Printed way below the article by the Inquirer on the early birds who filed their certificates of candidacy for senator is a curious item that caught my attention. Let me quote the article:

Others who filed their COCs were independents Rummel Pinera, 35, a “small businessman” from San Pedro, Laguna, and Daniel Magtira, 46, of Marulas, Valenzuela City. (emphasis mine)

I have seen that name before; he made several comments to several blogs last year. So I Googled his name for information, and here’s what I had found out.

In several blogs, a certain Danny Glor had posted the same lengthy comment about Rummel Pinera. Read for yourself:

* Comment on Piercing Pens
* Comment on Jester-in-Exile
* Comment on My Liberal Times

He was also the subject of ridicule by several commenters on a certain post (I won’t post the URL; I can’t believe that there are educated people in the Internet who can only utter ad hominem statements). There are loads more. Just look around.

Here’s a bio and pic if you are interested.

Poor guy. He might have good intentions, but even before January 15 he was already ridiculed; I will not be surprised if he would end up being declared as a nuisance candidate.

What have I learned when I began this blog post? It reinforced my feeling that there are people who would debate on issues and there are people who would do ad hominem instead; that class, social status, educational background are not good measuring sticks of a person’s capacity to think; and that current Philippine politics is no longer about ideas. And that there’s no reasoning, however logical your arguments are, with people whose thoughts are already set.

And be careful with your online presence, Google will surely find you.