I really hope this stupid bill will not see the light of day.

If the military’s idea of defense preparation is marching all day under the sun, without marksmanship and map-reading lessons, then mandatory ROTC is no use. I endured four semesters of shit called ROTC, and I tell you with a straight face that ROTC is useless. I took ROTC in a public university whose ROTC was handled by the Army, and never in my four-semester hell did I touch an M-16, much less fire a single shot. All we did was to stay under the elements of the weather and march, and march, and march. Even if we get 200,000 reservists, all of them would only be marching to their deaths.

The congressman from Cebu should instead focus his leisure time on ensuring that the Armed Forces of the Philippines live up to the first word of its name.

If there is one sure thing that would teach the youth to hate their country, it is ROTC. Just ask all of those who endured four semester of hell. And patriotism, Mr. Congressman, is voluntary. Forced patriotism is fake patriotism, the kind of patriotism that this country could live without. And, if you will allow me one ad hominem, the kind of patriotism that most members of Congress display.