24 years after Ninoy...

[lolo pepe]

August 20, 2007 (the nearest Monday before August 21) was declared as Ninoy Aquino Day. since this day is devoted to Ninoy, i believe it's worth reading his biography...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benigno_Aquino,_Jr.

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it's now 2007. that's 24 years after his death and 21 years after Cory was swept into power. pero ang Philippine politics natin ay walang pagbabago - different faces, but corruption is still alive pa rin.

Ninoy must be turning in his grave.

[kinyo]

... but corruption is still alive pa rin.

Because it wasn't Ninoy that we needed dead.

Its the Marcoses and his minions. Only when all of them are killed that the people will again believe that "crime does not pay".

Corruption is deeply ingrained into the pinoy psyche. We need to be shocked if we are to eliminate it in the shortest possible time.

[empy]

24 years na pala sa death anniversary ni Ninoy. i was very young when it happened, and didn't really realize the implications of the death. i just remember that we met the Aquino couple while they were in exile in the US (i was born in the Boston area). so i was a little sad because i thought they were nice people.

panay ang kwento sa akin ni dad na "pinagtimpla ako ng cafe ni Cory nung araw"

[MAXBUWAYA]

24 years after

Ninoy gives us a celebrity game show host who suggests that sometimes its ok to buy jeans that the cost is equivalent to one month salary of a common laborer.



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So, Are Filipinos really worth Dying for?

[lolo pepe]

Kris was only 12 years old when Ninoy died. i'm not a psychologist but growing up without a father was, i believe, too hard for Kris (or worse she's still experiencing the trauma of her father's death, 24 years after). maybe this is the reason why many of her actions later in her life were sort of "rebellious" in nature and which many of us find inappropriate for one who is the daughter of a former president (Cory) and a national figure (Ninoy).

i'm not siding with Kris but why blame Ninoy for her actions?

oh, yes, the Filipino is worth dying for...but i'm sure Ninoy took exception to the rule - that he'd give his life to the Filipino people but not to those govt. a**holes and corrupt politicians, who unfortunately, still continue to make our lives miserable, year after year.

[VtEC]

you should know ninoy well before you praise him.
if you are a ninoy fanatic i pity you.