Personal Opinion

[Aga Mulat]

Pinoys are so not capable of recognizing someone's freedom of speech and accepting it as "personal opinion" and not as an attack on others.

Sa Pinas, if you say what's on your mind about someone at hinde nagustuhan, you can be beaten up for it or even worse killed. Kaya kapag napadpad tayo sa ibang bansa where freedom is exercised and protected, we feel na minamaliit tayo ng iba when they express their mind concerning us.

How can we not be offended ba kasi? Mentalidad kasi natin, kung may sasabihin kang sounding masama sakin eh idaan nalang sa suntukan. We don't express our thoughts in words but we sure do express it with our knuckles. Ang problema tuloy is such a backwards mentality like when children try to express their opinion and their parents take it as the start of rebellion. "Huwag kang sasagot!!!"

Kaya tuloy our children get sooo frustrated and end up fuming and then the parents will take that fuming as a sign na gusto nang lumaban?!!

Paano ba mai tatama ito?? How can one progress in a society where you can babble anyway you want if all you're saying are "good" things but shut up if they are "bad".

[oversoul1404]

imo, the line separating personal opinion from freedom of speech in our country is heavily blurred if not non-existent at all. This is evident in the media's exercise of its so-called freedom of speech vis-a-vis their 'freedom of the press'. that even though they would end up compromising someone or something, be it a crucial government operation or plainly someone else's life, they won't back down as long as they can delivery their news articles ahead of their competitors.

as for children being branded rebellious by their parents, i think it is caused by the parents' close mindedness. parents, or maybe even the elderly, think that since they are older, they are far more knowledgeable than the youngsters, and anything that these youngsters would say are just useless blabber. This is evident not only in households but also in all levels of society. plain old 'seniority'.

edit: and by some coincidence, found this while browsing:



so, how are we going to change it? specifically, i have no idea, but i'm sure that by globalization and other social influences, this would be changed in time.. only that along with social revolution, you can't expect that only one aspect of society would change. heck, we can't be sure if the change would even be for the better.

[suave]

Well doc, pwede mo simulan sa mga anak mo. Huwag mo silang bawalang magsasagot sayo in a nice way. Yan din ang balak kong pagpapalaki sa mga anak ko sa hinaharap. Hayaan natin silang magpaliwanag. Para naman yung next generations natin eh maiba naman.

Sa mga forums na tulad nito, marami akong nakakaaway dati, dahil tama ka, di marunong ang pinoy tumanggap kung ano ang opinion. Kapag nagsabi ka ng pananaw mo na iba sa pananaw nila eh di ka na nila agad ka level at biglang mas mabuting tao na agad sila sayo. Worse, kapag naiiba ang opinion mo sa karamihan, siguradong dudumugin ka at kukuyugin ng batikos.

Ang di mo tuloy sigurado, binabatikos ka ba nila o baka naman nagsasabi lang din sila ng opinion nila tungkol dun sa opinion mo. Hehehe. Labo di ba? Di mo tuloy alam kung nagpapaka holier-than-thou ba sila o balat sibuyas ka lang talaga.

Sabi nga ni DJyanitor, common sense lang yan…. Hahaha.

Kapag OPINION, ibig sabihin OPEN-YUN for debate or discussion.

Wag sila magagalit sa opinion mo, at wag ka rin naman balat sibuyas sa opinion nila sa opinion mo.

[ukmac1986]

sa akin naman pag dating sa mga opinion na hindi ako sang ayon at para sa akin ay hindi tama, hindi ko mapigilan na kwestyunin ang opinion na yon..maybe because this troll inside me makes me wanna do it seriously, its your opinion against mine..we all have the right to speak wether its just a statement or criticism..but that doesnt mean that i am a better person than you are, I just love discussing things yun nga lang sometimes in a douchy way.. i agree pretty much with suave's statements, if they cant accept the batikos and stuff, then it's their problem

[samuraiX]

heres one example that we cannot take criticisim

Foreigner who 'dislikes' PH says sorry

its a never ending cycle, it starts from way way back, your parents did it to you, you do it to your children and down the line, its like corporal punishment, your parents hit you with a belt, let you kneel on salt... and you think its effective so you do it to your kids and they will do it to theirs, it has to end with us if we want it to

[Androniko]

Sa palagay ko ay hindi na gaanong magbabago pa ang ganitong ugali ng maraming Pilipino dahil yuon na ang kinaugalian na nila. pag nahubog sila na maging magaling magpalusot idadaan na lang sa opinion o mungkahi para pabagsakin ang iba na kinaiinisan nila. Naging matalino ang marami pero hindi naging mabuti ang ugali nila at hindi mapapagkatiwalaan sa mabuti at pangmatagalang kapakanan ng marami(sa sarili lamang daw aplikable). Naalala ko tuloy ang mga matatandang naririnig ko nuon pag hindi nila kursunada ang bitaw ng salita ng taong nagsasalita sa kanila. 1.) Tao ka bang nakikipag usap o pinaiikot mo lang ako? 2.) Kung hindi ka marunong ng tuwid na pangungusap at kung saan napaling ang tingin mo ay wag ka nang magsalita pa ng marami, alam ko na ang iniisip mo. Kung may kurikulum sa Paaralan na makakabawas sa ugaling pandurugas ay tiyak may bahagyang mababago sa susunod na generation.(wala nga akong alam na ganoong kurikulum!)