The primary function of language, being a social fact, is communication, and it remains operative throughout whatever other uses language may be put. The communicative function of language takes on additional weight in journalism, because the currency of that particular trade is information, and the objective is the equal distribution of wealth thereof, as it [...]
Parsing Villar, self-proclaimed trapo
January 23, 2010 By 14 Comments
Doubtless I am fighting a moot, not to mention lonely, semantic battle, but, to my mind, there are few examples that better illustrate the unwieldiness of political bywords than “trapo”. A contraction of “tradpol”, which itself is a contraction of “traditional politician”, it has found its way into popular vocabulary as a term of unequivocal [...]
CA decision in PP v. L/Cpl. Daniel Smith: a case of plagiarism?
May 5, 2009 By 30 Comments
I find this Wikipedia entry about plagiarism interesting: Plagiarism, as defined in the 1995 Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary, is the “use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one’s own original work.” Within academia, plagiarism by students, professors, or researchers is considered academic dishonesty [...]
The Pinoy Scientist and Big Money
February 22, 2009 By 10 Comments
The current debate on the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) and plans for its recommissioning has placed the Pinoy scientist center stage. In many ways the debate brings the Pinoy scientist into his/her debut on the national political stage. The scientist can determine the direction of national policy and development. This is different from the [...]
Pinoy Blogosphere… What Are You?
December 13, 2008 By 97 Comments
I have nothing against Pat Mangubat. He seems to be a decent guy and a patriot, but one recent post he did on his blog has him accusing unnamed bloggers of being sell outs, specifically to “corporate Public Relations practitioners (and Malacanang press operators).” He goes on by pleading to these unnamed individuals: YOU–YOU KNOW [...]
Jesus Christ: a great man utterly devalued by a human “institution”
November 5, 2008 By 44 Comments
You know what, gentlemen? There is a simple question on the assertion that the Church provides credible moral leadership that we seem to sheepishly skirt: Where is this “credibility” derived from? The only coherent (albeit, pained) proposal seems to come from Jeg who suggests (and assumes everyone agrees) that moral/ethical ascendancy is not derived from [...]
“Moral depravity” and the primitivist mind
September 16, 2008 By 47 Comments
I beg to differ slightly to what Bencard says here: just because laws are constantly violated doesn’t mean they are unnecessary, rape, sexual assault, incest, etc. will always be committed – so is murder,robbery, etc., but the laws punishing them are by no means “futile”. Whilst laws against sexual assault are definitely necessary, there is [...]
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