feedbacks from Longwaybye

FEEDBACKS BY LONGWAYBYE and ARSENIO

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I was thinking, do we blame the hunters who ate those carabao-back perching birds? Sometimes, we dont understand those who are poor, because we have enough.
It is not easy to see how kapit-patalim really push people to do illegal, immoral and shameful things.
The question is, is it allright for people to hunt those things?
Would you deprive the native hunters, those that make their living since the time of their ancestors by hunting, of their prey when that prey is endangered, in the light of preserving both the native's way of life and the prey itself?
I have a few guidelines. First, I say that no matter the poverty, or the kapit patalim, one cannot justify doing bad. It is easy to see how poverty and hardship of life become the excuse." Pampakain lang sa mga bata ko, and the vendor will overprice you, or put in ice into your 1kilo bangus to make it look like 3 kilos. That is not justified.

Marry for money? Nope. Fooling the white man, saying you love him and all when your true intention is to haul you and your family out of the hardship is an admirable intention but your way of achieving it is so low. Deceive a man and you are very a scum.
It is okay if you really like him though. But really?
We have hunted down these birds since time immemorial, why the heck are you trying to prevent us? Well, it is really hard to answer that. But it all boils down to majority rules.
It just so happens that in a democracy, some minority, both people and ideas, just have to sacrifice some of their wants and needs.
In the mountains of mangatarem, there are a few deers roaming. The local people hunt them. Those deers are in the protected list of animals. Even trees nowadays you cant cut them down unless a permit is given by DENR, even in your own backyard. A surprising law, but still a law, and if you look at the basis and the rationale of that law, it is noteworthy and understandable. Anyway, it is the LAW, and we have to follow it. -Longwaybye

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By the way, there are still several of those white birds perching on the backs of the carabaos. In the Zambales area, the southern mindanao, and probably the whole of the island of visayas and the bicol region, you see still those picturesque carabao-and-bird phenomenon.

The pangasinan area is unique since it has a lot of people. The dagupan Junction Jollibee alone has the most record number of customers among all Jollibees nationwide, outside of Metro Manila.

I have lived in the visayas and mindanao areas, and people arent as many there. Those places are really nice, it just the proximity to manila that is troublesome. I now understand the secessionist's view. We who have mindanao our home, have to go and fly to manila for some of our needs, the big ones of course, not the day to day needs. Things like education, airports for international flights, it is good that the Court of Appeals have a Cagayan de oro branch, but what if we want to elevate our case to the supreme court?

But the greatest justifiable reason is the tax money that Visayas and Mindanao pay to the national government. More is poured into Manila and Luzon.

well, well, I now live in the Pangasinan-Luzon area, but i told my Muslim friends there, if ever you succeed in creating a Republic of Mindanao, tell me and Ill come running back there. They said theyre gonna make me a secretary, I said dont be serious!-Longwaybye

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A FEEDBACK BY ARSENIO

Yes, I agree! We should understand the situation of our poor local kabayanS here in P.I. It is very touching thought from your comment, longwaybye. If really there is law implemented by government at least it will prevent or minimize the local hunters to kill the protected list of animals. Well, I'm guilty myself killing the birds with sling shots  then and making "arroz caldo." I remember some people were bring the birds home to feed  their family.

Our families tasted the way of life from hardship and poverty the kapit patalim thing.Thanks God, we overcome  it by coming to here to America the Savior of a hard life.

America is a place to dream, a place that anybody can grow, a nation that his people are rich, this is a nation that can give the opportunity to anybody to any ethnic to achieve the "American Dream".

Poor nations will be considered as a 3rd world country. Philippines is a 3rd world and if there's a 4th world that would be our beloved country. Every 3rd world country had the same problem: their people are in poverty and hardship,"Kapit patalim" just to survive. I will not stick the finger to point against them. The way of life, the way it is. Instead, I blame it on the crooked government, I guess. Who else is to blame?

-Arsenio

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