Roots of Corruption
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Filipino values are said to be one of the things we
should be proud of as a Filipino. For years, I’ve heard this line often. Whenever
the topic is about being Filipino, television shows and radio segments frequently have values on
the top list. I feel good after hearing these things but everything slowly changed.
Questions that gradually pop up in my mind made me realize that, values cannot be
considered good or bad. We tend forgot the negative side because we focused so
much to its positive side.
As I was finding some pieces of writings on the internet,
I saw an article of Senator Edgardo J. Angara entitled “How culture matters in corruption”.
He cited Filipino values such as religion and family ties as some of the reasons
of corruption in our country. To support and explain further his idea, he
compared and contrast these Filipino values to the values of other countries. He
found out that Filipinos doesn’t care too much on social development merely
because we are more concerned on our family and on ourselves. In the end he clearly
said that we cannot change our values but we can still develop and enhance it. He
said, “Squashing corruption means finding solutions based on who we are as a
people, and how much we are willing to change about it. In economic
development, culture matters very much.” . I know his words can give hope to
every Filipino who will read his work. He inspired us for us to move, to do
something about it. We just need perseverance to use our strength, the positive
side of our values, to be victorious.
Words are very powerful as good
writing can make a difference to our lives. Indeed, I’m very thankful to the
people who continuously inspire people through writing. I think they already
did their part so it is our time now to do our part. It is not yet late as long
as we start today. If you want a change, you must start it in yourself.
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