Another excuse for politicians to issue platitudes and usual rhetoric about the independence of this country. As The Bystander had asked: are we really free? Are we really independent?
Maybe we are in terms of colonization. But the problem is that we are not free INTERNALLY. Poverty has taken hold of the majority of our people, pushing them into slavery. The lives of the Filipinos are dictated upon by a minority of elite. We are shackled – perhaps eternally – by a ballooning foreign debt. We have a government that would rather suppress human rights in order to preserve its life. We are mired in a vicious cycle of despair.
We need freedom. We need to be free from all of those things that shackle us to the ground. We need to fight to gain our independence – again.
The question is: are you willing to fight for your freedom? Or you’ll just be content with the sacrifices of our heroes?
Have a reflective Independence Day Monday.
I don’t know. I even blamed our heroes for getting in the way. We would have been americans today. Diba that’s what we want naman right?
We should keep the fire burning…
Hi, Atty. The problem is how to teach the youth about keeping the flame burning, just read the first comment.
Hi, Dennis. Some (maybe majority) of Pinoys wanted to be Americans, but that doesn’t mean all Pinoys wanted to be Americans. So there.