pa! Puwede silang bigyan ng pardon, pero una muna ay malaman ng mga Pilipino kung ano ang hindi nila dapat gawin sa kapuwa Pilipino. Kailangang malaman ng mga taong sumakit sa kapuwa-Pilipino kung anong batas ang kanilang winaklas.<br /><br />At kung may manga bangkay na hindi pa naibabalik sa kanilang mga kamag-anak, kailangan naman isara na ang libro.Anon yymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-8559852979197768442009-08-03T21:05:11.578+08:002009-08-03T21:05:11.578+08:00Someone wrote :
cory passed on at 3 am today... =(...Someone wrote :<br /><i>cory passed on at 3 am today... =( i'm actually in tears... i liked her best for the purity of her heart though <b>i always felt anguished by the massacre of the labor day protesters in her time, the persistent corruption in the army under her command, and her being a mum member of a family of greedy heartless landlords</b> (issues that typified not her leadership, testified not to her vision of it, but the fragility of her office within a network of influence vaster than marcos's as a singular figure). i'm in tears for forever i shall remember her for being one of the most decent, if naive, women and officials we've produced for governance thus far.</i>Anon yymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-27259840286884704032009-08-03T20:57:22.185+08:002009-08-03T20:57:22.185+08:00The Cory neighbor you write about, the one who goe...The Cory neighbor you write about, the one who goes about preparing meals and scolding her children, we have her as a neighbor, too. In fact, we have one just like her right in our own home. <br /><br />I do not think that Cory Aquino pretended to be someone or anything else. Even as president of the Philippines, she remained to be Cory. This is probably why people loved her so much.kulashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06456677398070447652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-11297924410686463702009-08-03T17:34:06.602+08:002009-08-03T17:34:06.602+08:00"I would later come to know her politics in a...<i>"I would later come to know her politics in adulthood. I would know that she did not in fact deliver us from evil, that her constitution was a compromise, that the restoration of democracy would also restore the old power... Power alignments that had and indeed continue to threaten our fragile democracy. It is the same kind of realization one has when one realizes one’s parents are not infallible... replete not only with strengths but also with weaknesses."</i> <br /><br />Well said, sparks. Cory showed us that a fail-safe way towards the path of full/genuine democracy is sincerity, from which springs forth the honesty to recognize the wrongs and ills in society--including one's own acts of fallibility--and the courage to act on them.Jesusa Bernardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13216156182443307139noreply@blogger.com