Comments on: Fist in the Air in the Land of Hypocrisy* http://www.marocharim.com/2008/11/12/fist-in-the-air-in-the-land-of-hypocrisy/ Anarchy for the WWW Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:03:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Marocharim Experiment - X-List: Top Entries http://www.marocharim.com/2008/11/12/fist-in-the-air-in-the-land-of-hypocrisy/comment-page-1/#comment-7092 The Marocharim Experiment - X-List: Top Entries Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:15:51 +0000 http://www.marocharim.com/?p=732#comment-7092 [...] 1.  Fist in the Air in the Land of Hypocrisy [...] [...] 1.  Fist in the Air in the Land of Hypocrisy [...]

]]> By: Keiya http://www.marocharim.com/2008/11/12/fist-in-the-air-in-the-land-of-hypocrisy/comment-page-1/#comment-6459 Keiya Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:30:28 +0000 http://www.marocharim.com/?p=732#comment-6459 I don't want to dull your flames a little bit, and I am not a supporter of GMA. However, there are a couple of points I would like to address. 1. We consider ourselves Filipinos as convenience. Filipinos, particularly we who live (or lived) in Luzon and particularly in the NCR love to discriminate against our fellow Filipinos who have a different dialect that is not Tagalog (I'm from Pampanga, for example). We only consider the "identity" of these non-NCR people as "Filipino" when it is convenient. Otherwise, they're country bumpkins who can't speak the dominant dialect. 2. Faced with the fact above, you can easily inference that the feeling is mutual. And for some people, most notably the Moro community in Mindanao, these feelings are intense. You can see why they are striving for self-reliance. As such, there is an important reason why ARMM/Bangsamoro autonomy, and ultimately, independence, is an important issue that cannot be dismissed as violating Philippine sovereignty. I would say that the Palestinians are currently undergoing the same phenomenon. I don’t want to dull your flames a little bit, and I am not a supporter of GMA. However, there are a couple of points I would like to address.

1. We consider ourselves Filipinos as convenience. Filipinos, particularly we who live (or lived) in Luzon and particularly in the NCR love to discriminate against our fellow Filipinos who have a different dialect that is not Tagalog (I’m from Pampanga, for example). We only consider the “identity” of these non-NCR people as “Filipino” when it is convenient. Otherwise, they’re country bumpkins who can’t speak the dominant dialect.

2. Faced with the fact above, you can easily inference that the feeling is mutual. And for some people, most notably the Moro community in Mindanao, these feelings are intense. You can see why they are striving for self-reliance.

As such, there is an important reason why ARMM/Bangsamoro autonomy, and ultimately, independence, is an important issue that cannot be dismissed as violating Philippine sovereignty. I would say that the Palestinians are currently undergoing the same phenomenon.

]]> By: The Marocharim Experiment » Blog Archive » State of Delusion: An Open Letter to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo http://www.marocharim.com/2008/11/12/fist-in-the-air-in-the-land-of-hypocrisy/comment-page-1/#comment-6420 The Marocharim Experiment » Blog Archive » State of Delusion: An Open Letter to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:00:29 +0000 http://www.marocharim.com/?p=732#comment-6420 [...] mistake of threatening the survival, sovereignty, and unity of the Philippines thanks to the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity – Memorandum of Agreement.  This year, thousands of Filipinos lost their jobs in shoe factories, in chain restaurants, in [...] [...] mistake of threatening the survival, sovereignty, and unity of the Philippines thanks to the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity – Memorandum of Agreement.  This year, thousands of Filipinos lost their jobs in shoe factories, in chain restaurants, in [...]

]]> By: Why I signed the complaint-in-intervention | The BLIPS Network http://www.marocharim.com/2008/11/12/fist-in-the-air-in-the-land-of-hypocrisy/comment-page-1/#comment-6413 Why I signed the complaint-in-intervention | The BLIPS Network Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:12:52 +0000 http://www.marocharim.com/?p=732#comment-6413 [...] Fist in the Air in the Land of Hypocrisy* [...] [...] Fist in the Air in the Land of Hypocrisy* [...]

]]> By: The Marocharim Experiment » Gensan and Teh Hair http://www.marocharim.com/2008/11/12/fist-in-the-air-in-the-land-of-hypocrisy/comment-page-1/#comment-4651 The Marocharim Experiment » Gensan and Teh Hair Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:57:02 +0000 http://www.marocharim.com/?p=732#comment-4651 [...] in Fist in the Air in the Land of Hypocrisy*, which is now rather ”famous” thanks to MLQ3’s latest Inquirer column (I guess I [...] [...] in Fist in the Air in the Land of Hypocrisy*, which is now rather ”famous” thanks to MLQ3’s latest Inquirer column (I guess I [...]

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