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In a message dated 12/15/2004 12:25:51 PM Pacific Standard Time, bcyp@ispbonanza.com.ph writes: Regionalism for one. We were all raised to dismiss regionalism as the worst trait a Philippine citizen can possess. But why should any person with a modicum of intelligence think so? What is wrong with loving the place you were born in? What is wrong with wanting to speak the language of your earliest childhood memory? What is wrong with not wanting to mutate into the Filipino idealized by the Tagalista rulers of the Republic of Manila-Philippines? Sorry to say that I am one of those that possess such a bad trait. For if I say otherwise, I would be lying. My pride for my local heritage transcends my pride for my national one. Could others in this forum declare the same thought without harboring a feeling of guilt? We just have to be true to ourselves. Such an unnationalistic attititude as what I have does not in anyway break my ties and close relations with fellow Filipinos especially in my community where people from different parts of the Philippines live and share a common national heritage. We all think of ourselves as Filipinos. However, we just can't downplay who we really are first and foremost. We have ethnic, regional and provincial organizations too. There is the United Batanguenos of California, for instance. [The Cebuano-speaking association just had a dinner dance last Saturday, and many non-Cebuano Filipinos were invited. I've heard that Tim Harvey and his wife, Maryanne, danced the night away :) I could have been there too if I did not have other pre-arranged commitments.] There are also town organizations in many parts of the U.S especially in Chicago. In Chicago, although there is already a Circulo Pampangueno, natives of Lubao still formed one they could call just their own, thus the formation of The Lubenians of Illinois. In cities like San Francisco, there is even a Barrio Sta. Lucia Organization. If these people don't love their provinces, towns and barrios more than any other place, they would perhaps not have formed such associations. They could have been satisfied with just being with the general Fil-Am associations of which they are also at the same time members. Of course, the group we are all most intimate with is the family, which is actually an association in itself. Loyalty to and pride for one's own family remains unsurpassed. Nothing except that they want you to stop being what you are. They want you to become what they are. They want you to speak only their Filipino national subdialect. In short, they want you to become them. Benjie Benjie, something should be done to combat this language unification process. You're right in your proposition not to have any national language at all, in fairness to all languages there that need to be on equal footing with one another in terms of progress and natural development. All we need is an official language such as English, or even maybe, Spanish. Only certain non-Tagalogs that have crab mentality and are afflicted with that green-eyed monster (jealousy) would like Bahasa Indonesia to become the national/official language. Bahasa Indonesia would just be as dangerous as the "sub-dialect" that we want to dislodge. Reason: it is related to and sounds like our own native languages and therefore would have the tendency to replace them in the long run. We want one that is neutral and a little bit difficult to learn completely so that the learners won't ever think of adopting it as their household language. CabaleRn |
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