On Philippine Star columnist Alex Magno calling Ricky Carandang and Edwin Lacierda, as liars: Ricky Carandang as a journalist par excellence is not supposed to tamper with the facts; he should know what the Nobel Peace Prize means. Edwin Lacierda, the lawyer as chief presidential spokesperson, is a political flatterer and may not be condemned in the strongest terms. But his orientation--moral, intellectual, cultural--is suspect for one who holds a lofty government position. Decision-making is hard for tyros whose fingers do not walk the yellow pages of history.
Time magazine's Philippine icon of democracy, Cory Aquino, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1988, must have been uneasy in her grave. Did Noynoy speak to her memory before the decision to boycott the ceremony in Oslo, Norway was finalized? But then the weak always cowers in fear before the strong and do whatever it perceives the strong wants it to do.
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