Filipino “Menial” Mentality leads to Abuses
People are so up and about against tyranny in the Philippines recently. They pointed at barangay officials and police beating up and even shooting quarantine violators. The wokes claim the …
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Implementing community quarantine in Metro Manila a test-and-learn exercise to manage the spread of COVID-19
As much of the Philippines belatedly comes to terms with the enormity of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is, to be fair, important that quick and strong measures be implemented to …
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On Liberation Theology and Ivory Tower Mentality
I went through the liberation theology subject during my last college year at Ateneo (1996-97). We got immersed in an Aeta reservation in Bataan for a few days. It’s an …
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The problem with De-stigmatizing and Forced Acceptance Efforts
The reaction of opponents against the decision then of President Duterte to move tambays (derived from “stand-bys” or loitering freeloaders) off the streets included attempts to de-stigmatize tambays. They say …
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The Fallacy of “Special Problems”
The wokes tend to see certain social problems as “special problems.” It’s based on the idea that certain problems deserve more attention than others. For example, poverty in a slum …
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What “Wokes” Fail to Get about Poverty
The “woke” social justice warriors do what they do because their assumptions about poverty and suffering on earth are wrong. My impression is that they are like the vegan “activist” …
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Manila Mayor Isko Moreno’s Disciplinary REVOLUTION
It seems that newly installed Manila Mayor Isko Moreno has launched what could be a revolutionary era in the Philippines’ capital city. One of Moreno’s first acts was to clean …
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