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| Nov. 13 @ John's house Having a cigarette break after the fight. Despite the sunny day we were all pretty bummed. |
In a barkada, it is the habit that when one friend has a problem it becomes everyone else's problem. Hence the formation of a ripple effect where one problem multiplies into many and the situation involving more people than it should exploding into chaos. Suddenly fingers are being pointed in all directions, rumours spread and people who were never involved to begin with are in the middle of the fight.
Yesterday Manny Pacquiao was announced the winner over Manuel Marquez. Anger echoed from the audience with plastic bottles being thrown towards the ring as Pacquiao was interviewed. It didn't take long for reactions to spread all over the net expressing people's anger with the judges' final results.
That's all good. What I disagree with is suddenly bringing an entire country into the equation. Suddenly Filipinos are called unnecessary names (dog eaters for example, which I personally don't find insulting.
There are worse things we put in our mouths depending on one's background, fetish and/or situation) and being blamed for the final outcome.
My question is: why? How are we as a country the reason? We didn't make the decision.
People booed Pacquiao. He just boxed.
Sports and National Pride suddenly become a dangerous game. It's just as bad as being prejudiced.
If you really need someone to blame, blame the people who were actually involved in the game. We're pretty confused about the final results ourselves. But hey, according to the counts from BBC, Sports Illustrated and The Guardian it's either a draw or Pacquiao really did beat Marquez by a couple of points. I'm no expert. I saw what I saw and even I thought Marquez had won. But then again, who am I to say?
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