Comments on: Peace at last: Congress to add 9th ray to RP flag

By: Fauxx

Fauxx — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:57:50 +0000

@Nepenthe

\"and what does this mean “recognizing the heroic struggle for freedom of the Bangsa Moro people”… freedom from who?or what?\"

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By: Fauxx

Fauxx — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:57:35 +0000

@Nepenthe

“and what does this mean “recognizing the heroic struggle for freedom of the Bangsa Moro people”… freedom from who?or what?”

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By: Nepenthe

Nepenthe — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:05:55 +0000

wahaha! stop treating us citizens like nincompoops and imbeciles.

the flag in the first place was created during the pseudo revolution against Spain. the revolutionary forces were not even united. the moros back then were fighting on their own.

and what does this mean “recognizing the heroic struggle for freedom of the Bangsa Moro people”… freedom from who?or what?

By: Edwrd

Edwrd — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:00:43 +0000

In the spirit of this post…

next projects..

making a movie about the bangsamoro people.
putting up another statue of Lapu-Lapu
announcing a holiday on their behalf
naming his two dogs bangsa and moro
wearing a t-shirt with a print of Lapu-Lapu

so who says we need to give them back their lands stolen by corporations?

By: onetamad

onetamad — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:08:28 +0000

@PinoyBuzz: I’m sure Sen. Gordon has projects lined up for Mindanao.

By: Pinoy Buzz

Pinoy Buzz — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:30:08 +0000

Believe me, it\’s part of a much larger idea of finding a solution to conflict in Mindanao.

We\’ve tried talking and we\’ve tried fighting.

It\’s time to look for stuff we haven\’t tried before.

The ninth ray IS superficial. The WHOLE flag is superficial… Until someone wipes his ass with it or sets it on fire.

By: premadonna

premadonna — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:50:26 +0000

my actual jesus, I gots to get my philippine sun tattoo fix’d. Thanks, Gordon.

By: onetamad

onetamad — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:29:50 +0000

@PinoyBuzz: You’re right, and I wasn’t out to get Sen. Gordon. Adding the ninth ray just seems so superficial, though. Compared to, you know, maybe pouring funds into development projects.But see, the burden of that is on government, and not Sen. Gordon himself. It’s just silly, putting a ninth ray when Mindanao needs much more than that.

By: Pinoy Buzz

Pinoy Buzz — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:30:20 +0000

To a certain extent, you can say it IS pandering but beyond that you\’d have to consider the number of other things that Gordon is trying to do for the Muslims in this country.

Fruits of Hope, Red Cross missions in conflict areas and areas struck by natural disasters, the proposal to create a museum for Philippine Islamic history in Intramuros (which was originally the kingdom of Rajah Sulayman), and other things.

Yeah, he panders but he also takes action.

I don\’t think adding a ninth ray is going to solve our peace problems over night, but it is part of several steps that will help us get there — for one, perhaps the Muslims will have one less reason for saying that they are left out.

The next steps involve bringing better governance to ARMM and the ninth ray will open doors to that.

There are many roads to peace, there\’s no reason why we should use just one — let\’s use all of them.

By: joyfulchicken

joyfulchicken — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:58:37 +0000

Wow. What a master panderer this Gordon dude is.