There was a post saying “take a stand on the ABS-CBN” issue. Either you support ABS-CBN or you are a supporter of dictatorship and corruption, the post implies. It’s again “either you’re with us or against us.” Hogwash. I call on my right to be ambivalent on the issue because there is middle ground. I…
The incident in Dasmariñas Village in Makati seems to have people up in arms against the police again, not long after the Ragos shooting. A video shows a police officer tackling and trying to cuff what looks like a foreign man just in front of his house, who later escaped back into the house. The…
Remember the days when if you’d refuse to touch someone dirty, you’d be seen as “maarte” (overacting) or “matapobre” (acting like a rich snob)? Or that passed-around story of Imelda Marcos telling her Blue Ladies not to bring soap or sanitizer when meeting poor people? Nowadays, that’s seen as wise. Thanks to Covid-19, people are…
Many are up in arms over the police officer who killed a former army man in Quezon City. Many defend the policeman, saying the former army man should have complied and not reached into his bag. Others say the policeman should have not reacted that way and could have avoided shooting Ragos, the army man.…
There are lots of videos now on this, but this is what I watched first. https://youtu.be/-X94TPrzWsI Sense of entitlement is one big case of toxic behavior, whatever gender you call up (maybe inventing genders is itself toxic?). Chino Fernandez