Mar Roxas keeps on saying he’s a man of respect and yet he uttered the most horrible cursing in Filipino language --- ‘putang ina’.
He even did not apologize for it when he stood up for his chance of a privilege speech.
What Cursing does
As what Kapirasong Kritika said on his wordpress blog, typical curses like ‘ulo’, ‘gago’, ‘tanga’ and ‘putang-ina’ might have loosened their original meanings from generations to generations, causing them to be cliché. Or that they have become cliché, which eventually caused them to lose their original meanings.
Every sane man would agree on the above statement.
Cursing has always been bringing a negative impact on an individual as a whole. It degrades, directly or indirectly, everyone you pertain to. Albeit brought by an intense emotional state, one should still refrain from criticizing someone via cursing.
Why mar unbarred the rule
One, he is totally hyped up by the Arroyo dishonesty. Two, he just wants publicity.
Regarding the first reason, which Mar admits he actually did, he would not gain anything. Why? Because everyone is standing on the same boat with him – everyone is on the Arroyo-hate-wagon. You would not be visibly seen if you’re on a tight crowd, would you?
So, in order to make yourself stand out, you have to do something. You can either volunteer to be a tool for other leaders, or you can just do it your own way. Mar did the latter.
And to stand out taller, he used something odd; something a respectable politician would not do – cursing crisply.
Everyone eventually chorused in confusion after he shouted ‘putang ina’ in a huge audience. He is obviously hyped-up that night, but he is nowhere near the desperate situation of calling the inutile administration with such disrespectful phrase.
After that…
After the YouTube video of the said incident hit millions, the Mar Roxas gang of advisers released an infomercial, titled ‘Murang Gamot’. This is to soften the recently branding of Mar as a tough-tough ‘hoodlum’, brought about by the ‘putang ina’ trend.
Not convinced, Filipinos on-line dragged up the ad and compared it more to the cursing incident.
‘MURAng gamot pala (Cheap Medicine after all), hindi pagmu-MURA (Not Cheap cursing)!
There it is. A revelation of Mar Roxas façade as an emotionally-driven character. Fitting everything up in the puzzle, this is one big shot publicity campaign. Would we say ‘Go Mar on 2010!’, then?
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hindi magandang halimbawa na nagmumura ang isang taong gustong maging lider ng bayan. bakit ka pa mag mumura? para lang mag pasikat?
ReplyDeletelahat naman nga talga galit sa present arroyo admin. pero hindi naman sila nagmumura o nagpapakita ng ganyang mga reaksyon. mabuti pa yung iba, marunong lumugar. kung tunay kang lider at totoong tao ka na iniisip mo moralidad mo, hindi mo dapat pinapakita totoong kulay mo..o baka talgang di mapigilan ni mar roxas ung tunay niyang kulay at biglang lumabas....mahilig pala siya magmura. very bad example.
d dapt gnon vice-president wanna be mhilig magmura???d mgndang influence sa mga tao especially sa mga kbataan!!!!!!!!! basta ako loren legarda lng!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOMG!!!!!ayan ba ang magandang halimbawa ng magig bise presidente...dbah edukado kang tao.. bakit ganya..over....go LOREN LEGARDA...MAS MAY MALASAKIT K SA BAYAN...IBASURA SI mR. PALENGKE...
ReplyDeleteEverything's a big shot publicity campaign when it comes to Mar Roxas. Cussing in public, or even cussing the administration or your country's President is a very bad example. People who are leaders of this country are meant to be dignified and morally educated.
ReplyDeleteAnd so what if you are angry? Or you don't like the present administration? You still need to be calm and process the words you need to say. and being a public figure, cussing is a big issue and not a good example for our youth.
si mar roxas namgmumura, nakikimura...pero kahit ganun hindi parin naman naabot ng masa, elitisita padn.......
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