One of the things that really pisses me off about Filipinos is the tired old, cynical attitude of "parepareho lang kayo." I often hear this during elections when people say they weren't going to vote because these politicians are all the same: corrupt and out to screw us in the butt. I often just shut up and tell myself that these people are idiots because the act of not voting is actually equivalent to pulling down their own pants and bending over to get the ass f*cking from the corrupt politicians. Sadly, this attitude also shows how lazy a person is. He is too lazy to learn about the issues that could affect his life, preferring instead to live in a cocoon and then act surprised when the shit hits the fan. I don't see how being informed could be so hard. TV has the news, the radio has it, hell, even these things called newspapers have it. (In fact, it's just about all they carry! Amazing!)
Lately, I've been hearing shit like this again when people talk about the NBN-ZTE scandal witness Jun Lozada. Some wannabe pundits (like me, but with more idiocy in their opinions) don't want to label him as a hero. They point to his (admitted) previous corruption when he was head of a government agency. I don't know if they really have an opinion or if they really just want to make "pabida" by stating a contrary one, but they could not have been more wrong.
People have this distorted view about heroes, that they should be saints and be absolutely clean and pure in everything. We forget or are ignorant of the fact that even saints were sinners before they were called into God's service. (I read that St. Francis of Assisi was a rich party-loving douchebag before he became what he is.) It is not what people do in the past that makes them heroes, it is what they do when they are faced with difficult moral decisions that will affect the lives of their fellows. Mr. Lozada, even against all the power this government has arrayed against him, found the courage to speak up about what he knew. He had nothing to gain (except our admiration) and everything to lose. If that isn't the definition of a hero, then you're all dumbasses.
Lately, I've been hearing shit like this again when people talk about the NBN-ZTE scandal witness Jun Lozada. Some wannabe pundits (like me, but with more idiocy in their opinions) don't want to label him as a hero. They point to his (admitted) previous corruption when he was head of a government agency. I don't know if they really have an opinion or if they really just want to make "pabida" by stating a contrary one, but they could not have been more wrong.
People have this distorted view about heroes, that they should be saints and be absolutely clean and pure in everything. We forget or are ignorant of the fact that even saints were sinners before they were called into God's service. (I read that St. Francis of Assisi was a rich party-loving douchebag before he became what he is.) It is not what people do in the past that makes them heroes, it is what they do when they are faced with difficult moral decisions that will affect the lives of their fellows. Mr. Lozada, even against all the power this government has arrayed against him, found the courage to speak up about what he knew. He had nothing to gain (except our admiration) and everything to lose. If that isn't the definition of a hero, then you're all dumbasses.
