Another example of (and reason for ?) Rizal’s antipathy to the Chinese may be found in his annotations to Morga’s Sucesos de las islas Filipinas. Sodomy,...
I didn't see prejudice, let alone alleged anti-Chinese bigotry and downright hatred in such quoted passages as the Binondo Chinese water-carrier. It is one...
Qué pobre es el chino aguador...él no recibe respeto. CDV ===== Perhaps the Chinese water carrier does not receive respect because of his poverty, his low...
I am glad to report that the sister site, "Rizal's Life and Writings" has now updated the Miscellaneous Letters section through the year 1891. The latest...
***[RMB] I didn't see prejudice,...*** To me the prejudice is quite clear. Doesn't he stereotype the Chinese in his novels. Hollywood used to stereo type...
Roberto Bernardo ***Remember that he was full of praises for a very racially close cousin of the Chinese: the Japanese and he even fell in love with one of...
***[Dr. Paul] I believe the joke here is Chinese water carriers or the Chinese in general were filthy.*** I was under the impression that Rizal was criticizing...
I think you're right CDV. Your interpretation of the sentence on the Chinese water carrier makes more sense. Aside from making more sense, I believe it also...
Honesty was a hallmark of Rizal's life. Honesty was shown, for example, in his relationship with the flagship propaganda organ La Solidaridad. His moral...
In the well known textbook on Rizal by Gregorio and Sonia Zaide, the grievances faced by Filipinos in the 19th century could be summed up in this way: *...
***[Dr. Yoder] ....and the lack of understanding that Filipinos and others have of this great man. The lectures included the wrongs of the Spanish nation and...
I think Dr. Yoder sent this same posting by accident to Circulo Progresivo. Maybe it was also accidentally sent to Circulo Hispano Filipino. I am no longer a...
Tunay nga kayang ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng ating Inang Bayan?       Ang itinuro sa atin nung tayo'y mga mag-aaral pa ay sinabi ni Rizal na kabataan...
From a discussion at Botomo... ***[Anonymous] And you can again re-read Dr. Rizal's novels, El Filibusterismo and Noli Me Tangere (Huwag mo akong Salingin),...
CDV, What had happened in the 19th Century is not relevant today? Nonsense! Consider this recent article. I see some similarities observed by an expatriate...
Coeli enarrant gloriam Domini, et opera manuum eius anunciat firmamentum. ... From: CDV To: RP-Rizal@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 5:56 PM ...
Vulgata, Salmi, 18:1. ... From: CDV To: RP-Rizal@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 5:56 PM Subject: [RP-Rizal] Rizal an atheist? From a discussion...
CDV, no wonder your Fil-Hispanos (cuyos roces en castellano se va cada dia perdiendo brillo) wouldnt touch our moderator's grievances-superquestion with a...
Thanks Ka Pons. What is fascinating to me about Rizal was his analysis of the causes of the symptoms, not just observation of the symptoms. CDV ... expatriate...
I am sure Rizal knew the Catholic: "Credo in Unum Deum, ?Patrem omnipoten tem, factorem Coeli et Tereae, ( et tutti ) visibilium et invisibilium et in unum...
Dear CDV, The more important difference is what Rizal did after analyzing the causes of those symptoms. something that this Nasty guy doesn't ever have what it...
***[Bernardo] "As martyred thinker-activist of human rights, which grievance would Rizal have prioritized as number one? Why? And, of course, as part of...
Sir Goce, I think the Filipinos are not recruited to join the US Navy. The US citizens in the Philippines are! If you noticed the requirements: 1) Must be a US...
Ka Boni: Tunay nga po, mga US Citizens, at green card holders. Nguni't sino nga po baga ang mga iyan? Kungdi mga Filipinos -- extracted from our nation's...
Kuyang Freudian, Sinabi nga ni Bro. Jose Rizal: "the youth is the hope of our motherland." Ang KABATAAN ANG PAG-ASA NG ATING INANG-BAYAN! Paniwala ako sa'yo....
***Incidentally, Jose Rizal was a beerhouse customer where she already regularly "tabled" Josephine whenever he was in Hong Kong. In fact it was from Josephine...
Dear Mr. Frank Grego: I shall be gladly thankful to read the continuation of your post on "The Pen on Josephine Bracken. Very truly yours, Irineo Perez Goce...