Tag: military

China militarisation of South China Sea is not a one-administration issue

February 6, 2018 benign0 9 Comments

Filipinos are currently lamenting China’s progressive annexation of their claimed territories in the South China Sea (SCS). But this lamentation is of a confused sort. One of the more controversial “issues” is around the foreign policy trajectory current Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is taking his country — one that leans closer within the Chinese sphere…

Government, Politics

Hero Worship Is Still Exploited for Duping Filipinos

January 9, 2018January 9, 2018 ChinoF 4 Comments

Hero Worship remains so strong in Filipino society. Likely because, as I explained before, Filipinos see heroes as what they really want to be: lords and masters over others. Some others just want validation, and instead of trying to benefit others, they try to attack others and paint them as evil, such what Jover Laurio…

Culture

Filipinos, get 100% behind your Army and prepare to CRUSH the terrorist New People’s Army!

November 24, 2017May 13, 2021 benign0 25 Comments

Now that the Philippine government will be in an “all-out” war against the New People’s Army (NPA), the terrorist arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines, it is worth exploring some lessones learnt from the recent war that liberated Marawi City from similar terrorist elements. To be sure, a war against the NPA will…

Culture, Government, Media

Duterte, The Pacifist, and The Just War Tradition

October 16, 2017 Carlo de Leon 3 Comments

“War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse.” — John Stuart Mill President Duterte has been accused of using unnecessary violence, killings, and other atrocities to fight the war against drugs,…

Government, Politics, Religion, Society

‘Human rights abuse’ is perpetrated ONLY by cops and soldiers according to @CHRgovPh

September 14, 2017 benign0 24 Comments

The recent proposal to drastically cut public funds allocated to the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has put the spotlight on other government agencies that are of dubious value to the Filipino people. It has long been recognised that Filipinos suffer from a government that is big, fat, complex, and slow and could greatly benefit…

Crime, Government

Filipinos are using Gilas Pilipinas’s win over China to feel like they REALLY won against China

August 11, 2017August 11, 2017 benign0 5 Comments

If Filipinos can’t win where it really counts, they will declare themselves winners where it does not count. That’s pretty much the sad space social media “influencers” from the Opposition camp have been playing lately. Following a win chalked up by Team Gilas (the pride of Filipino basketball of the moment) against China in this…

Culture, Society

Mae Paner a.k.a. Juana Change cannot win against the Philippine Army and Mocha Uson

July 28, 2017July 28, 2017 benign0 10 Comments

The “debate” on whether it is right that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) plans to sue shock “activist” Mae Paner (a.k.a. “Juana Change”) for disrespecting the uniform continues to rage. Paner donned a military costume as part of a “protest” spectacle she staged during the second State of the Nation Address delivered by…

Culture, Media, Politics

Weakness has CONSEQUENCES: Victims of bullying are NOT entitled to help

July 7, 2017July 7, 2017 benign0 13 Comments

Do the weak deserve to be bullied? Of course not. But do the weak tend to be bullied? Yes they do. See the difference between the two ways the question is framed? The way a question is framed spells the difference between the two answers. Bullying is wrong and people should stand up to bullying….

Culture, Development, Society