My Senate is such a hive of idiots...
Hello?! Pay attention fools! Congress is trying to destroy you with Cha-cha, but you idiots are so busy fighting with each other, you haven't even noticed. By this time next year, you probably won't exist anymore.
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I didn't realize that whole ethics committee investigation is trying to expel Villar from the Senate. Ganun? First you ass-kick him from the Senate presidency (and replace him with that corpse Enrile. And seriously, who are the fools repeatedly electing him and people like Gordon into office? Gawd.) Now you're trying to remove him completely from the Senate? This is clearly the work of threatened presidential aspirants.
Not that I'm a big Villar fan, mind, but I take any accusation of corruption against already-previously wealthy (as in prior to his entry into politics) senators, who stand a good chance of taking the presidency next year (and away from a horde of other salivating aspirants in the Upper House too) with a block of salt. Maybe he's guilty, maybe he isn't. But isn't this a question for the Ombudsman and Sandiganbayan to investigate? Him being investigated by his fellow senators, who make barely any attempts to disguise their rivalry with him, is suspect, to say the least.
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And who filed this complaint? Jamby Madrigal? Sus! I've always had the impression that lady wasn't playing with a full deck of cards. Have you seen her talk? I have, and in person. And it was weird. And hello? What has she done ba in all her time in the Senate? If she wasn't ferociously contesting her dead aunt's will, she wouldn't be in the news at all.
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Meanwhile, Congress has come up with (how many now? three? four?) new ways to railroad Cha-cha. Melo is talking about a possible no-election scenario. Lorelei Fajardo, one of President Bitch's six (count 'em: six!) spokespersons has said words to the effect of: Prime Minister Arroyo? Why not? She's been a good president (and that last bit I most definitely take issue with). Pay attention senators! If Cha-cha passes, there won't be an Upper House for you people to fight in anymore! And I highly doubt you fools will be able to get any seats in a Parliament if our government system goes there.
Mga tanga! Mga bobo! Get your acts together! Stop investigating shit! You're not the bloody courts. Kaya nga may judiciary e.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Friday, May 08, 2009
Rape me! Romantic naman daw e...
Ahem. Ano daw? Acquittal ba kamo? Truly? Siryusly? Nakaka-bad trip 'di ba?
If the law can't protect you from being taking advantage off by foreigners in your own country (in this case, from rape), then where are you safe?
Na-acquit nga si Daniel Smith, and take note, mga gehls po ang nag-acquit sa kanya. Yung mga inaasahan na makaka-simpatiya sa isang rape victim na babae pa ang naglahad ng mga super-archaic and bizarre na conclusions leading to an acquittal. Such as:
1. “No evidence was introduced to show force, threat and intimidation applied by the accused (Smith) upon Nicole, even as the prosecution vainly tried to highlight her supposed intoxication and alleged unconsciousness at the time of the sexual act.” Ganun? So wala nang saysay ang "no means no" and "you can say no at ANY time" na tinuturo natin sa mga gehls? Basta kung walang force, hindi na rape? So kung i-roofie ka sa bar, hindi ka makapalag kasi unconscious ka, at dalhin ka sa kung saan para gamitin ang katawan mo, edi hindi ka na-rape? Kasi walang force? WOW! Ang galing-galing talaga ng ating mga hurado! Why don't they return the previous classification of rape na rin, na crime against chastity, while they're at it.
2. “When a woman is drunk, she can hardly rise, much more stand up and dance, or she would just drop. This is a common experience among Filipino girls.” Avah! Nag-generalize ang mga hurado! Common experience pala ito sa mga Pinoy gehls! Any girls reading this, chime in if this is a "common experience" for you when you drink. I know I've danced with lots of girls while they were drunk/tipsy, and they were all excellent dancers.
3. "The curious thing is that she danced non-stop to the urgent beat of rock and hip-hop music in an inebriated state for 15 minutes without stumbling clumsily on the floor.” Ito, maliban sa lame argument, funny lang na statement. I'm imagining three old ladies sitting around a table talking about the (ahem) "urgent" beat of rock and hip-hop... Hahaha! Anyway, THIS is their evidence she wasn't raped? She was dancing, ergo, she wasn't drunk, ergo, she couldn't have not consented? Jesus H. Christ! Clearly, these old biddies have never been on a bender. I've managed to get home stone-cold drunk without knowing how. Apparently, I was able to give the taxi driver directions on how to navigate the complicated route through our subdivision to our house. And our house is WAY inside the subdivision, so you're not just going to happen upon it basta-basta. But I'd be hard-pressed to explain how, seeing as the next thing I remember after leaving the club is being in the taxi pulling up at our gate. Lots of us are perfectly capable of remote-controlling ourselves through certain situations while drunk, even if we're not totally conscious how.
4. Ay, but the worst: The court concluded that Nicole’s portrayal of herself as a “demure provinciana lass going on a first-time vacation to Subic” as mere “deceptive posturing.” Attack the victim! Man, ano sila, defense ni Smith? So kung hindi ka "demure," edi hindi ka p'wedeng ma-rape! Anything that happens to you is surely consensual, anyway, slutty ka naman! Delightful!
I don't know where these judges read up on rape (and surely they have extensively, they're CA justices for god's sake), but I was always told that a girl has the right to say no at ANY time, even if she's just about to have sex with a guy. If, at this time, she changes her mind, it's her right, and the guy must stop. None of that she's-leading-me-on bullshit. And if you're drunk and unconscious/semi-conscious, can you really give consent? I thought the Makati RTC judge had conclusively stated you cannot. Rape is rape, whether the woman clawed and bit at the rapist to fight him off, or lay there because she was frozen in fear or drunk. If she didn't say YES, then it's not consensual. Simple.
Maybe forty years was a bit much, but Smith did rape and he should have been punished. And now, after getting fat in "detention" at the US Embassy (Have you seen the pics? Magpakulong na rin kaya ako sa US Embassy, mukhang mabubusog ako...), he's off and free? Gawd, this is the country I have sisters in? Where female judges will let men get away with rape? Holy shit.
Spontaneous romantic encounter lang daw? Kelan pa naging romantic ang rape? Aba, kung gan'un, magpa-rape na tayong lahat next Valentine's. Tutal malaya na rin naman si Smith, I'm sure he'll be willing to help.
Ang dami talagang hayop sa Pilipinas tsk tsk. I lab my gobyerno talaga...
If the law can't protect you from being taking advantage off by foreigners in your own country (in this case, from rape), then where are you safe?
Na-acquit nga si Daniel Smith, and take note, mga gehls po ang nag-acquit sa kanya. Yung mga inaasahan na makaka-simpatiya sa isang rape victim na babae pa ang naglahad ng mga super-archaic and bizarre na conclusions leading to an acquittal. Such as:
1. “No evidence was introduced to show force, threat and intimidation applied by the accused (Smith) upon Nicole, even as the prosecution vainly tried to highlight her supposed intoxication and alleged unconsciousness at the time of the sexual act.” Ganun? So wala nang saysay ang "no means no" and "you can say no at ANY time" na tinuturo natin sa mga gehls? Basta kung walang force, hindi na rape? So kung i-roofie ka sa bar, hindi ka makapalag kasi unconscious ka, at dalhin ka sa kung saan para gamitin ang katawan mo, edi hindi ka na-rape? Kasi walang force? WOW! Ang galing-galing talaga ng ating mga hurado! Why don't they return the previous classification of rape na rin, na crime against chastity, while they're at it.
2. “When a woman is drunk, she can hardly rise, much more stand up and dance, or she would just drop. This is a common experience among Filipino girls.” Avah! Nag-generalize ang mga hurado! Common experience pala ito sa mga Pinoy gehls! Any girls reading this, chime in if this is a "common experience" for you when you drink. I know I've danced with lots of girls while they were drunk/tipsy, and they were all excellent dancers.
3. "The curious thing is that she danced non-stop to the urgent beat of rock and hip-hop music in an inebriated state for 15 minutes without stumbling clumsily on the floor.” Ito, maliban sa lame argument, funny lang na statement. I'm imagining three old ladies sitting around a table talking about the (ahem) "urgent" beat of rock and hip-hop... Hahaha! Anyway, THIS is their evidence she wasn't raped? She was dancing, ergo, she wasn't drunk, ergo, she couldn't have not consented? Jesus H. Christ! Clearly, these old biddies have never been on a bender. I've managed to get home stone-cold drunk without knowing how. Apparently, I was able to give the taxi driver directions on how to navigate the complicated route through our subdivision to our house. And our house is WAY inside the subdivision, so you're not just going to happen upon it basta-basta. But I'd be hard-pressed to explain how, seeing as the next thing I remember after leaving the club is being in the taxi pulling up at our gate. Lots of us are perfectly capable of remote-controlling ourselves through certain situations while drunk, even if we're not totally conscious how.
4. Ay, but the worst: The court concluded that Nicole’s portrayal of herself as a “demure provinciana lass going on a first-time vacation to Subic” as mere “deceptive posturing.” Attack the victim! Man, ano sila, defense ni Smith? So kung hindi ka "demure," edi hindi ka p'wedeng ma-rape! Anything that happens to you is surely consensual, anyway, slutty ka naman! Delightful!
I don't know where these judges read up on rape (and surely they have extensively, they're CA justices for god's sake), but I was always told that a girl has the right to say no at ANY time, even if she's just about to have sex with a guy. If, at this time, she changes her mind, it's her right, and the guy must stop. None of that she's-leading-me-on bullshit. And if you're drunk and unconscious/semi-conscious, can you really give consent? I thought the Makati RTC judge had conclusively stated you cannot. Rape is rape, whether the woman clawed and bit at the rapist to fight him off, or lay there because she was frozen in fear or drunk. If she didn't say YES, then it's not consensual. Simple.
Maybe forty years was a bit much, but Smith did rape and he should have been punished. And now, after getting fat in "detention" at the US Embassy (Have you seen the pics? Magpakulong na rin kaya ako sa US Embassy, mukhang mabubusog ako...), he's off and free? Gawd, this is the country I have sisters in? Where female judges will let men get away with rape? Holy shit.
Spontaneous romantic encounter lang daw? Kelan pa naging romantic ang rape? Aba, kung gan'un, magpa-rape na tayong lahat next Valentine's. Tutal malaya na rin naman si Smith, I'm sure he'll be willing to help.
Ang dami talagang hayop sa Pilipinas tsk tsk. I lab my gobyerno talaga...
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