tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19345719.post114101299664125523..comments2024-01-17T02:20:03.847-08:00Comments on No Borders: The Marines standoff is over (or the Pinoy soldier as Pusong Mamon)Dave Lloritohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13592787212335457164noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19345719.post-1141091220820361142006-02-27T17:47:00.000-08:002006-02-27T17:47:00.000-08:00lets ask a congressman to file a bill legislating ...lets ask a congressman to file a bill legislating mamon as our national bread. i guess my favorite communist beltran could do that from jail.Dave Lloritohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13592787212335457164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19345719.post-1141022663460132782006-02-26T22:44:00.000-08:002006-02-26T22:44:00.000-08:00im actually developing that theory to explain the ...im actually developing that theory to explain the pinoy behavior. for instance, we dont seem to know how to live in an urban setting. for instance, we seem to behave like rural folks who are used to living in dispersed human settlements: we through garbage around, we piss against the wall; some even defecate in some dark corners. these are bad habits in an urban setting but are tolerated in rural areas or are even considered "sustainable" given the organic nature of those wastes. im joking, of course.. ha haDave Lloritohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13592787212335457164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19345719.post-1141021900099915342006-02-26T22:31:00.000-08:002006-02-26T22:31:00.000-08:00"The Pinoy, no matter what his training and educat...<I>"The Pinoy, no matter what his training and educational backgrounds are, is a rural folk. He interacts with his fellowmen or colleagues in a very personal way. In an urban setting, people’s behavior is supposedly governed by impersonal laws, regulations, norms, and ordinances. But the Pinoy, being a hillbilly that he is, only values the opinion of his relatives and friends, or the substitutes of those relatives—his buddies, his officers, his military academy classmates [mistah]."</I><BR/><BR/>Interesting thought.taoharuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07542183486382288494noreply@blogger.com