tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11987503.post8280595728651438602..comments2023-09-28T05:38:56.877-07:00Comments on THE FILIPINO MIND: "HABITS OF EMPIRE" - A Book on American Expansion, into Imperialism and Neocolonialism/Globalism Bert M. Dronahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864941770380173324noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11987503.post-48838153008276212762010-01-02T23:33:49.814-08:002010-01-02T23:33:49.814-08:00Good afternoon Bert!
I just read your profile in ...Good afternoon Bert!<br /><br />I just read your profile in "About Me". In that section, you wrote that:<br /><br />"FILIPINO NATIONALISM [in domestic and international relations] - is the bottom line measure and sine-qua-non for the common good of the native Malay[indio] majority."<br /><br />Bert, if you consider yourself as a native Malay or <i>indio</i>, then you shouldn't consider yourself as Filipino.<br /><br />Please read my blogpost about <a href="http://filipinoscribbles.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/the-filipino-identity/" rel="nofollow">The Filipino Identity</a> to find out why I said that. I'm not looking for an unfriendly argument. I just felt that I need to correct what I deem is improper.<br /><br />Regards and have a happy new year!Pepe Alashttp://alasfilipinas.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11987503.post-13725619663255516372009-09-24T05:36:48.733-07:002009-09-24T05:36:48.733-07:00How do we see our inability to have access to our ...How do we see our inability to have access to our resources today? How do we see our inability to have control over the developmental direction of our defense, political and social behavior regulatory system today? How do we see our behavior not as a nation but as individuals taking as much advantage over one another: not in a home called Filipinas but; in a whore house called American's Philippines; where American Imperialism Defilipinization Syndrome is already widespread; where the term self-respect is more foreign than worshipping dependents of foreign invaders? Do we even see this at all?<br /><br />Such evil actions of the Americans against us Filipinos today, have easily passed beyond our notice. We have to see the pattern of their actions today as a logical extension of their invasion against us in 1899, which was an extension of their invasion of the territories belonging to other nations in the 1700s. Unless we diagnose our case like a good physician- trace the history of our problem beyond just symptoms, we will simply be trying one solution after another among the hundreds after an error after another error in a cycle of trial and error. We will always see that our disease is a local problem. And we will always see that the American Imperialism Defilipinization Syndrome as the cure.josé miguelhttp://www-blogjosemig200905com.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11987503.post-42081171483394930932009-08-26T20:20:00.247-07:002009-08-26T20:20:00.247-07:00I do not know how many attempts to post comment to...I do not know how many attempts to post comment to your posts I have already. I have not succeeded yet. But it is a pity because I have been a follower of your blog. They contain very valuable information which can be of use for the program of development for our nation. If I succeed in posting this, I will post again to make another comment but this time specific to the subject of Habits of Empire.josé miguelhttp://www-blogjosemig200905com.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com