| A 'Cinderella moment': Pacquiao and Filipino pride |
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| Friday, 27 January 2006 | |
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It's time we Filipinos become Pacquiaos and throw our punches with raised fists as we define our own nationhood away from the dictates of traditional and mediocre politics. Just look at how this government has been pocketing our overseas workers' income remittances, taxing every worker's hard-earned income, and lately pocketing the Marcos ill-gotten wealth, while we continue to wallow in destitution. These, and the government's repressive policies, constitute the Philippine's ticket to our own Great Depression.If there is one thing that the Southeast Asian Games' and Pacquiao's victorious moments have proven, it is that we do not need this government to show us that we can be true "Cinderella Men and Women" as we fight the "Wicked Witches" that continue to rule the "Palace" and its "forests." We always have a choice between a fairy tale come true or a living nightmare, if only we would raise our fists and go for gold this time. INQ7.net DENNIS TORRECAMPO, Nanjing, China (via e-mail) |
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