Category: Society

Philippine VP Jejomar Binay arguing with the police: What is wrong with this scene?

July 1, 2015July 1, 2015 benign0 15 Comments

There is something fundamentally wrong about an argument between a police officer and the Vice President of the Philippines. It’s bad form. But it is a familiar and normal sight to Filipinos now who have been encouraged since the early 1980s to see policemen as someone to distrust and defy. So quite funny, indeed, how…

Civics, Culture, Government, Society

On Filipinos’ premature celebration of the same-sex marriage win in the United States

June 29, 2015 Add 36 Comments

I don’t understand why many of us have been celebrating the victory of the Rainbow Movement that happened on the other side of the Pacific, half way around the world. It must be that many dream of a Western way of life. Don’t they look at the mirror and see that they are Asians, to…

Culture, Lifestyle, Religion, Society

A mature way to regard the inspiring achievement of UP top-notcher Tiffany Grace Uy

June 29, 2015June 29, 2015 benign0 27 Comments

Most of us who’ve gone to college know one or another Tiffany Uy type. They get stratospheric grades in every exam and top the bar or board exams when they graduate. For most of the time they spend finishing their chosen course, they hang out with their like-minded ilk — exchanging intel on sources of…

Culture, Education, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Gay Marriage in the Philippines?

June 29, 2015 Grimwald 23 Comments

It seems that the Western World is going nuts with the success of the push to have gay marriage approved. It’s all over Facebook, Twitter and just about every other social media outlet. As of late, the craze has reached the Philippines and everyone has gotten themselves into quite a bit of a bind with…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Religion, Society

The 2016 Election: Why Voting Feels Like Suicide

June 28, 2015 Grimwald 16 Comments

I have been called out a number of times on the way I like to make pop culture references too much. Of course, for the most part, I can’t really blame them too much because of my tendency to overdo just about everything that I do. One can almost say that I watch too many cartoons for…

Culture, Development, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Dystopian Science Fiction: Science Fact In The Philippines?

June 26, 2015June 26, 2015 Grimwald 14 Comments

My first exposure to Dystopian science fiction was, strangely enough, an episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In this particular episode, the heroes in half-shells find themselves in a future ruled with tyranny by the series’ main villain Shredder. I don’t remember all the details but, as a kid at the time and having no real understanding…

Crime, Culture, Development, Government, Media, Society, Tech Talk

Death of The General Lee: But what’s the big deal about the Confederate flag?

June 25, 2015 benign0 31 Comments

Warner Brothers, owners of the iconic Dukes of Hazzard franchise has reportedly terminated the licensing of “General Lee” toys. This follows a recent shooting incident in the US state of South Carolina in which nine African Americans were gunned down in a church by white gunman Dylann Roof. The Dukes of Hazzard aired on the…

Crime, Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Religion, Society

Dynasty Warriors: America vs. Philippines

June 24, 2015June 25, 2015 Grimwald 8 Comments

Disclaimer: Another parody article to brighten your day, readers. However, if any of you feel insulted by this satire, you can blame me, not GRP. This is essentially a response to this article here by Benign0. After the success of Warriors Orochi which featured the characters of Dynasty Warriors (which is more or less a video game adaptation of China’s Romance…

Culture, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Society, Tech Talk, The South