It’s FV’s anniversary today, and no joke, we launched on this day last year which is indeed an odd day to launch anything. I have much thoughts on our collaboration, but before anything else much thanks has to be made to our readers, writers, and contributors.

It is the most of lively discussions and debates that I look forward to any time I open up filipinovoices.com. I relish the thought that on any given day, we can have such heated debates, because indeed, we have become something that has become the opposite of a groupthink that has indeed become the hallmark of many other political blogs.

The reason that groupthink is such an enemy of critical thought is that it shies away from conflict, it shies away from intense debate and challenge to thinking. And when we are abound by a multitudes of problems, we need solutions that can sometimes be out of the box, we need solutions that are not arrived at through yes-men but through a rigorous process of debate and discussion.

I shall expand on this later on this week, but today, I wanted to make a brief announcement…

We shall denounce one writer, Arbet Bernardo, one of the founding bloggers of FilipinoVoices.com. He has officially left blogging, and left FV altogether. We found out, not through personal correspondence, but through his blog post. What a shame, thus this denouncement, I believe, is necessary.

Thank you.

Update: April 2nd, 245am – April Fools! The Denouncement of Arbet Bernardo was nothing more than our lame attempt at an April Fools joke. Of course we would never denounce anyone for not “towing the line”, that is the irony of it all, it is the exact opposite that we most respect and deem healthy as to avoid groupthink. In any case, we thank everyone for the warm wishes, the commenters for all they contribute. Here’s a toast to another year, looking forward to yet another April Fools and our 2nd year anniversary!

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