Re: T. Maya Teague’s July 27 commentary, “Are Filipino people addicted to national uprisings?”:
It is sad and unfortunate, but following its history, one can only say they are getting there.
Teague hit the nail on the head. I truly share her sentiments. Nothing is new with regards to what is happening in the Philippines. It gets so sickening to hear the same unrest going on all over again, all for the same reason, and the unreasonable way people wish to resolve it.
The way it is, everyone does things for their own personal reasons. The mighty hope to get mightier at any cost, the rich wish to become richer no matter what, and the majority could not care less. It’s survival of the fittest, so they say.
Weakened morale, coupled with shortage of good statesmen, do not bode well for the Philippine citizenry, which may very well be considered the root of all evils that prey upon everyone, enabling them to make the wrong decisions.
Unfortunately, no one can help them overcome this but themselves. At this point in time, one can only hope for a miracle to happen — and soon — for the Philippines to stand a chance of getting back the credibility and grandeur it once had and for every Filipino to enjoy the prosperity and security they so deserve.
This letter may be the miracle that will wake them up to do the right thing.
— Socorro G. Mercado, Oxnard
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