Filipinos lack common sense
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Yeap. That’s what I read on the Inquirer’s Opinion/Letters to the Editor page.
I thought for a minute that it was written by you-know-who, that is, if you are a regular here in B7 hehehe! React if you may, just don’t smash your keyboard, but hey! There seemed to be some traces of truth in what this guy is saying. Say?!
Now, moi?! I don’t believe Filipinos lack common sense! I think we lack everything! Well… ok.. nufff… forget what I said – you have me and Barrio Siete – just read the article please, before I lose control… la-la-la!
Here goes!
Filipinos lack common sense
By: Ryan Bosco
Filipinos tend to over-analyze simple, common sense issues. They romanticize problems that result in complacency and fear, if not stupidity. They are sensitive when their faults and weaknesses are pointed out by a foreigner, but when their fellow Filipinos steal from their country’s treasury, they become numb and lose their common sense.
Lack of common sense. This is the problem in the Philippines, not the intricate history of our country that many rely on in order to make sense of the state of our nation (which, by itself, validates the observation about a “government run like hell by Filipinos”).
Our government is run like hell because we allow the devils among us to control it. If we’re expecting the devils to improve things in our country, then we might as well expect hell to freeze. The devils steal our country’s milk and honey and their solution to the ever-worsening poverty is for everyone else to “be a hero and work abroad so that you can keep our hellish government afloat.”
No doubt the Philippines is being run like hell by its own people. But do not blame only the thieves in government. We should blame ourselves, too, for allowing the devils to steal.
Therein lies our lack of common sense. Our infernal government cannot possibly improve anything if we, the people, refuse to see our own faults and weaknesses, one of which is our failure to punish stealing. Until we find the courage to tap into our common sense, our country will not only end up like hell; it will become hell itself.
Think of the Philippines as your own house when you vote in May 2010. If you were to catch a thief inside your house, what would you do? Would you kick him out unpunished? Would you let him back in again? Would you pardon him instead? Would you trust him to be the steward or majordomo of your house?
What does common sense dictate to protect your house against thieves? If it demands punishment, then why don’t we Filipinos do it? It’s because we lack the common sense to overcome the fear that these thieves have sowed in our house and the control of the house they have wrested from us. We have become hostages in our own house. Only common sense will give us the courage to reclaim our house from these thieves. Every corrupt act that goes punished is a step away from what has eluded this former commonwealth—a government run like heaven by Filipinos.
— RYAN BOSCO, rye_bosco@yahoo.com
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reynz is one Uragon and a Filipino-American, has many years of public accounting & auditing, broadcast investments, housing tax credits and equity investments as his background. Based in the US, he maintains his personal and humor blog at reyna elena dot com. A graduate of Aquinas U, he went to GWU and Temple U in the United States.
Ryan Bosco hit the nail on the the head on this one. Looking back, I realized that the Villar C-5 extension issue, Hello Garci, Ampatuan massacre, along and the NBN-ZTE issue did not get as much “outrage” as the Daniel Smith, Malu Fernandez, Desperate Housewives line, or Boyet Fajardo issues where every Filipino seem so intent at giving a piece of his/her mind.
But I don’t think that it’s due to lack of common sense. I think that we have too much common sense. We know whom to argue or pick a fight with. We fight those whom we know will not get back at us.
Tingnan mo mga aktibistang rally dito rally doon. Konting kibot ng US gawa agad ng plakard na “IBAGSAK ANG IMPERYALISTANG KANO!” OR “PRESIDENTE, TUTA NG KANO!” unya dayung sarante sa mga karsada.
Kung ang ipinaglalaban talaga ay kasarinlan, eh zhokhet wala ni isang major rally tungkol paglalagay ng China ng mga permanent military structure sa Spratley islands at Scarborough Shoal? Bakit walang umaalma sa mga foreigners na Chinese na abusado sa mga Pinoy nilang katulong, yung mga chinese head of prostitution at mga triad drug dealers? Bakit walang malaking rally against sa foreign funded and foreign trained terrorist that set up base and prey on the people of Mindanao?
Reason? We have cultivated too much common sense that we pick our fight. We pick to fight only those who have no capability or interest to fight back and hold us accountable for our actions. Now this may be a misguided common sense but it is what it is. That’s how we are raised, huwag lumaban sa nakatatanda or may kapangyarihan kasi kawawa ka lang pag niresbakan ka.
So Anyways, sa darating na election, vote from your heart. Secret naman yan eh so huwag mahadlok sa resbak, hehehehe. Huwag gamitin ang mga misguided common sense kasi ang desisyon mo, maga resbak yan sa yo in the next 4 years.
exactly my sentiment with the left. yes, imperialism was always pretty much always the issue. but china is an imperialist in their own sense as well. and our sovereignty was also at stake regarding the issue of the Spratlys. why tight-lipped?
The reason is…..*drum roll, please~* COMMON SENSE!!!!
@kutz,
you couldn’t have explained it better. fear. that’s what it is. that’s why it’s easy for Pinoy to cry blood for desperate wives but not for all the corruption – blatant in your face corruption – because Pinoys knew where they get butter for their pandesal (a friend from down under told me this)
No doubt the Philippines is being run like hell by its own people. But do not blame only the thieves in government. We should blame ourselves, too, for allowing the devils to steal.
Tama, pero walang kasalanan ang mga ordinaryong tao. ano ang magagawa ng ordinaryong tao, ang mga batas natin ay flexible. ang kapulisan ay bulag na tagasunod lang kahit mali, yan itinuro sa kanila at yan ang intensiyon ng batas (RA 6975 as amended by RA 8551). ang mga tao nga hindi na puwedeng mag-rally, hindi na nga makakain sa tama dahil sa hirap ng buhay paano pa makakapag-rally. yun naman puede pang mag-rally ano ang napapala napapalo lang ng mga pulis o nakukulong pa. kanino ka magrereklamo, sa ombudsman na inuupuan lang ang mga reklamo hanggang mabaon sa limot. isa pa, para ka makapag-reklamo kailangan mo ng perang pang-gastos tapos wala namang mangyayari. paano mo sisisihin ang mga ordinaryong tao.
I thought common sense is so common, you could buy one box. Hindi pala.
@KK – naku sa sobrang common siguro, hayun nagkaubusan…malamang, yung nakatulog sa pansitan eh naubusan ng common sense.
Sino ba ang mga ordinaryong tao? sila ba yung mga drayber na nag-lalagay tuwing mahuli sa mga mali nila sa trapik? Sila ba yung mga taong nagtatapon ng mga basura sa mga ilog? sila ba yung mga taong pinapakita sa mga anak nila na sila ay malakas uminom o mag-sugal? sila ba yung mga taong minumulat sa mga anak nila ang pagsusuhol para lang gawin ang isang bagay na ayon sa gusto nila? sila ba yung mga taong minulat sa mga anak nila na tama lang ang manloko sa kapwa? sila ba yung mga taong sinasara na lang ang isipan at nasa isip na mahirapan kung walang pera? Sila ba yung mga taong hindi pa man naumpisahan, alam na agad ang ending?
sila ba yung mga taong ayaw lang pumila at gusto magbayad na lang para matapos ang transaksyon? sila ba yung naniniwala agad sa sabi ng isang tao na hindi man lamang matingnan ang kabilang mukha ng pangyayari at hindi naman niya kayang mapatunayan o hindi man lang alam ang tutuong pinagmulan ng kwento. sila ba yung mga taong ayaw tumanggap ng pagkatalo at talagang ipagpilitan ang sarili para sa personal na ego? sila ba yung alam naman na bawal, eh talagang gagawin?
Sino ba ang karaniwang tao? sino ba ang hindi man lang nangsuhol o nagpasuhol in anyway mula sa pagkabata at pagkamulat sa bansang pilipinas? Sino talaga ang ordinaryong tao????
Nasaan kaya ang common sense ng mga pilipino???. Hanggang ganito na lang ba ang mga pilipino?
Hanep ah, parang declamation piece, hehehehe. Cool ka lang rainbow baka ma erase ang mga kulay mo.
You have to stop labeling the masang Pilipino as ordinaryo noh! Kasi pag may ordinaryo eh di meron ding hindi ordinaryo. Hay naku, bahala kayong mag classify sa inyong mga sarili.
Basta dun ako grupo ng magaganda, matatalino, mababait, masunurin, magalang, honest saka oozing with self-confidence. Ang mga extra ordinaryo, HAHAHAHAHAHA!
oo nga.. parang declamation piece..
paguwi ko sa bahay, babasahin ko yan with feelings..
will re-blog it first.
Don’t forget ang mirror (or webcam) para aprisiyeyt na aprisiyeyt ang mga feyshal ekspreshon, HAHAHAHAHA!
oo nga e.. para kang tanga kapag walang ganun.
may nag comment na nga kagad sa blogpost ko e..
http://maxterspade12ph.tabulas.com/journal/category/@15446/
hoy hey manga barriosiete peeps:
lemme tell you a story.. In our barrio an american charity approved a construction of a travellers respite area ALIAS da waiting shed. It couldn’t have been bigger than my third toilet next to my garage. It has seats and all built with galvanized iron roofing and hollow blocks of concrete. So that everyone knew who donated it, the name of the charity was plastered in immortality through neon paint with the Mayors name prominently emblazoned on top like he owned the waiting shed.
wait theres more.
after it was officially opened (ie photos taken yadiyadiya obviously to send through as proofs) there was a TXT from a dear relative asking me to buy some cement, hollow blocks and some dos 4 dos. It was a great deal coz its going cheap.
I replied but arent they stolen?????? I am not going to buy stolen property!!!
The relative goes to say: NO its not stolen it is EXTRA from the construction of the waiting shed and the contractor (ie mayors man) wants to get rid of the surplus.
So there how do you fight selective “common sense”?
For me I will sumbong or tell them to return it talaga but for my relative in da Barrio she thought that blessings have dropped from the sky not even thinking that there was somethin wrong with accepting stolen goods. She was talking like it was a trickle down effect hahahahahah and I will pay for it anyway. So i sensed that paying for the stolen goods somehow creates legitimacy in my barrio cousins head. But watch out if you steal one coconut off her land, her kampilan and balasiong blades will come out before you finished saying HOY!!!! pesteng yawa kawatan. heheheh
And my relative is a very well travelled school principal not someone who begs for pandesal or praying for pandesal to arrive tomorrow.
maybe someone will sell me a mansion when they finish building the public market. nakakatruleleng talaga
hehehe love that story! typical barrio hahaha and why do i say barrio, aba eh parang nangyari den to in my place haha
which reminded me of one project by the church in my barrio. they went on a charity asking blah blah blah umabot nang america and yea, my parents helped in asking for donations.
when i went home, as in home in da barrio, like 5 years sum’tin sum’tin, i saw the project – pader sya, bakod nang simbahan, each block bears the name and the date of the donors! NAMPUCHA OO! mistulang LAPIDA sya
@ boldstar-
Wala yan sa istorya ng barrio namin! (Hehehe, parang bulagaan). Seriously, I swear ito totoo. Unless BFF kayo ni Ara Mina, you should have a clue sa political climate in the south davah?
Well, si Mr. Mayor namin, as in super blatant talaga mangurakot. Dati rati may I ask lang sha ng tong sa mga negosyante. Tapos may I mortgage nya lang sa bangko ang market site ng bayan at nag construct ng palengke, gawa sa coco lumber ang materials (cheapest lumber). Tapos buy sha ng mga properties sa Davao at Makati. Then lately pati salary at bonus ng mga municipal employees hindi na nila natatanggap on time kasi pagkarating ng IRA (Internal Revenue Allotment) inuutang muna niya. Lately, waz nya na talaga wait ang IRA, nangungutang na ng pera sa mga kababayan na nasa ibang bansa with interest in anticipation of the IRA.
O ayan… tapos nakita nyo yung nangyari sa Maguindano di ba? Mga babae yun sa ka media people. Do you think that was the first time that they ever did that? And so if you are in that situation, what does COMMON SENSE tell you to do? SHUT UP!!!
Yan ang istorya ng barrio namin. And that’s the reason too bakit although alam kong okay si Noynoy, I will not vote for him dahil sa aking pananaw, hindi talaga siya igagalang ng mga thugs in power.
(Where is Jet, kailangan ko ng second de mowshun mo!!!)
“Yan ang istorya ng barrio namin. And that’s the reason too bakit although alam kong okay si Noynoy, I will not vote for him dahil sa aking pananaw, hindi talaga siya igagalang ng mga thugs in power.
(Where is Jet, kailangan ko ng second de mowshun mo!!!)”
BWAHAHAHAHA!!! Malapit mo na akong makumbinse Kutz, malapit na. I know, the Yellow color has already been invaded by kurakots kaya nga nakaka-irita and that could very well be true na he might not just really be able to manage these thugs!
BUT!
Hopeful ako! You know, MISS HOPE. hahahaha! Kaya Team Noynoy pa rin! Hahaha!
Konting shiatsu massage na lang ba? HAHAHAHAHA, alam mo Reynz kung bumaliktad sila – Mar for president, Noynoy for VP palagay ko mas maganda. Ang hinhin kasi talaga ni Noynoy eh, parang nag iinvite ng coup d’etat, HAHAHAHAHA!!!! Baka magtago sa likod ni Mar kapag kaharap yung mga intimidating personalities and political thugs~~~~
(JETTTTT!!!!!! ANG SECOND DE MOWSHUN MO!!!!)
AY NAKU! andito ako! butangerang reyna hahaha! ipaglalaban ko si Noynoy hehehe
Katulad ng kwento ng kaibigan ko na tiga pangasinan, after the typhoon milenyo. madaming bubong ang nagliparan sa lugar nila. mag withdraw daw sya pera, mura daw ang bentahan ng yero kay kapitan at bibili sya, nagulat sya kasi may tatak ng opisina ng gobyerno iyong yero. ipapamigay daw pala iyon sa mga nasalanta ng bagyo pero binebenta ni kap. hindi na sya bumili kasi he cant take daw na ibubong sa pinapagawa nyang garahe.
wow… iisa ang tugtugin….
Masakit sa kalooban kung may pagmamahal ka talaga sa iyong bayan at kapwa. Masikip sa dibdib isipin kung kelan ang pag-babago…
Sa lahat ng mga naipaparating ng mga kabaryo natin… iisa ang pinagmulan talaga ng problema.. problema ba ito o karamdamang dapat umpisahan ng gamutin… hindi naman korapsyon ang ugat ng problema. Family values ang dapat nating tingnan. Sa loob mismo ng pamilya natin makikita ang pinagmumulan ng lahat.
Sa kasabihang tama sa mga mata ng bata ang ginagawa ng matatanda. (Magmumura ka, magmumura din ang mga bata… Mag-bisyo ka, magbibisyo din ang mga bata. Magpakahusay ka sa alin mang larangan, mgapapakahusay din ang mga bata.) Ina-idolize lang ng mga bata ang mga matatanda. Mga batang makikita mo balang araw huhubog sa kani-kanilang sariling kinabukasan sa lipunan
Marami namang matitinong pilipino na ayaw sa kasalukuyang sistema ng nakakarami. ayaw nilang gawin ng kani-kanilang mga anak pagdating ng kanilang henerasyon. Ang kasalukuyang paglalahad ng kalukuyang kaugaliang nakopya lamang sa mga banyaga ay naging hadlang sa ikakabuti ng karamihan… Tama nga ang tanong na kung nasaan na ang sintido komon ng mga pilipino. Tanong na dapat mangunguna kung may pananaw ka sa kinabukasan. Ngayon na ba o tsaka na?