Military service doesn't inspire partriotism but breeds scalawags in uniforms

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Duterte-Carpio said “only the likes of Mr. Bello would think of mandatory military service for its citizens as arming them and telling them to kill” because for her, that actually “inspires patriotism in the youth.”

"I also emphasized the need for the youth to be prepared for disasters and become proactive community partners in rescue operations and in aiding victims of calamities."

Mandatory military service agad para maging proactive community partners? For both males and females? Talaga ba?

Military servitude inspires patriotism? Really? Iyan ba ang plataporma mo, bakit mo gagawin mandatory ito. Isip diktador, huwag kang mataray at matuto kang tumanggap ng  criticisms. Tulad ka rin sa ama mo?

My ROTC days did not even "inspire patriotism" in me. I just wanted the day to be over because I felt it was just wasting my time since I still needed to study for my other subjects. And all those days under the sun doing senseless stuff did not really gave me that patriotism because the officers were just taking advantage of their positions. Sa totoo lang, it doesn't inspire partriotism but breeds scalawags in uniforms. 

There are plenty of outreach programs and livelihood skills development that we can freely share with the youth. Also, there are already agencies in place to do just that.

Before you are called a certified rescuer, first responder, you undergo rigorous trainings and certifications. You can not just unilaterally claim that ROTC can create competent rescuers. She should stop floating ideas if she doesn't understand how it works.

You can be a regular Pinoy and still be patriotic. You don't need to join the military or even the ROTC.

Bakit niya pipilitin yong mga kabataan na mag mandatory military service, kung ayaw nila? Ano tayo?  Taga Communist China, North Korea? Yung Davao nga ay hindi niya maayos, buong Pilipinas pa.

That’s the only way she knows that can inspire patriotism? How about civil service? Yung mga na nag-take ng CWTS ngayong college ay walang patriotism? You are maybe confusing patriotism and fascism.

It's also hard to instill patriotism when the head of the state sucks up to other countries like China.

How do you inspire patriotism when you have leaders that kowtow to foreign countries that bully us and threatens our territorial integrity?  Or inspire helping community when we have leaders campaigning in other provinces during time of calamity?

Add the instability, low wages and living conditions, poor education system and work opportunities, rampant corruption and incompetency among government officials, etc., which doesn't really inspire love for this country. Priorities, priorities, priorities. You can start with our healthcare system or education system.

If you want patriotism, fix those first.

What will inspire patriotism is: seeing your leaders stand up to China, not military training -- seeing leaders with uncompromising principles, holding themselves accountable to the people not bossing them around.

Eh, si Digong nga yung giyera ang nasa isip kapag binabanggit ang WPS. Also, kung yun pala ang purpose, bakit hindi i-strengthen ang disaster mitigation and management ng bansa? Bakit kailangan sa inyo i-militarize lahat? Mga utak diktador.

I am sorry but there is no way I am endangering my children. Imagine an 18 year old responding to danger. Huwag naman please. Better to invest on good training for our men and women that are already in uniform. Or recruit more people and make this their permanent job. Please do not touch our children.

Bakit ba ang mga taga Davao official baliw na baliw sa mga militar service na yan? Kung ganoon ay mauna na sila at huwag na silang mandamay. Make it mandatory for the spoiled and entitled children of politicians and government officials.

Akala nila ay willing o kahit mag volunteer ang mga kabataan habang sila ang nakaupo sa puwesto? Wala pong gana mga kabataan kung alam nilang ninanakawan lang sila at nagpapakasasa mga nakaupo. 

Jusko, Sara. Sa bawat araw na nagpapaka VP ka kuno, lumalabas na authoritarian din ang style mo. In your case talaga, like father, like daughter. Kung ano ano na lang sinasabi. Haaaay. No  more of this please. 

I am sorry but there is no way I am endangering my children. Imagine an 18 year old responding to danger. Wag naman please. Better to invest on good training po ng men and women in uniform. Or recruit more people and make this their permanent job. Please not our children.

Mandating 'service' within the militarist framework only bolsters the subservient orientation of our education that is meant to foster docile citizens in the future—a precondition for unaccounted tyranny. Sara Duterte is no different from her despotic father.

Anyway, she's not my candidate for VP, or any position, and knocking the heavens to hear my plea that she would never win on 2022 and in any future.

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