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1.) use a bombastic title sure to arouse controversy, for example, "I HATE FILIPINO CULTURE;"  just be sure to take back your words in the actual post. "i don't actually hate filipino culture. what i really meant to say was..." 2.) gather up a bunch of the worst stereotypes you can think of and condemn the hell out of them. who'd disagree? 3.) preface everything. for example, every elitist remark should begin with, "i'm no elitist, but..." do the same for all your colonial mentalitist and other -ist statements. 4.) don't be afraid to fudge your definitions. after slamming "filipino culture," later describe said culture as "not filipino culture." 5.) make things easy on your reader. who needs nuanced arguments when emotional appeals are so much easier to read and like and share? 6.) open the post with a lot of "them," but close with a lot of "we." 7.) above all, ignore the fact that you...

photo from spot.ph i think if carlos celdran had been sentenced for something like "disturbing the peace" or whatever, it would have been easier for his supporters to accept. then he would've only become some folk hero whose act of protest got slapped down by the man/bishop. still, attention won; issue raised: mission accomplished. but instead, this whole "offending religious feelings" affair has only muddled the issue even further. the rabid anti-catholics are having a field day applying the phrase to everything from the inquisition to pedophile priests. the CBCP, for their part, have yet to comment on the conviction, but remain as blithely pigheaded as ever, feting marcos' widow and such.

1.) corona's conviction may not have been strictly a legal victory, but it was certainly a moral one. people in positions of power hardly ever get their comeuppance--i'll take what i can get. 2.) it remains true that powerful people can only be removed if they tee off enough powerful people of lesser influence, or one person of much greater influence.