Category: Society

Basketball vs Filipinos: Can genetic underdogs win international respect?

July 6, 2018 zaxx 46 Comments

The recent disgusting and shameful yet shameless brawl that engulfed what was intended as a friendly match between two allies (Gilas Pilipinas and the Australian team) brings us to a point of deep reflection as a nation of civilized Homo sapiens. The grave level of pikon (butthurt) and crushing tambak defeat of the “Pinoy” shooters would not…

Culture, Society

Filipino pride and ego delivered NOTHING to Gilas Pilipinas

July 5, 2018 benign0 8 Comments

A common argument I’ve been seeing directed at people who dare write about Filipino-style basketball in a critical way comes in the form of this statement… You probably don’t play basketball so you won’t understand where we are coming from. Funny that. If there is anything more bizarre than Filipino exceptionalism, it is Filipino Basketball…

Culture, Society

Gilas-Aussie brawl proves basketball is a TAMBAY sport in the Philippines

July 4, 2018 Kate Natividad 19 Comments

What can I say? Philippine sports mirrors Philippine life. The unclassy behavior of Gilas Pilipinas broadcast to the whole world the other day reflects the way Filipinos regard their national sport. This is, after all, a sport played on any large enough hard surface that could be found across the country. Watching a barangay league…

Culture, Society

Mediocre Filipino basketball followed by shameful Filipino-style brawl

July 3, 2018July 3, 2018 benign0 20 Comments

It comes down to a single Filipino word that encapsulates everything that could be gleaned from the now viral footage of the brawl: pikon. In that melee was exhibited a representation of how Filipinos represent their country and the renowned lack of a sense of proportion applied to their collective notion of “national pride”. Perhaps…

Culture, Society

Rodrigo Duterte may inspire Filipinos, but he cannot change them

June 30, 2018July 3, 2018 FallenAngel 7 Comments

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is already two years into his term. While he is not the first presidential candidate to be elected on the promise of change, he is possibly one of the few under whom Filipinos feel that it is genuinely happening. Duterte has done quite a few things differently from his predecessors. He…

Culture, Development, Politics, Society

Love it or hate it: Duterte’s attack vs the Catholic Church is leading Filipinos down a DIFFERENT path

June 28, 2018 benign0 14 Comments

Scientific inquiry is advancing at an accelerated pace. Belief systems tend to be on a retreat in societies that are increasing in affluence. The latter way of life (living off beliefs) has been decisively beaten in much of the First World. But it remains entrenched in the Third World. The earlier (living off sound evidence-…

Politics, Religion, Society

The Philippines: A society long held hostage by the Roman Catholic Church

June 27, 2018 benign0 19 Comments

The jury still seems to be out on what could be the long-term impact of Philippine President Duterte’s direct attacks on the Roman Catholic Church. Such attacks by a sitting president and, for that matter, any top politician or official of the government are unprecedented, but it is this vastly different way with which a…

Religion, Society

People who defend Tambays should open their subdivision gates to the public

June 25, 2018 Kate Natividad 25 Comments

Here’s another reason why we should not believe all those virtue-signalling millennials who are making a lot of noise about President Duterte’s anti-Tambay police campaigns. Many of these “socially-aware” libtards actually live in gated subdivisions complete with mean-looking shotgun-wielding security guards. These guards have orders to screen people and vehicles entering the subdivisions of their…

Lifestyle, Society

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