Category: Society

Lewd Vice Ganda billboards full of naked men offends Cebu morality police!

July 8, 2015July 8, 2015 Kate Natividad 4 Comments

What was the management of ABS-CBN thinking posting this supposedly “lewd” billboard promoting Filipino gay celebrity Vice Ganda’s concert in Cebu? Well, if we go by the current politically-correct thinking, it was thinking normal thoughts. Encouraging homosexuals to “express their sexuality” is kinda the in thing nowadays, I heard. So I suppose we really cannot…

Civics, Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Society

Moral Myopia: The Source Of All Bigotry

July 6, 2015 Grimwald 5 Comments

There have been many ideas and accusations being thrown around because of the word “bigotry”. In my latest article about my stance on gay marriage, there have been a disappointing number of commenters who not only failed to understand what was being said, but also failed to even think about what was being said. It has occurred…

Culture, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Religion, Society, The South

Philippine society is living off unearned pride bought with false achievement

July 6, 2015July 6, 2015 benign0 18 Comments

Groupthink for the sake of “stability”? That might work if you are a Germany or Japan — or even a China or South Korea. But this is the Philippines. Filipinos got groupthink all wrong. Whereas the other successful collectivist societies groupthought their way to scientific, technical, and economic achievement, the Philippines degenerated into a sad…

Culture, Development, Society

I Agree With Same-Sex Marriage But…

July 6, 2015 Grimwald 45 Comments

“Our culture has accepted two huge lies. The first is that if you disagree with someone’s lifestyle, you must fear or hate them. The second is that to love someone means to you agree with everything they believe or do. Both are nonsense. You don’t have to compromise convictions to be compassionate.” ~Adam Cappa I am…

Culture, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Religion, Society

Breaking the Culture of Slavery: The First Step in Saving the Philippines

July 5, 2015July 5, 2015 Grimwald 10 Comments

I was once asked about what films have I seen that have had a definite impact or influence in my life. Without fail, I answered Stargate. No, not the series or several series that came after it, but the moderately successful film that set it off. The one that featured James Spader and Kurt Russell (the…

Culture, Education, Government, Politics, Society

Critical thinking can save the Philippines

July 4, 2015 Ilda 35 Comments

University of the Philippines (UP) Professor Gerry Lanuza recently caused an uproar on social media when he was accused of attacking UP summa cum laude biology graduate Tiffany Uy on his Facebook post as being merely a “puppy of her parents” after she was lauded for achieving the highest weighted grade average obtained in the…

Culture, Development, Education, Society

The Philippines is an idiocracy, not a democracy: Happy Independence Day!

July 3, 2015 benign0 31 Comments

What?? Good-versus-evil again?? Is this the only way Filipinos will ever regard their elections? It’s no wonder then that the Philippines never gets anywhere. There is no roadmap forward. It’s always just a “fight” of some sort where the “winner” is seen to be continuing a struggle against an imaginary “tyrant” still lurking in the…

Culture, Politics, Society

Pinoy Culture and a Nation Gone Mad

July 3, 2015 Grimwald 23 Comments

“Insanity is repeating the same action while expecting a different result.” ~Albert Einstein During my days as a student nurse, I was once forced to work at a mental hospital somewhere in Manila. For the sake of privacy, I’ll hide the identities of the personnel involved, including mine of course. Anyway, one of the clients…

Culture, Development, Education, Government, Media, Politics, Society