Pacman as national hero

I also read the yahoo new report and I share the sentiment of the people who commented there. I think we should take the claim of CNN very lightly. Obviously, there are doing a special ion the Philippines and possibly, because Pacquiao is the most famous Filipino in our present time, they equaled him to Rizal, which is another famous Filipino known worldwide. Personally, they based it on popularity and not really on the essence of being a hero. (The recent VIlma-Nora-Dolphy national Artist issue comes to mind). Anyway, I don't want to judge CNN because even international news channels gets screwed up,e specially if you are doing a material on a country that hasn't been in their news unless it's nitty and gritty. I understand that there are some people who regard Manny as a hero, national or not. It's their opinion and I respect that. But personally, my opinion may differ from theirs. I wish Manny all the success in life and i hope I can also emulate it too but I think I would be more proud of myself if I did it on my own. For me, Manny is a good example like Rizal but it depends on the person on what standards they have for a hero. Rizal is our 'default' national hero (no law stating that he is the national hero but almost everyone consider him as such). I don't want to compare since both men lived in different times but I thunk Rizal will still enjoy the honor given to him for a long time. Maybe another 200 years, if the youth can still appreciate him...

Oh is that so? Pacman is a good athlete and he has brought honor and fame to the Philippines, but that doesn't make him in line with our national hero Jose Rizal. Just because you are famous, you can already be a national hero?

Hello Jazel_juan, NO ONE DICTATES whom should be our national HERO except the Filipino People and the National Historic institute! they have no concept of understanding our history. He's an entertainer and not a patriotic warrior who fights for the freedom of our country! unfortunately he is not that kind of a hero compare to Jose Rizal! CNN is nothing more than just taking along for a ride to think we will be persuaded.

Whaa....?! (As in miriam Santiago's version).

He's also a military officer right? Perhaps he could prove this in a real military battle or operationthen the Filipino people will judge.

This also caught me by surprise. Have not seen it in the news though. Maybe the international bodies took our gesture over pacquiao as treating him like a national hero. But he's a hero for me in a way, specially now that he is a full pledged Christian. But we cannot still compare him to our National hero Rizal.

Aha....and yes again...what? What is the heck going on?... Okay, I know Manny was able to help many pinoys- but to be a hero?..uhmnnn... are we running out of true heroes?

Pacman as national hero is a bright move, but there's one thing that will put him down; his being a womanizer once. He himself accepted this fact.

I don't think he can really compare to Rizal either- but he is a hero for me since he serves as an inspiration to Filipinos.. being a hero doesn't really mean you have to die for your country.. it also means that you did something great for it, you made a good change...like the unsung heroes- ofws.

What?! PACMAN as national hero?Naaaa. I dont think so. Pacman did not achieve what Dr. Jose Rizal have done for the Philippines. Jose Rizal sacrifice many things in his life and devoted his whole life to the country but Pacman is not even half way of what Jose Rizal did.

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