NELSON A. PAGUYO, 3 Sept 2009

On Behalf Of NELSON A PAGUYO
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 10:57 PM
To: ofcouncil@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ofcouncil] HOW TO UNITE THE FILIPINOS/Symptom 1





After reading the latest postings [including that of JM] of “How to Unite the Filipinos”, I chose to post my comments in this particular email because of Bob’s story of the Canadian Filipinos and Emma’s response which are characteristic behaviors we Filipinos have.

The discussion on How to Unite the Filipinos have been labeled as an exercise in futility, useless, time and effort consuming that such energies be best served by attacking the many problems of our society. In a way the comments are appropriate and to a certain extent correct. On the other hand focusing on the problems and trying to remedy the problems of our Filipino society had been tried many times before without appreciable good result. Perhaps the reasons for the failures are efforts of treatment directed to the problems of the country without truly understanding what it is. It is like administering to a patient without knowing the diagnosis. And the PATIENT [to me] is our FRAGMENTED SOCIETY and our major symptom is our inability to unite.

I would submit to all that the story shared by Bob is one symptom of our society. Then there is poverty, indolence, regionalism, materialism, willingness to sacrifice and take advantage of opportunities [good or bad], etc. This posting will be followed by 2 which demonstrate other symptoms of the Filipino society.

Since the start of the discussion the topic had branched out to other areas that it is difficult [for me at least] to follow and weave a coherent conclusion for my own understanding.

I thought I’ll start a new thread after the 2 posting.

Thanks for your patience.

Nelson