Why do Filipinos see incidents, not concepts?

Posted by The Society of Honor on July 8, 2019 · 127 Comments 

By JoeAm And it is just not Filipinos. It seems that the whole social media buzz saw has chopped our attention spans into bite-sized pieces and our analysis into irrelevant trivial pursuits. I recently wrote on Facebook and Twitter that President Aquino had a problem because, although he was successful, the fact that he was … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Education

The principles of criticism

Posted by The Society of Honor on June 26, 2019 · 161 Comments 

By JoeAm Excoriate: verb, to criticize (someone) severely I was excoriated on a social media posting recently when I said Secretary of Foreign Affairs Locsin was a patriot. It was a beat-down like I have never received before. Then I received another when I tried to explain that there was a context for him calling … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Education, Technology/Internet

The Philippines is down for the count . . .

Posted by The Society of Honor on June 24, 2019 · 42 Comments 

By JoeAm And the count is at six. The Philippine government’s appeasement with China is one of the world’s most self-destructive historical moments. China is sitting in Philippine seas blocking Filipino fishermen from food sources and destroying the ecosystems that support fish re-generation. It is a royal disaster promising long-term devastation . . . done … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Economy, Education, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government

Ist Gott tot? (Is God dead?)

Posted by chemrock on April 24, 2019 · 655 Comments 

By Chemrock The madman ran through the marketplace shouting “Gott ist tot. Wir haben ihm getötet. (God is dead. We have killed him.)” German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wrote in Zarathustra in the 1880s on the rise of the Rational Man. The invisible, all-powerful Divinity is just a figment of man’s imagination. God is killed in … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Culture and Arts, Economy, Education, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Politics, Religion, USA/Americans

Why Filipinos fight Filipinos instead of building a great nation

Posted by The Society of Honor on April 8, 2019 · 155 Comments 

By JoeAm Have you noticed? Filipinos are always making other Filipinos the enemy. This struck me as I was reading DFA Secretary Locsin ripping on prior administrations for the mess in the West Philippine Sea . . . as if China had nothing to do with the mess. A few days later, House Budget Committee … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Education, Philippine Government