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JoeAmFace and Power as Currency in the Philippines
You don’t find much psychotherapy in the Philippines. Seeing a shrink is an admission of emotional weakness, a no-no in a society that prizes power. After all, that’s what shame is, isn’t it? The opposite of power? The undermining of esteem. So if we view “face” as a self-defense mechanism against shame, we are basically … Continue reading
Short and Grumpy
I’m behind in my writing so no official blog today. In lieu of thinking, I offer up this trash, a concoction of generally grumpy comments. Two articles have been posted on theFreethinkers web site regarding the PNP threatening those who criticize the PNP on Facebook with action under the latest Sottolaw, the libel provision of … Continue reading
When Obscenity is a Virtue
Those of you who comment on this blog site are doing your job exceptionally well. Thank you. You inspire good thinking. And you give me ideas for new article topics. This one will be a little difficult because I am going to deal with obscenity head on. If you would rather not have your values … Continue reading
Manifesto for the Liberated Filipino
I did a blog last month that proposed a “Manifesto for the Liberated Filipina“. Man, I was all over that baby, writing a declaration of independence for the feminine kind, urging them up and onward through glass ceilings and glass walls and the brick headed biases of old men who clog up the Church and … Continue reading
JoeAm: The Anti Anti
Good Filipinos seem always to be pushing a rock up a mountain. Maybe the nation ought to be renamed the Republic of Sisyphus. King Sisyphus was a figure in Greek Mythology who was an oligarch for his time, ripping people off for wealth and consigning them to miserable lives. But he got in trouble when … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 