‘Daan ng mga nagmamatuwid’
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| Larry Faraon, OP |
Sen. Panfilo Lacson made a comment at the Senate hearing on the PCSO fund mess, reacting to the Butuan bishop’s “requesting” an SUV as a birthday gift, saying that gifts are supposed to be given and not solicited! That’s ridiculous. Who says that gifts can’t be requested or solicited?
Doting parents in affectionate tones would always ask their children what do the latter want for their birthdays to which the kids would immediately draw out their long list and lay it on their dad’s lap. Mr. Lacson was not born yesterday; he knows for a fact and experience that gifts that please a person are those that fulfill the desires of his heart. And often, they are solicited.
Also, gift-giving and bribe-giving situate themselves into the core of one’s cultural orientation..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110710com5.html
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