Comments on: Nicole’s Flight to America P.R. Fiasco for Anti-U.S. Forces

By: Juan Carlos de Veyra

Juan Carlos de Veyra — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:54:36 +0000

Sounds a lot like The Bonfire of the Vanities to me. Eventually, even the best productions come to an end ….

By: The EQualizer

The EQualizer — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:05:26 +0000

What price dignity?

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By: MG

MG — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:18:05 +0000

Wow, waiting is a hard thing for us bar takers.But hold on.”Bro” will help us through.Like my family, I hope that I’ll make it this time.That’s what i hope pray too for all those who took it up.God Bless~

By: jorge

jorge — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:27:40 +0000

i feel used.

By: the warrior lawyer

the warrior lawyer — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:14:13 +0000

Well said D.A.M. We are so focused on what we perceive to be larger issues, like U.S. neo-imperialism and our being a vassal state, that we lose sight of the fundamental concerns, like self-esteem and how we perceive ourselves as Filipinos, which will eventually have just as great an impact on us as a nation.

By: d.a.m.

d.a.m. — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:46:29 +0000

One of the sad thing about the way this “Nicole” case has ended, for now, is what it says about the economy in the Philippines. First, “Nicole” was apparently so afraid of losing her trip to the U.S.A. –escape the Philippines– that she made an apparent false statement against one person with no regard to the harm that would occur to that person (Smith). Or, all of what “Nicole” originally said was true and she is now so desperate to escape from the Philippines and go the U.S.A. that she is willing to, apparently, agree that the person who actually raped her can get off without full punishment. To make matters worse, it appears from the affidavit that “Nicole” is not really as bad off financially as the vast majority of Filipinos. Either way, it casts the Philippines, a wonderful country with its share of warts, in a bad light. Beyond this, it undeservedly casts Filipinas in a bad light. Lastly, reading “Nicole’s” affidavit, one must really wonder how one can so loath one’s heritage, country, and self to continually, metaphorically, prostitute oneself to drunken and rowdy military-men in hopes of “roping” a ticket to the good ol’ U.S.A. This is what the “Ultranationalists” need to focus on. The VFA is just a pathetic sideshow and diversion to the real problem of fostering pride in oneself and one’s country.