tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post4388792610887811621..comments2023-06-10T20:22:01.348+08:00Comments on The Society of Honor by Joe America: JoeAm's Delusions of GrandeurThe Society of Honorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-77008944922772867402013-03-11T04:45:16.898+08:002013-03-11T04:45:16.898+08:00Anon, great questions. I started to answer here bu...Anon, great questions. I started to answer here but will reserve it for the next edition of "Ask America" planned for next week.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-2197048834967679082013-03-11T01:25:41.441+08:002013-03-11T01:25:41.441+08:00Why do Filipinos do not hang PHilippine flag on in...Why do Filipinos do not hang PHilippine flag on independence day? But hang American Flag instead. Whereas, Mexicans proudly hang flags during Cinco de Mayo. <br /><br />Mariano Renatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920187760151863841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-59075699122452311612013-03-10T21:58:23.193+08:002013-03-10T21:58:23.193+08:001. Why do Kanos hang a flag on their porch?
1.1 Do...1. Why do Kanos hang a flag on their porch?<br />1.1 Do ya'll do it on Independence Day only?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-75907570196822007402013-03-10T05:19:58.071+08:002013-03-10T05:19:58.071+08:00I've got the answers if you've got the que...I've got the answers if you've got the questions. :)The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-1712344894133647572013-03-09T22:11:15.233+08:002013-03-09T22:11:15.233+08:00Hey Joe, why dont you start the 'Ask a Kano...Hey Joe, why dont you start the 'Ask a Kano' already..?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-49419930948263834492013-03-09T07:28:58.945+08:002013-03-09T07:28:58.945+08:00Renato:
General Robert E. Lee is waiting to be dis...Renato:<br />General Robert E. Lee is waiting to be discovered as Chinese Filipino.Attilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06669976067539551920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-17123540564013717162013-03-09T05:15:38.293+08:002013-03-09T05:15:38.293+08:00Und ich bien ein Deutchlander.
That is an interes...Und ich bien ein Deutchlander.<br /><br />That is an interesting dynamic that you describe. It is the opposite of aspiration. Not subservience, exactly, not passivity. It is like anti-gravity, suppressing the natural desire to grow and become more than we are today. And, yes, the society that results is very close to being a nation of monks, each monk in the barest of clothing authorized his 10 pesos of rice, then meditating throughout the day, dawn to dusk, whilst jamming rice into the mud or peddling round and round the city streets.<br /><br />Round and round.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-52278080022936858632013-03-09T00:29:06.638+08:002013-03-09T00:29:06.638+08:00In the Philippines, using words like EDUCATED, INT...In the Philippines, using words like EDUCATED, INTELLECT, INTELLIGENCE in the first person are taboo. Of course, it is stuck-up condescending to use these in first person my issue is Filipinos jump on anyone without listening or reading and digistenng the rest of the sentence.<br /><br />FILIPINOS HATE ANYONE SUPERIOR THAN THEM especially from a “foreigner” transplant. IT IS CULTURAL that Filipinos do not want to admit that it is culturel. They just go on and on to defend that it is not cultural. <br /><br />Religion is the reason Filipinos do not want superiority. Religion taught them to be humble and not superior learned from constant bombardment from their churches’ sermon and religious madrasas.<br /><br />I’ve been called bading, bayot, gay, retard. They even dragged my long-ago dead Lolos and Lolas into the fray for being superior than their lousy comments that are allowed by Alan and Raissa. Well, Alan and Raissa are Filipinos what do I expect. Alan and Raissa would rather have a polite and courteous gentlemanly looney comment than my self-important condescending riot of superior comments.<br /><br />In the Philippines it is smoke and mirrors. Their salas is the tidiest place in Filipino household. Just do not venture into their kitchen and toilets. These are the grossiest dirtiest place. Sala is what people wanted to believe while they hide their dirt in the toilet and kitchen.<br /><br />FILIPINOS DO NOT ASPIRE FOR SUPERIORITY that is why Filipinos are inferior. Their maximum attainable success is a NURSE. The closest a Filipino can get to the White House is a cook. <br /><br />And please Filipinos, California Supreme Court Justice is definitely not a Filipino. She’s an American whose parents are indigenous Philippine inhabitants that immigrated to America so is Miley Cyrus, Phoebe Cates and other non-Filipnio looking Americans that are claimed by Filipjinos as Filipnos that includes Jessica Sanchez. SO, THEREFORE, BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IS NOT AN AMERICAN but a Kenyan. I SO LOVE THE MINDS OF THE FILIPNOS.<br /><br /><br />Mariano Renatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920187760151863841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-56605607819986529332013-03-08T13:35:47.494+08:002013-03-08T13:35:47.494+08:00Haha, nice. I remember a debate about "truths...Haha, nice. I remember a debate about "truths". One argued "There is no absolute truth.", I think "including this statement" is very appropriate on that sentence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-978644186700633882013-03-08T13:20:50.692+08:002013-03-08T13:20:50.692+08:00:):)Chanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-22470267749109035322013-03-08T08:45:11.130+08:002013-03-08T08:45:11.130+08:00Cha,
Nothing is absolute, including this statemen...Cha,<br /><br />Nothing is absolute, including this statement.Edgar Loreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363554010485644899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-72044210096346356622013-03-08T08:07:22.886+08:002013-03-08T08:07:22.886+08:00Yes, anger transfers, doesn't it.
I grasped a...Yes, anger transfers, doesn't it.<br /><br />I grasped a huge enlightenment this morning reading a blog comment. The Sultan is claiming land. But Sabah is people, not just land. So he believes the people belong to him.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-55224486739632617862013-03-08T08:03:41.056+08:002013-03-08T08:03:41.056+08:00I wont be surprised if that commenter ends up hati...I wont be surprised if that commenter ends up hating Pnoy on every other issue, like Ellen. Too many Filipinos afflicted with that disease of "my enemy in one issue is my enemy on all issues". <br /><br />Good thing I dont know that much about the Sabah issue, nor am I that interested. andrew limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930606943449452056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-44168667694150507312013-03-08T08:03:01.932+08:002013-03-08T08:03:01.932+08:00That may be. Space travel is also dangerous, but i...That may be. Space travel is also dangerous, but it is the path of knowledge and accomplishment and fulfillment of man's desire to grow. I suppose it depends on how generalizations are used. If they are applied to limit, by cramming others into a box, that is bad. If they are applied to synthesize observable facts to find themes or reasons, they they are a path to knowledge.<br /><br />Frankly, I like the little buggers better than facts. Generally.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-18018024255213794372013-03-08T07:54:24.384+08:002013-03-08T07:54:24.384+08:00"All generalizations are dangerous, including..."All generalizations are dangerous, including this one".Chanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-53942994187183000182013-03-08T07:53:29.925+08:002013-03-08T07:53:29.925+08:00Ahh, that 3. term "righteousness". I am ...Ahh, that 3. term "righteousness". I am in the middle of a blog that deals with the variability of morality, where morality hangs on righteous values. We often behave as if there were only one correct "morality", ours, but there are many of them and when they misalign, angers erupt. The trick is to comprehend other moralities rathern than condemn then. Then it is possible to merge them rather than try to beat each other to death.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-78036449497772931512013-03-08T07:30:26.624+08:002013-03-08T07:30:26.624+08:001. Anger is an interesting emotion. Just yesterda...1. Anger is an interesting emotion. Just yesterday I sent a Powerpoint slide to my son that said: “Anger is a sign of frustration, either (a) at the injustice of an unfair challenge or (b) at our lack of preparedness to meet a fair challenge. Life will present us with both types of challenges.”<br /><br />2. If you google “types of anger”, you get 2 types, or 4 types, or 8 types, or as many as 12 types.<br /><br />2.1 The 12-type classification seems to be a catalogue of the different “responses” one can make when one is angry.<br /><br />2.2 The 8-types and-4 types seem to be a confused classification of the “object” of anger and the “degree” of anger.<br /><br />2.3 The 2-types is an analogy to a volcano and a brewer.<br /><br />2.4 My 2-type classification is according to “source” of anger.<br /><br />3. In my classification, the response of anger in the first instance has been called “righteous”. It arises from knowledge. We have a standard of behaviour that we have in mind but that is not being met. There is an unfair situation - like warlords killing political opponents or senators misbehaving – and this strong emotion arises in us at the injustice of it.<br /><br />3.1 In the second instance, the response of anger is, naturally, “unrighteous”. It arises from ignorance. There is a situation which we do not fully understand and this strong emotion arises in us because we have identified with an element in the situation, and so we lash out.<br /><br />4. The trouble is we often mistake the second instance for the first instance. The commenter in Raissa’s blog seems to have fallen into this trap. So his anger is ad hominem.<br /><br />5. Whether righteous or not, the response of anger is unskilful. That is according to Buddha. No, I have not reached that stage of enlightenment. But interestingly enough I have attained – at times – a calmness of mind when confronted with one of life’s challenges.<br /><br />5.1 I seem to be able to see, as it were, from a distance. I am still engaged in the situation, but my mind instead of reacting is analysing. Why do we have this situation? What can we do about it? Isn’t the breeze nice?<br /><br />5.2 It’s pretty cool.<br /><br />6. Cooler still would be that commenter in Raissa’s blog apologizing. Perhaps not to us. But to himself for being such an ass.<br /><br />7. And being cool allows us to see solutions such as the need for a bigger middle-class. But to be able to see that we must be positively chill.Edgar Loreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363554010485644899noreply@blogger.com