The writer then went on to rant and rave on the hopelessness of the Filipinos, how pathetic we have become for allowing those in power to oppress us, and how weak we are that we cannot overthrow these oppressors.
He went on to suppose that Ninoy is now turning over in his grave, probably scratching his head thinking how could he have been so foolish.
I have reason to believe that this writer doesn't go out much. He is most secured with the belief that the bachelor's degree he's earned in some elitist school has already provided him with everything he needs to know about who and who not to die for.
Sir, I beg to differ with you.
I don't know where you've been but there are more Filipinos out there than the "pathetic" ones you have sighted who are trying their damnedest to make it work.
They are out there trying to make most of the P100 they earn throughout the day just so they could send their children to school and give them decent food and shelter.
Still these are the Filipinos who will return the bag of cash they have found in the taxi or the tricycle they are driving. He is that porter who knows the value of hard work and doesn't steal the fruits of another man's labor.
He is that valet who parks your car and does so with a smile unmindful that you are so embittered by the country's leadership that you hardly look his way or that you're not gracious enough to say, "Thank you."
I don't know if you have been watching the news and saw all those soldiers, barely into their adulthood, die in the line of duty because they swore to protect the country and its people.
Should I feel sorry for them -- they who are paid little but could still find comfort from the moonlight as they go to sleep on the ground?
You call us "weak," all of us who do not support your efforts of overthrowing the current administration. Say that to the cottage industry of protest rallies that you support. You are the one who is weak, choosing to prey on the hungry and uneducated to force your opinions on the majority.
Our system may be flawed and several of the leaders we have may be corrupt but there are those who still believe in serving the people honestly because they have been called to serve. These are the leaders who inspire us. These are the leaders who have remained focused in the face of crises and refuse to give in to your bullying.
It is the bullies like you who give politics in our country a bad name. For it is the bully like you, always choosing to pin the blame on others, crying that everything should be handed to you in a silver platter, who mistake your sickening protests as a show of nationalism, and constantly mistake your opinions as truths.
Truth is, the hopelessness you see is not pervasive and is only aggravated by surveys showing that majority of Filipinos are goners.
The hopelessness you see is not persistent, and also aggravated by media outfits that choose to play up the death of a child who decided to end his life because his family is just too poor to celebrate his seventh birthday.
Now we go back to the question: "Is the Filipino still worth dying for?"
I dare suppose that Ninoy will still truthfully answer, and with all conviction, "Yes." If anything, he is scratching his head thinking why writers like you, with the power to inspire hope and faith in others, do not write of such.
I believe, sir, that it is time you get your fat butt off your chair. You need to learn a thing or two from us "pathetic" Filipinos.
