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Certified hypocrite FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 11/07/2011

Monday, November 7, 2011

Certified hypocrite

FRONTLINE
Ninez Cacho-Olivares
11/07/2011
Noynoy says, in his bid to explain why he continues to delay the passage of the Freedom of Information (FoI) (FoI), that, among others, he was told when he was younger, that “absolute freedom is absolute imprisonment.”

Noynoy certainly has a skewed view of what freedom — especially the freedom of the people to exercise their right to have access to critical information and official documents, as provided in the Bill of Rights enshrined in the Constitution.

He is into doublespeak, that Orwellian language used in the fictional “1984” novel, where contradictions are merged, such as “War is Peace” and now, Noynoy’s “absolute freedom is absolute imprisonment.”

How on earth can freedom, even in its absolute form, ever be seen as an imprisonment, since truth is the very slayer of lies?.... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20111107com2.html

1 comment

Jesusa Bernardo said...

ogags kasi yung ibang taga-suporta niyang foi bill--maniwala ba naman at suportahan itong si abs noong eleksyon eh as if the yellows don't have a history of media manipulation.

"But he comes up with too many non-sequiturs in his attempts to hide the truth of his refusal to have the FoI bill passed in Congress. And the truth is that a passage of an FoI law will bring to light the many irregular and graft-ridden practices of his administration."

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