Really, Philippines has experiencing a "damaged culture" at present?

"We are what we make ourselves to be", no one's gonna help us except ourselves, we hoped, we dreamed, we elected a new president,Asia's becoming becoming a new zone of prosperity so let's not miss out on this. Sorry but I belong to the small pocket of resistance that still think we can still make a miraculous turn around and still firmly believes that a least we are still better off than other countries. We did it before, then why can't we make it now? We all have the faculties , the talent, and the resources to do it but some of us simply refuse, desert or has given up. It's like a crumbling beautiful old house that needs maintenance, if you leave it as such and do nothing, then for sure it's gonna fall apart, it's not too late pal,I hope

Actually yes my friend based on a present situation even our country having political crisis but the politician never admit that. So that we the people are the first affect such turmiol, government must do something to change that. All politician are looking for their own interest only. see you around

hello fx, This is true. Even our education rate is getting worst. How come our tradition and culture will soon become just a shadow of the past? It is because we are adapting every culture that foreign people are feeding us. It is very sad,Filipino tradition is not even taught in our schools. Where are those folk dances?...what's the music and PE teachers are teaching now? Our youngsters doesn't even know our folk songs. Are we going to forget what our national hero fight for? That's a rel big question...very sad,but is happening. Have a great day and welcome to mylot

Hello FX, FINALLY, SOME ONE WHO SEE FOR WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY! Political Dynasty in terms of winning the election every time there is one in every two or six years, it's rare that they lose. demonstrations? some are real but just annoying since they can sit in the table and talked about solving it. i believe this country isn't safe anymore most specially in the urban areas where crooks can choose any one they want. as for the society and employment trend, we have become more of an labor power to the other countries. our best of the best are leaving us and the other powerful countries benefit and only the remittances are the ones that they contribute. damage culture in a sense that few people speak the native tongue and prefers english language instead. most don't even pay respect to the flag when singing the national anthem.

Yes, this is true, we are having a badly damaged culture. This is because many of our people are disintegrated from the society where the rich and the elite set standard copied from the western way of life. Imagine how can a poor son or daughter of a fisherman celebrate thanksgiving day, Halloween, egg-hunting during Eastern Sunday? They made life look so miserable for this section of the society, of course with the help of the media. In the news , you can see rich people brandishing clothes lines available only in exclusive stores, speaking in a language they hardly understand.English, (the language of power here)is spoken in every programs and shows as if all the people can understand it.The results of this disintegration is crime, violence, killings, and manipulations!

We're been like this for a long time and nobody really wants to fix the problem. At root of the problem are we, the people who have trouble recognizing our identities and skills apart from our counterparts in other countries. If I may, It seems that the cancer that Rizal mentioned is still spreading slowly but surely in our society and we have done nothing to fight it or at least reform some of our ways that we know are hindering us to be better. I say that we have this mentality of being stagnant and settling for second best. we hardly support our countrymen who try to make us better. This evolves into having no no willpower to at least eradicate or make the situation better for all of us.

yes its bad but its happening in every corner of this world and pretty much normal thing in today's world.

Hmmm, damaged culture? Is that an official social science terminology? Can culture be damaged? Or culture could just be tucked in some corner of history, and then allow the new age to write its development and progress... As to that newspaper report, I do beg to disagree that the Philippines had been damaged because of the disintegration of a few... because many of us are still intact, our children growing up, going to school, learning the old fashioned kind of love and life. We do not join the rat race and the greed that goes with it. We do not aspire for false ambition that we could conquer the world and lose our soul in the process.... There are many of us here whose lives are not splashed out in the papers for infamy... please, we are not damaged, and will never get to that...

indeed there is a damaged culture. This so called "damage" was caused by the different events in the previous years. By years i mean decades ago. Culture cannot be easily changed. Unfortunately, currently all we can do is to gradually change what we do not want in the society. This would include behaviors that deteriorate the morality in the society and those actions that contribute to the suffering of the societal members (corruption etc.) while we cannot entirely sweep it all off (IT IS 100% IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO ERADICATE THE NEGATIVE FORCES), it is possible to change it gradually and lessen it. However, with the path that people are taking today, i think it is indeed a great challenge for us. There is indeed a damaged culture but you cannot expect this damage to be remedied in a short period of time. Vigilance could be a good way to address this but it would require a lot of effort and strength in numbers if we would really want to have a desirable culture.