Tag: imperialism

Catholic churches should be demolished because pagan people’s lives ALSO matter

June 10, 2020 benign0 7 Comments

While people are in the business of tearing down monuments to slave traders and brutal colonisers, why not go further and turn people’s ires on Roman Catholic Church buildings and statues? After all, the Catholic Church has as blood-soaked a history as any other global imperial empire. The crucifix, for example, was a potent symbol…

History, Religion

Europe is erasing its history because Big Brother is watching

June 10, 2020June 12, 2020 benign0 2 Comments

Symbols of Western Europe’s irrevocable past as imperial powers are coming down as people take to the streets supposedly to protest racism and injustice. Historical symbols deemed “inappropriate” have become the targets of vandalism and removal petitions. In London, the statue of slave trader Robert Milligan has now been taken down from West India Quay….

History, Religion, Society

Filipino communists missed a big chance to up their “cause” when they criticised Duterte’s VFA cancellation

January 25, 2020 benign0 6 Comments

The Philippines’ little community of communists will have to decide who the bigger enemy is — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte or America. Looks like famed Filipino communist Renato Reyes already answered that question. Indeed, for years, Reyes and his comrades have been protesting the presence of US troops on Philippine soil. But now that Philippine…

Government, Politics

Recall that Western and Christian ideals were used to justify colonisation and imperial rule

December 29, 2019 benign0 5 Comments

Back when the Spanish Conquistadors first set foot on Philippine shores and claimed all in the name of God and the Spanish king, it would have looked like this all made sense. Christianity, after all, was the “good” religion and Western civilisation regarded as a necessary “civilising” force. Europeans saw themselves as burdened by a…

Government, Politics, Society

Yellow-led Philippine Opposition continues to fail to win political ground along ideological lines

December 21, 2019December 21, 2019 benign0 4 Comments

Nowadays you’d be hearing a lot of chi chi Western European and North American concepts being bandied around by “thought leaders” of the Opposition. Granted, 1980s relics like “human rights”, “press freedom”, and “people power” had been worn to tatters by the Yellow mob as a result of their habitual use of low-ball approaches to…

Culture, Politics

Filipinos and their leaders need to learn to be INDEPENDENT inside and out

June 12, 2019 benign0 4 Comments

It’s that time of the year again when “Indepedence Day” becomes a “trending” topic. Yet, year in and year out we continue to wonder whether or not Filipinos really understand what it means to be truly independent. This is because the facts surrounding this debate are quite confronting. The Philippines lacks any real means to…

Government, Society

Why “First real Pinoy Marvel hero” Wave (a.k.a. Pearl Pangan) is unhealthy for Filipino Pride

May 4, 2019 benign0 19 Comments

First Filipinos latched on to “heroes” who were actual real people — like Manny Pacquiao and, before him, the late former Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. Many more, past, present, and future, are subjects of Filipinos’ idolatry to the detriment of a now-anemic resolve to face real national issues using real resources and capability. Perhaps…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour

Opposition candidates should distance themselves from the International Criminal Court intervention in the Philippines

March 19, 2019November 22, 2021 benign0 23 Comments

If this year’s crop of candidates vying for seats in Congress know what is good for them, they should avoid the “issue” of the intervention in the Philippines being mounted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC has indicated a resolve to continue to pursue an investigation into allegations that the government of Philippine…

Government, Society