Tag: logic

Philippine Opposition bent on POLITICISING the Jonel Nuezca shooting incident

December 21, 2020 benign0 6 Comments

As expected, the Opposition led by the Yellowtards (the block within it loyal to the Aquino-Cojuangco clan) and the communists are seizing the opportunity to politicise the shooting incident that left Sonya and Frank Anthony Gregorio dead. The dishonest logic that underpins this politicisation campaign is all-too-familiar: (1) put up this isolated incident as sufficient…

Crime, Politics

The Logic of Killing: God vs Thanos vs Duterte

July 28, 2018 zaxx 90 Comments

Is killing per se evil? As people of a predominantly Catholic country, Filipinos would instinctively answer this question based on the Old Testament’s checklist item No. 6 “Thou shalt not kill” – one of the very few verses they can actually quote accurately from their scripture yet be totally oblivious of its real intended essence/meaning….

Crime, Culture, Society

Are Yellows Even Capable of Arguing Intelligently?

March 17, 2018 Hector Gamboa 7 Comments

Let’s do a little bit of math. Take the total number of official state sanctioned extrajudicial killings under President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. Finished googling CHR, Human Rights Watch and Rappler figures yet? Great! Now take the number of Botox shots Kris Aquino takes “to get rid of her migranes”. Put the two figures…

Politics

You snooze you lose when it comes to controlling your inner emo

January 9, 2013January 9, 2013 Kate Natividad 14 Comments

What do you do when one part of your mind tells you “this is all so wrong…” and another part of it says “…but it feels so right”?? We’ve all likely been in at least one relationship where, at an intellectual level, all the alarm bells just keep ringing throughout. Heck, I was in one…

Lifestyle

Reflections on Truth

April 5, 2012 a 81 Comments

In a society wrought with crises and treachery, the importance of two concepts become more and more pronounced; truth and justice. Countless adages and proverbs were associated with the two ideas; the truth will set you free… the truth hurts… justice delayed is justice denied, and so much more. The sheer influence of the concept…