Heroism in the blood of every filipino.

Last August 29, 2010, President Benigno Aquino III said that Filipinos have in their blood heroism.
“I believe the blood that runs in our veins is the blood of heroes. We’re a nation of heroes. There are many ways to heroism in the present times, and there’s no need for guns or spears, no need to shed blood,”
He also said that:
    “What is required of us is to help one another, to serve the country without asking for anything in return. In fact, it’s enough that we do our duties as responsible Filipinos,”
“I believe that for many of us, the fight is not against an enemy but against one’s self. They’ve chosen to stay behind the bars of greed and every-man-for-himself. They’re still chained to the culture of apathy, of blame tossing,”
    “Putting personal interest ahead of the majority’s is no doubt the biggest obstacle to the path to change,”
    “If we remain indifferent, we will remain trapped in a situation that we want changed. We will not progress and our countrymen will still be mired in extreme poverty,”
    “Let’s put away the hindrance to a bright future. Let’s not hesitate to stand up and leave the situation that is holding us down,”
    “Let’s aspire for a better life and let’s not stop until we reach this goal. And for the future of our children and the next generations, I’m challenging everyone to help spread the true message of heroism,”
Though what he wanted to say is that Filipinos should have nationalism. We should be united in fighting our modern day struggle—the struggle against corruption. We must remove all our feelings of selfishness and promote the sense of unity and nationhood.

Well I agree and believe in most of what he said. Certainly we should not think of only ourselves but think of the good of all.  We really need to work as a team to be able to effectively fight corruption. Eliminate the selfishness and act for the sake of the nation and all of the Philippine islands. All of these are very true and must be pursued.

However I do not agree in one thing… heroism in not just in the blood of Filipinos but in the blood of every single human being. Why limit unity to the Philippines when almost all the world now is in chaos because of problems that most Filipinos are experiencing every day. I mean why just the Filipinos when all the world needs unity. Just now tensions are high between superpower countries such as China, US, North and South Korea. I think that what the world needs is not individual country nationalism but a unification of the whole world. A world where every human is equal and working together. What I wanted to say is that we should not only work as a country but work as a single world.

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