Comments on: Benign0′s book

By: mogLi

mogLi — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:35:53 +0000

“Efficiency” in Tagalog is “Husay” or “Kahusayan”.
Example: Efficient system-> Mahusay na sistema.

The Japanese refers to the computer as “konpyuta-”, to personal computers as “pasokon” and to the computer mouse as “mau-su”. Despite kanji characters able to represent these words in japanese, people in japan would normally use the english terms. Is the japanese language flawed then in encouraging a modern, dynamic and competitive society?

By: Encapsulating the Philippine national “debate” | Filipino Voices

Mon, 11 May 2009 08:24:41 +0000

[...] referring to my book, Get Real Philippines Book 1, which I wrote back in 2006 and which attracted a blog post from no less than The Noted Blogger himself — a book which I doubt most bloggers of note other than The Noted One has [...]

By: cs

cs — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:53:30 +0000

cvj :

By disallowing the Ã¢â‚¬ËœgoodÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ and readily admitting the Ã¢â‚¬ËœbadÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ aspects of Filipino behavior based on stereotypes, Benign0Ã¢â‚¬â„¢s book defines a Ã¢â‚¬â„¢straw-man FilipinoÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ which he then proceeds to attack. He then compares this dysfunctional Filipino unfavorably to the achievements of the Chinese, Japanese and Singaporeans. Far from being new, i think his ideas have codified existing Filipino elitist Conventional Wisdom with its innate prejudice against the Filipino masses. These are precisely the shallow imagery (circa Isagani Cruz) that has to be transcended so that our divided people can understand each other.
September 11th, 2006 at 12:34 am

So true. I don’t know if it will take another generation to get rid of this kind of thinking, I see hope in our kids today. In the meantime, we’re just gonna have to wait for the current generation in power to lose their hold on society. New generation, new attitudes, and hopefully, hope.

By: winnie

winnie — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:25:35 +0000

obvious naman na pro gloria yang si Benign0.

By: [Expletive Deleted]

[Expletive Deleted] — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:42:34 +0000

Si benign0 ay isang “racialist” ( 1.yupemism para sa salitang “racist”; 2. sa ibang salita: “white supremacist”. ) May website akong nakita (kahit na hindi ito Pilipino): http://sailerfraud.blogspot.com/
Are filipinos inferior to whites and east asians?

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:54:18 +0000

See thats the part of the problem with us Filipinos. We see someone like Benign0 look at the Philippines critically, but then ask, where are the solutions besides his criticisms? It is pretty obvious that Benign has thinked out of the box, because some of you people don’t get the point! One of the worst traits of Filipino thinking today is to wait for someone or something to bring forth the solutions, then you will follow and praise it when it seems it is effective. Benign0 said what he said, to get out of all people, YOU PEOPLE to start THINKING and coming up with the SOLUTIONS as a collective. That was his point the whole time!

By: cebuano

cebuano — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 04:40:15 +0000

Well Manuel L. Quezon is an idiot!!!!

By: Andres Beolan

Andres Beolan — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:33:54 +0000

Right on Jon. I hope MQIII does not put the loony in the same league as David Martinez. Martinez was clear and concise in his thesis. Benign0 is just…rambling on and on and on aimlessly.

By: Jon Limjap

Jon Limjap — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:45:41 +0000

Ah, benign0. Increasingly efficient at cataloging what is wrong with our culture, but like most other pundits, fail to present solutions beyond the conceptual.

I’m sure he hasn’t tried teaching children in the boondocks. He’ll learn a lot about language and education there.

By: jackryan68

jackryan68 — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:00:50 +0000

Hello Antonio. Wag mong masamain kung bakit hindi ko trip ang bagong spelling na itinataguyod ng mga nasa likod ng bagong sistema ng pagbaybay sa wikang Pinoy. Abay hindi lang pala ako ang nagkakaproblema. Halimbawa, baka gusto mong tingnan itong artikulong lumabas sa UST Varsitarian http://www.varsitarian.com/details.asp?id=2197

At saka hindi pagpapagwapo ang isyu dito: makakabuti ba sa development ng wikang Filipino ang paggamit ng “pangit” na mga salita? Palagay ko hindi.

Dapat siguro tanungin din natin, hindi lang yung mga ekspertong nasa likod nito, kundi pati rin ang mga batang sapilitang tinuturuan ng “makabagong” sistema ng pagbaybay. Yung anak ko, hirap eh. Pati na rin yung anak ng ilang kakilala ko. Kasi mukang mas banyaga pa siya kisa sa mga salitang nakasanayan na natin.