Why should #BongbongMarcos apologise for #MartialLaw if Fidel Ramos and Juan Ponce Enrile won't?
On the issue of asking Bongbong Marcos to apologize for his parents, I agree, it doesn't make sense. It doesn't not because we're Asians but because he has nothing to do with what his father did. Why apologize for something he has nothing to do with? Ramos and Enrile (and other remnants of the Marcos regime) who were Martial Law architects were not asked to apologize for the dictator. Why would the son who was even a toddler/teenager at the time his father ruled with an iron fist?
Of course, he can apologize and that would still be within what being an Asian is. Admitting something that is a fact. But of course, he will not and should not because it will really do no good for him or his family except as a sound bite for those who wants to make him dance to their music.
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Lets assume bongbong did not know any of the crimes going on during and after martial law.
ReplyDeleteIs he exempted from apologizing because he was not involved? Possibly
But he is not allowed to deny that the crimes took place. Nor is he allowed to keep the money they stole.
""I don't think that the sins of the father should automatically pass on to the son, except that there is no acknowledgment of the truth, of history, much less remorse. Acknowledgment nga wala, remorse pa, not of the part he played because he was very young then, but the part played by his father, his family, his family's friends, those we called cronies," said Lidy Nacpil, widow of assassinated student leader Leandro Alejandro.
Not acknowledging is "very dangerous," Nacpil said at a forum commemorating the 41st year of the declaration of Martial Law, held at the University of the Philippines' College of Social Sciences and Philosophy.
Robert Verzola, who survived torture after his arrest as a member of the underground movement fighting against the Marcos dictatorship, agreed with Nacpil. "I would go even beyond that. It would be difficult for the son to denounce the father even if he's bad. I would even grant him that as a son, he would keep quiet about the sins of his father," said Verzola, one of the first graduates of the Philippine Science High School in 1969. "Pero yung ninakaw ng pamilya (But the money the family stole), I draw the line there. The money must be returned to the people. The money that makes them such a powerful family today is stolen money. That is the point where I draw the line."
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/71193/41-years-after-martial-law--should-bongbong-marcos-bear-the-sins-of-his-father
if were going to act like kids i guess where in the wrong path. what happens back then are over. its long gone and we cant live to the past. finger pointing and proving others mistake just to make yourself better or simply by just hiding your own shit isn't making any sense at all.
DeleteWill the Philippines change its course? will the poor get rich? will the hungry get food? will the sick be cured? Unless this stupid attitude of the people injected by this BS! hyped mass media stop, we cant move on and people will not move on. Enrile, Ramos, as well as Cory, have their own misdeeds, but do people curse them? its in the other way around they were treated as saints, BS!. if there's someone to be blame its us.. we elected this officials put them into power. Its us cause we listen to the everyday local radio, tv, news, its us cause we believe in politics, its us cause we feel were deprive coz we didn't see the really sufferings and in order to do that we need to have a revolution. its us because were the one who is always involve..
You are full of shit what you can say about our goverment now what is better since marcos time of martial law that you talking about atleast that time only marcos do the bad things but still marcos love filipino and our country he only punish the people who trying to destroy his regime after ferdinand marcos start from corazon aquino until now what they do compare marcos tell me marcos is not good but he did a lot of things for filipinos and for the philippine compare to all of them so please shut up you dont know what you talking about, i sure may sayad ka naniniwala ka sa mga retarded mas retarted kp kay abnoy at roxas
DeleteYou are full of shit who ever you are you see a lot of bad things marcos did but you din see and tell what he did good for our country and for filipino people's i dont deny that marcos steal or rob , and marcos is thief and marcos do a lot of bad things it was true but that time he is the only thief after marcos start fro corazon until now sa anak nyang abnoy tell me are they not thief from president until baranggay tanod lahat ng naka upo sa goverment mag nanakaw so whats better atleast. Kay marcos sya lng mag nanakaw at nakikita ng tao kung asan pera natin so please?shut up we are not stupid like you, i know what bad marcos did and what marcos do good for filipino and for our country
DeleteYou are full of shit who ever you are you see a lot of bad things marcos did but you din see and tell what he did good for our country and for filipino people's i dont deny that marcos steal or rob , and marcos is thief and marcos do a lot of bad things it was true but that time he is the only thief after marcos start fro corazon until now sa anak nyang abnoy tell me are they not thief from president until baranggay tanod lahat ng naka upo sa goverment mag nanakaw so whats better atleast. Kay marcos sya lng mag nanakaw at nakikita ng tao kung asan pera natin so please?shut up we are not stupid like you, i know what bad marcos did and what marcos do good for filipino and for our country
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ReplyDeleteHe calls his father "the best president ever" and publicly defends him. That's my problem with him
ReplyDeleteThe problem is naniniwala ka kay abnoy at dahil naniniwala k sa lokoloko mas abnoy kp kay roxas
DeleteHe calls his father "the best president ever" and publicly defends him. That's my problem with him
ReplyDeleteWhats the problem? Are you going to own up to your fathers mistakes? Will you support all the eligitimate children he has spawned from countless GRO's and loose women?
DeleteMr. Charles wake-up man... don't live in a past trying to pull other's down, the life before was different from the life today. besmirching one life will not do anything that will lead to Nation building. Granting that Mr. Marcos did something. does the law convicted him of the wrong doing? till now nothing was proved.
ReplyDeleteHow about if your father did something wrong? will you condemn him for what he did? let's get over. that was thing of the past. live with it and move on man.
He dont know what he talking, mr.charles tell me whos the real bad of them all marcos who eliminate a lot of people's who trying to destroy hes regime. Marcos is thief its true,marcos is dictator its true again a lot of bad marcos did and its true but for all of that our philippine country and filipino people have a lot of benifits becouse of hes act a lot of country repect us, now tell me after marcos regime until now are they not thief,are they not dictator, did our country the philippine and filipino people have benifits for all the money of our government. Atleast when marcos time he is the only thief, siraulo ka tulad ni abnoy at roxas
DeleteI think those sour grapes can do nothing good at the present times even in the near future what we Filipinos must do is move on and think for the betterment of the nation be vigilant choose the candidates that you think can lead the nation to greatress I accordance to their good tract records
ReplyDeleteDon't be a blind fanatic follower of partisan politics
And lastly protect and fight for your rights as a citizen of this great nation!
I think those sour grapes can do nothing good at the present times even in the near future what we Filipinos must do is move on and think for the betterment of the nation be vigilant choose the candidates that you think can lead the nation to greatress I accordance to their good tract records
ReplyDeleteDon't be a blind fanatic follower of partisan politics
And lastly protect and fight for your rights as a citizen of this great nation!