tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11987503.post115420793773514792..comments2023-09-28T05:38:56.877-07:00Comments on THE FILIPINO MIND: A DAY WITHOUT FILIPINOSBert M. Dronahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864941770380173324noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11987503.post-1154326328507695372006-07-30T23:12:00.000-07:002006-07-30T23:12:00.000-07:00Thanks for this post and the others as well.The Fi...Thanks for this post and the others as well.<BR/><BR/><BR/>The Filipinos are indeed everywhere.<BR/>No use to blame and label present and past presidents as pimps,which I admittedly call some presidents when I am not looking before leaping.<BR/><BR/>That is why it is hard to make Foreign policies for a country like us.<BR/>It is hard to take sides in a war,because for sure we have Filipinos in any side.<BR/><BR/>That is why now,I am wondering when the time would be to start an evacuation plan for the Filipinos in Israel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11987503.post-1154278395246966202006-07-30T09:53:00.000-07:002006-07-30T09:53:00.000-07:00hello Joseph Ongsitco, thanks for sharing that. I ...hello Joseph Ongsitco, thanks for sharing that. I would like to react to some of the points you raised: <BR/><BR/><BR/>“Let us not blame each other, but let us, instead, help one another because there is no solution until all else is forgiven and ill will set aside.” ---- unfortunately kindness and compassion cannot be forced, they have to come “naturally” from the human heart, and who really wants hypocrisy? and to the question “is there no need for human greed?” the answer is: yes when these oppressors die. I think that what we should do is BLAME AND JUDGE and work from there. “help one another” is this directed to the lowly worker in EPZA (here in Cavite where I live) living on 200 pesos a day, lining up through rain and shine just to get a job cuz he was laid off after 3 months (contractualization) sending all his money to the province; or to a politician stealing billions of taxpayer’s money? <BR/><BR/><BR/>“If resentments, pain, hurt, and all the bad feeling can neither be forgotten nor forgiven, then let us forget about humility and humanity as well.” ---- in a personal, private level this is wonderful, and signifies harmonious relationship w/ nature. Indeed I believe that this is the only way we can LIVE- the realization that time is cyclical and that after great pain and sorrow comes ecstasy. But as a body politic, I think we should first LEARN AND UNDERSTAND the causes of the “resentments and pain” the how and why (conditions) of their (poor people’s) miserable existence, and work from there- will the “oppressed” (oppressed as a political term ONLY- but in essence there would really be no distinction) forgive and forget? Maybe… after they are already eating 3 meals a day and have DECENT LIVES. <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>This is why I do not think we should be ‘IDEALISTIC”… as though everything we do now is for some progress or happiness to be ‘enjoyed” in the future. That is understood by women who sacrifice for their children, but what about the here and now, and people’s day to day lives? (For example, sacrificing our families in order to uplift our economy IN THE FUTURE and being heralded as HEROES when we becomes OFW’s- without considering the day to day lives of these workers- and the people affected? )<BR/><BR/><BR/>Philosophically and at the deepest personal level I find it hard to see the dualistic divisions of human beings- but we are political beings, and I believe we should take sides. Unless of course these Opressors will miraculously feel compassion for other human beings. ^^* <BR/><BR/><BR/>Anyway hope to hear from you again.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Bert for the posts.Miss Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07806640305749683922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11987503.post-1154266777177109072006-07-30T06:39:00.000-07:002006-07-30T06:39:00.000-07:00Hello Joseph, Thanks for your quotation. However, ...Hello Joseph,<BR/> <BR/>Thanks for your quotation.<BR/> <BR/>However, I do not agree with the position that history will not help resolve crises. <BR/><BR/>Whether one is dealing with animate or inanimate issue, one has to know and understand its history: the "what, when, how and why;" Statesmen, politicians, lobbyists,doctors, engineers, teachers, lawyers, etc. do so in their professions to be effcetive and efficient.<BR/> <BR/>And where do prejudice and distrust, etc. come from? Out of the blue? No. <BR/><BR/>It comes from knowledge of the people who create such emotions and thinking, such attitude and behaviour. <BR/><BR/>And those are based on the past, and the past is what is called history, whether it was yesterday or years/eons ago. <BR/> <BR/>And objectively speaking, we are talking of recorded history (honest or dishonest ones) and that is why one, who is serious in his pursuit of truth to reslove the issue, needs to deeply study its past if he wants complete understanding, a prerequisite to defining alternatives, evaluating them and forming a deciding on a solution (s). <BR/> <BR/>BertBert M. Dronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06864941770380173324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11987503.post-1154266487921371192006-07-30T06:34:00.000-07:002006-07-30T06:34:00.000-07:00Hi! "To simply look back into history and to ackno...Hi!<BR/> <BR/>"To simply look back into history and to acknowledge present realities can neither solve/resolve the current crises facing us all nor enlighten us further towards solution/solutions to upheavals everywhere in this world we live in.<BR/> <BR/>So long as we look towards each other with prejudice and distrust and as long as we indulge in self-interest and self-preservation, there will be no peace and understanding.<BR/> <BR/>Let us not blame each other, but let us, instead, help one another because there is no solution until all else is forgiven and ill will set aside.<BR/> <BR/>Let us be ashamed not only of our own ignorance, but also of our lack of forsight for things beyond our control or intelligent design.<BR/> <BR/>If resentments, pain, hurt, and all the bad feeling can neither be forgotten nor forgiven, then let us forget about humility and humanity as well.<BR/> <BR/>I don't want to watch how people can make hell for the rest of the world. I certainly cannot identify myself with anyone either the oppressor or the oppressed. I just want to be left in peace and return the same with little ado. But, if provoked to defend my basic human right and that of others, I am willing to commit myself to the task of righting the wrongs without self-interest and without taking sides because no one wins in any bloody confrontation." <BR/> <BR/>anonymous<BR/>-Joseph OngsitcoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com