copied from KATEA of TIGBlog site.
"RIGHTS is a collection of advertisements and short films showing the human rights violation, extra-judicial killings, and forced disappearances among the political and social activists who are questioning or are critical of the current administration. The collection does not only show the human rights violation but it also calls for human protection. So what's wrong with calloing for a humane, pro-people and pro-justice government? Nothing. Nothing is wrong with that. However, the collection of films was sabotaged in the office of the MTRCB. A pornographic film was inserted in the collection of human rights films. With this, the MTRCB had a good reason to ban the showing of RIGHTS. But of course, activists and film makers would not leave it at that so they protested. So Chairman Laguardia, finally, gave it a yes only with rated-X.
Human Rights films rated as X, where in the world could you find such rating?! Or where in the world could you find a movie, or tv show is being "guarded" or reviewed by a group of....never mind. I cannot blame Laguardia, she has too much pressure on her back. Why is the government so scared of revealing and fining the truth, as if the truth will topple them?
Funny, because if you check the everyday shows on the local channels, you will see women in two-piece dancing erotically in front of kids. You will hear nasty, greed, and rude comments from tv hosts all the time. The hot news even in headlines are always about a celebrity "sleeping with someone" or talking about their sex life. Every hour you will hear a child being sexually molested by their own father or uncle or their neighbor. Everyday of the week you have a show or shows that make fun of the poor by making them share their deep dark secrets on tv, and after they cry a hell lot, they are asked to lap/pole dance or sing as if they are in American Idol. I am so bothered by this actually. Where do you draw the line? Where and when can you say that this is immoral (showing human rights violation by the government and the police) and this is moral (who's sleeping with who or a 75-year-old woman dancing in an erotic way so she can get money).
I dont want to sound moralistic but I feel that our basic moral duties is to uphold the human rights. if you feel that you can cover the reality by displacing it or by using entertainment, then something is wrong.
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*Nothing is wrong with lap dancing and pole dancing, as I learned about them--how they are connected to women's body and spirituality; it is the context/situation where I feel, it should be guarded. Not everyone is intelligent enough (to put it blatantly) to understand the connection as more people tend to thrive on what is shallow, dull and unimportant.
September 23, 2007 | 1:19 AM
http://Katea.tigblog.org/post/253813
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I've read this blog a while ago and it talks about a topic that makes my blood boil though I keep on forgetting to write about it. Katea- the blogger said it well- I don't think I could have discuss it any better. I hope she doesn't mind that I copied part of her original post from the TIGblog site. I just want to make more filipinos be aware of this mental and moral decay that the local television industry and thoughtless TV hosts and directors are making of the next filipino generation. Pinoys wake up. We have to do something about this.
ellamae14 posted on Oct 01, 2007
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Moelt said on Oct 01, 2007....
I'm not from the Philipines, and so don't know very much about the place, but don't you have voting? If you do, then maybe you should write a piece for the newspapers there, radio and TV. It sounds like a lot of people are being complacent about things, or are they being entertained? I'm sorry if I'm not being helpful. It's just hard to comment on something you know very little about. But good luck anyway. -
ellamae14 said on Oct 01, 2007....
Moelt: thanks for replying to this. As KATEA said above "it is the context/situation where I feel, it should be guarded. Not everyone is intelligent enough (to put it blatantly) to understand the connection as more people tend to thrive on what is shallow, dull and unimportant." - soo many stupid filipino is entertained by this degrading acts. Very little of us thinks it shouldn't be but the ignoramuses drowned our voices. Try searching for willie revillame or joey de leon. If you ever see a blog bashing any of those two TV hosts ( there are many of those idiots...) you will see numerous anonymous comments defending them and attacking the blogger or the commentor. i hope my name calling didn't offend you. Those people can really get me in a bad mood. They even have the audacity to claim that what they do is essentially filipino. And it's not @#@$#@$#@ true! It's just them. -
Moelt said on Oct 02, 2007....
I'm sorry this is happening in your country, but it's happening here in the US, also. And I don't know what to do about it, either. I'm wondering if this is a phase we're going through and, when we discover why it shouldn't be this way, we'll change. That is if it's not too late. I'm wondering if all the crap we're hearing on the radio and seeing on TV is what's fanning the fires of the rage I'm seeing all over the world. All this crap is giving people everywhere the wrong impression and very few people are wanting to talk it out. That's what we all need. Communication. From the people of the nations, not the leaders. The avatar Sai Baba has the answers but people aren't listening to him very much, either. -
queenparanoia said on Oct 02, 2007....
because the entertainment industry in the philippines are more interested in the money and the ratings than being morally truthful... and i'm pinoy... sana may pagbabago na... -
ellamae14 said on Oct 02, 2007....
moelt: It just feel frustrating sometimes that we have to accept such things as the new fad or way of being. I somehow despair about the way kids are being brought up nowadays- having all the material things, having access to all tv stations and unlimited time of watching, and parents allowing their child to miss school because he was too sleepy to wake up early-why?-because he played video games all night!. I see this in my relatives, I see this in my neighbors and other people around. A noontime show that was suppose to be for General Patronage- will show young women clad in bikinis and dancing, doing exhibitions in front of the audience-children and adults alike. kissing scenes, making out that leaves only the actual sex act out are being shown on tv every night, with nothing but a parental guidance reminder. Yeah, I hope that by the time people start to realize that something is wrong- it will not be too late. btw, i'm not familiar with avatar Sai baba?
Queen: oo nga sana magbago na. and we have to be firm. Those few who still knows what's morally right. :) -
Moelt said on Oct 03, 2007....
I feel for you, by all means. And for everyone everywhere. This kind of thing is all over the world. The only thing I can think of to do is keep the faith. Maybe there are far more people out there who feel this way, too, than we realize. I hope so, anyway.
Sai Baba is in India. He is the avatar this time. The avatar comes when all of us are in desperate need for someone tangible to be here to speak the word of God. Now this isn't a religion, nor is it a cult. He is here only to let us know God still loves us. I can't remember the web site because it's been a while since I visited. I receive a daily email from his helpers called Heat to Heart. Do a Google search for Sai Baba and you will find him. You might like to learn about him. He works miracles as Jesus did.