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Lie VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 01/15/2012

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Lie

VIEWPOINTS
Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz
01/15/2012
Since man learned how to talk, since he started to speak, and since he ventured in communicating with others, he slowly but surely came to know the following realities through personal experience: The difference between an utter truth and a downright lie.

The force of a lie, the more it approaches the truth. The futility of a lie, the farther it is from the truth. These rather simple thoughts and plain realities have more relevance and acquire greater interest when signal issues, basic questions and/or fundamental disputes, come to fore in the ethico-social arena.

Needless to say, the now on-going disturbing bout between the Chief Executive vs the Chief Justice (CJ) is a big issue, a key question, a core dispute with both intensive effect and extensive repercussion in this Republic that constitutionally subscribes to the separation and equality of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branches of government..... MORE

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1 comment

Jesusa Bernardo said...

gee, archbishop cruz, you're also lying here claiming that "an overwhelming majority" of filipinos went to edsa 2 to remove erap. susmeyo--yung po sa edsa 3 ang overwhelming majority na dispersed at pinagbabaril ng kakampi mo noon na mga tinitira mo later at ngayon at magpakatotoo ka po!

"A complaint of people? A complaint of the overwhelming majority of Filipinos? Majority of Filipinos who want Corona removed? Huh? Where is such a statement based? How was it arrived at? Who took the survey? And more importantly, who reportedly made the statement and why?

"It would be anything but new for Filipinos to become an overwhelming majority to remove someone from power. In fact, they have done this before not once but twice. Now, is it true that the said overwhelming majority of Filipinos want the incumbent CJ removed from office?"

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