Comments on: We Are All Hostages, Again

By: Kidnap-cum-Beheading Capital of the World? | Filipino Voices

Kidnap-cum-Beheading Capital of the World? | Filipino Voices — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:54:54 +0000

[...] of Al Bader Parad as a March 30 headline deadline approaches in the latest terrorist kidnapping holding us all hostage. Please pass this post on until bloggers like Angela Stuart Santiago should receive it and have [...]

By: Filipino group with al-Qaeda ties threatens to behead hostage | Worldfocus

Filipino group with al-Qaeda ties threatens to behead hostage | Worldfocus — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:42:36 +0000

[...] at Filipino Voices, blogger “DJB” accuses President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of supporting terrorism by agreeing to pay ransoms in the past: Her government is utterly helpless because she has never [...]

By: DJB

DJB — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:08:12 +0000

danilo,
I do appreciate your participation and the last two comments especially. We need the point of view of those who want to save Islamic societies from whatever it is that ails them, even if it be Islam.

I concede I know very little about Islam itself as it has not been a part of my personal experience. My views of it are shaped by the context of my society and my life, and what little about it I have read in newspapers, blogs and books.

But I do not believe it is unique as a Religion and the things I find absurd about its beliefs are far surpassed by those absurdities that I AM familiar with in Christianity, and specifically Roman Catholicism.

You have been more than a good sport and are a worthy exponent of a point of view I disagree with but cannot ignore or treat lightly.

The matter of grapes or raisins or virgins is not just a linguistic “caress” (nice touch there!) but a serious attempt to elicit from you some discussion of the terrorist tactic of suicide bombers and KFR, which I believe has as much of a religious motivation that is also cultural, historical and political.

Do you think suicide bombing done in order to go to Paradise (for whatever number of whatever) is a legitimate tactic?

By: danilo u. ignacio

danilo u. ignacio — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:02:38 +0000

of course, I dare say, kidnappers must have no place in the society, more so those men-in-uniform behind it.

By: danilo u. ignacio

danilo u. ignacio — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:01:16 +0000

i don’t know what sort of explanation and clarification would benefit you DJB, but at least i am true to you when I do it, without any malice of sarcasm and hypocrisy, let alone adversarial caress.

that is, if we only sign in here at FV just for the sake of witty arguments and never for the ultimate discovery of facts and truth, the acknowledgment thereof and the rectification of those previously conjured wrong idea about something abetted by unfettered, therefore perverted exploit of the thing so-called “freedom of expression” then we can never reach at anything mutually agreed upon through objective rationality.

like what i said, it’s not these DJB’s “72 grapes” that matters among the abu sayyaf, its “72 money” that matters in its venture.

So much with this drama orchestrated by those men-in-uniform dipping into the business. Why should robot et al be “executed” inside the Bagong Diwa by heavy police clad in full battle gear? Is it because he had something to “sing” so he must be prevented from presenting his piece?

By: DJB

DJB — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:39:50 +0000

Bencard,
that happens to be the name on my birth certificate. Dean Jorge Bocobo. Is “bencard” what it says on yours? Aww, did i hurt ur wittle feelings? Sorry, okay?

By: leytenian

leytenian — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:13:16 +0000

there’s something wrong with DJB lately? :)

By: Bencard

Bencard — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:55:49 +0000

me, djb? worry about my reputation? i’m not the one who calls himself “dean” like it was a name or something. i live in america long enough to learn not to be awed by title or wealth, especially by
those who love to flaunt them.

what poet embarrassed me? just because some layman knew how to search google, i’ve been shamed? what infantile way of thinking! i will make my arguments “better” if you promise to make your posts intellectually passable, man.

By: DJB

DJB — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:35:29 +0000

danilo,
I stand corrected, 72 grapes.

By: danilo u. ignacio

danilo u. ignacio — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:15:12 +0000

“72 raisins” again DJB, huh!