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    #71
    Quote Originally Posted by donbuggy View Post
    Maybe Mideo Cruz's message is: Why are people worshiping a false image? Jesus Christ is not Caucasian.
    "like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone"- 21 GUNS-GREENDAY

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    freedom of expression is absolute even of it tramples upon the beliefs of peoples, yan ang sabi nila (the artists). e di Ok your freedom is absolute.

    but don't forget people also have a choice. people can always boycott your art.

    let them have their absolute freedom of expression. but let them know your choice. stop patronizing art these artists make, and not just some of it but ALL of it. stop buying paintings, stop going to plays, stop going to performances. organize a boycott and let them learn that they can not insult peoples' beliefs and get away with it.

    o baka may magsasabi dyan na bakit all art, bakit hindi lang yung offensive "art". e di ba absolute ang freedom of expression nila, dapat absolute din ang choice to boycott. dapat lahat. pag namatay na sa gutom mga yan imbes na cross ang ilagay sa nitso nila lagyan ng dildo na may condom.

    i am not defending the catholic faith (i don't even listen to sermons anymore), i'm just disgusted that these artists can be so insensitive to peoples' feelings and beliefs. if they do not care about what people say then the best thing to do is to cut them off your life completely. BOYCOTT THEM!

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    #73
    The UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) gurantees blasphemy as a human right, which the Philippines is a signatory and is ratified by our congress. Anyone care to explain the difference between insulting religious feeling and blasphemy?

    Blasphemy a UN-guaranteed human right, PHL group says - Nation - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News

    Blasphemy a UN-guaranteed human right, PHL group says
    PATERNO ESMAQUEL II, GMA News
    08/14/2011 | 03:00 PM


    (Updated 4:54 p.m.) The Philippines is bound by a United Nations (UN) covenant “upholding blasphemy" as a human right, an advocacy group member said Sunday.

    Garrick Bercero, a member of the group Filipino Freethinkers, pointed this out amid the furor caused by the Poleteismo artwork that allegedly offended Christianity.

    In its General Comment (GC) No. 34 on Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) “affirms the superiority of the right to free speech over the so-called right against blasphemy," said Bercero in a statement on the group’s website.

    Article 19 of the ICCPR provides for the freedom of expression as a basic human right recognized by the law of nations. Comments of the UNHRC are considered as a source of international law under Article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, being "teachings of the most highly qualified publicists."

    “Prohibitions of displays of lack of respect for a religion or other belief system, including blasphemy laws, are incompatible with the Covenant," the UNHRC said in paragraph 48 of its comment.


    On its website, Filipino Freethinkers described itself as an organization of atheists and “freethinkers" in the Philippines working for a secular Filipino society by promoting reason and science.



    Requiring state parties to guarantee freedom of expression, the ICCPR “embraces even expression that may be regarded as deeply offensive," though subject to certain limitations, the group said.

    Independently accessed by GMA News Online, GC No. 34 was adopted by the UNHRC during its 102nd session from July 11 to 29.

    The Philippines “is legally bound by international law to follow GC 34" as one of its signatories and ratifiers, said the Filipino Freethinkers.

    “With General Comment No. 34, the Philippine government may be compelled to repeal all the repressive and retrograde blasphemy laws we have in our books that the clerico-fascists keep dusting off and pulling out whenever society dares to go against their medieval aspirations," Bercero said.

    On Thursday, Catholic lawyers filed a complaint against officials of the Cultural Center of the Philippines for allegedly violating a pre-war law prohibiting exhibits that offend religion. Also named respondent was Mideo Cruz, the artist behind Poleteismo.


    GMA News Online was still trying to reach the involved lawyers to comment on the Filipino Freethinkers’ statement as of posting time.

    In a Facebook message to GMA News Online, Karen Flores, who resigned as head of CCP Visual Arts division over the Poleteismo furor, said UNHRC’s GC 34, as well as readings on freedom of expression as a constitutional guarantee, “affirms that the right to free speech could not be superseded by the right to claim blasphemy against other beliefs."

    “Hopefully, this would help liberate minds against the threat to curtail the development of the arts and how we could be more educated about it with respect to the diversity of Philippine culture," said Flores, who also shared the Filipino Freethinkers post on her Facebook page.

    She added that GC 34 is “related to everything, not just to the exhibit."

    “This current issue has on one hand promoted debate and exchange of views on the rights and responsibilities of both secular and religious groups; yet on the other, it can push us to the brink of chaos, where the harming of artists, the destruction of art and the resignation of the CCP Board become justifiable and ‘understandable’ due to accusations of blasphemy and offense to religion," Flores explained.

    Prohibited speech

    While upholding the right to freedom of expression, the ICCPR, however, may restrict certain forms of speech that goes against the “respect of the rights or reputations of others" and “the protection of national security or of public order, or of public health and morals."

    Entered into force in 1976, the ICCPR also prohibits “any advocacy of national, racial, or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility, or violence."

    “The right to free speech is not absolute, yes, but it is abridged only by the risk of actual harm. Offense does not constitute real harm, according to our current understanding of the word," Bercero explained.

    “Certainly, there was no incitement of violence in Cruz’s piece against any person," the group member said, noting that Cruz and CCP board members have themselves received death threats. — KBK/LBG/MRT, GMA News

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    with all due respect, the reference to the constitutional guarantee of free speech is not absolute, illimitable and boundless. Hence, when the exercise of the right has indubitably transgressed faith the said exercise is considered to have overstepped the grant. after all,the spirit of freedom is one of liberation, its exercise neither oppressive nor abusive.

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    Nuh-uh.

    The only thing prohibited under Philippine law is incitement towards rebellion or incitement towards violence towards any group or religion.

    If it were a painting with the slogan: "Death to all Christians", it would violate the rule. As is, since it is simply construable as (tasteless) political commentary, it doesn't.

    Otherwise any political cartoon lampooning any public figure would be against that rule.

    Ang pagbalik ng comeback...

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    Whatever it is, I think everybody got what they want, the artist is almost Christopher Lao in popularity, which I think will benefit his career. The exhibit has been closed, thus satisfying the masses. Soooo...sinong bagong personality ang pwede bombahin?

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    Quote Originally Posted by oliver1013 View Post
    Whatever it is, I think everybody got what they want, the artist is almost Christopher Lao in popularity, which I think will benefit his career. The exhibit has been closed, thus satisfying the masses. Soooo...sinong bagong personality ang pwede bombahin?
    Hmmm... let's all pray for Gloria's speedy recovery!

    Napaka-OA naman... she's been on the news every day for the last two weeks!

    Ang pagbalik ng comeback...

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    #78
    sarap ng Senate ngayon...ang daming exposures. lahat ng gov't agencies na gusto nila invite nag attend unlike the past admin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niky View Post
    Hmmm... let's all pray for Gloria's speedy recovery!

    Napaka-OA naman... she's been on the news every day for the last two weeks!
    just one news about her many people are waiting..and if it will take until the end of the year, guess it's ok to have her in the news everyday.

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