Is the Philippines still worth dying for?

Anything or anyone who still has a hint of good and change in it/him/her should never been given up on. I think we have disintegrated, yes, in similar times to Rizal's and all the past heroes but in a more complicated manner. Still these few number of people did not give up hope and worked for a change- even if it meant having to take flight away from their homeland for a very long time. I think we haven't started to change because many of us are already too tired to fight or many don't think that there's nothing worth fighting for. But that's the point. No one can move on if nobody would take the step.

Yes, for me it still is worth dying for. This may sound too patriotic but for me it is. i was born here and well this is home for me. it may never be like singapore..nor japan but we have traits that are worth it my friend. Plus our economy is fighting my friend, the economy is good, stocks are up and about and our peso is fighting which means purchasing power of peso will also be good. i am still hopeful for our country.. as if we lose hope then what more will we expect? we have other generations to be hopeful for.

This has also been my dilemma. I think there our country does have not recovered and many countries in the southeast asia has already improved, and has recovered and is already building their name across the world. Our country has been shamed far too many times, probably others have even regarded us as household workers, that we are illiterate and we are of the third world... a country that majority of the people are below the poverty line. This is hurtful you know, that we were the ones that even taught other countries how to plant rice, now they have hybrid rice products to their country's name! We have been left behind, far too left behind.

Our country is still worth dying for in my opinion. Even if it is full of corrupt officials and is teeming with unworthy citizens, I think we should still retain a sense of nationalism so that we would know who we are and where we came from. We are dying for our country and not the people in it. This is what we should think of all the time.

Yes of course,, don't be so negative on our country, There are still hope: have you seen the latest update: our country is booming, has become one of the rising economy today. Forget the past, and lets keep moving forward. Everything happens because its God's will.

bulastika, I may say "Filipinos is worth living for",there are alot of things we can share to help Phillippines becomes better. Calamity,poverty and despite the fact that our country are headed by corrupt politicians who only work for themselves and not for the people,they are the true enemies of our country,See..we Filipinos can stood still and work hard for the betterment of our families and of our nation.We made it once(EDSA REVOLUTION) we can do it again and again

The recovery from more than decade being bad images to the whole is not instant. We need to work on it for several years. If the authorities won't work hard, the dream changes of our nation can't be attain. Hope that message for all Filipinos will become true at the future even in our grandson time.

Hello bulastika, I don't care what other country thinks of us, i mean if we are still powerful country to date, we'd be infested w/ illegal immigrants instead of the other around.but kidding aside, we screw up, due to lack of education, those who are not smart enough or has gotten to the mentality of selling votes has kept those corrupt in power for so long. we are getting mature again but it's a slow phase. yes, it's worth dying for because there are those who still chose to believe.

Some people will argue that EDSA was still worth it because of the democracy going back to the country and the people. Personally, I think we become too complacent (as a people and as a government) the years after EDSA. The discipline in the Martial Law years was good but I guess being associated with that era is not good enough to be continued and practiced in the following years.