tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7840989584823670354.post4073874654262309028..comments2023-10-31T05:59:34.229-07:00Comments on Gemma Cruz Araneta: History never endsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7840989584823670354.post-48119954798182141112007-12-18T11:04:00.000-08:002007-12-18T11:04:00.000-08:00You wrote that " . . . it may be noble to die for ...You wrote that " . . . it may be noble to die for the Filipino, but nobler it is to live for (Sen. Trillanes and Gen. Lim)." I must say that I, too, believe that they should stay alive.<BR/><BR/>A statement attributed to Gen. George S. Patton states: "Nobody ever won a war by dying for his country; you win a war by making that sorry [expletive] die for his country." <BR/><BR/>I think it's apropos for those who arrested Sen. Trillanes and Gen. Lim to die for the masters who ordered them to make the arrests. Supporting a corrupt government is tantamount to treason!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7840989584823670354.post-78816298911875029512007-12-06T09:36:00.000-08:002007-12-06T09:36:00.000-08:00Great chronicle of Philippne [sagwa d colonial nam...Great chronicle of Philippne [sagwa d colonial name - must be changed for the dignity of the nation, somthing to work on soonest]life: politics, patriotism or rebellion, etc. Who else can write about these but Aling Gemma, our first International beauty queen or the first beauty queen with sustance between her ears. Hope everybody reads these wonderful accounts. More power to you Mam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7840989584823670354.post-74601163138429775682007-12-06T08:20:00.000-08:002007-12-06T08:20:00.000-08:00While i agree with many of the points raised by Se...While i agree with many of the points raised by Sen. Trillanes and General Lim, especially with regards to the ever rising levels of corruption and impunity of those responsible for this corruption, I disagree with their method. First of all, a five star hotel is not the proper venue for a coup. Though I often disagree with Sen. Enrile, he did have a point when he said today that at least he and then Constabulary chief Fidel Ramos undertook their military action in a military camp rather than in a 5 star hotel. Secondly, as a great grand nephew of General Gregorio del Pilar (my great grandfather was his first cousin), I am really quite ashamed for these Philippine military rebels who think that a coup means staging a press conference in a 5 star hotel, and quickly surrendering thereafter. Call me a romantic, but I still find the true ideal of a soldier in the 16th century samurai classic, Hagakure, which was written as a manual of bushido. It states, "The way of the warrior is found in death." These men of the AFP were not trained to be media relations experts or lobbyists. They were trained to be warriors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com