Role of the colonizer

I read your letter in the PDI,

This is the only former colony of Spain that I ever hear still saying all their social problems come from the Colonizer...

I think Pinoys should grow up and take responsibility for their own problems.. every week or so in the media we read somebody else blame Marcos for our lousy economy.. when its all BS..our lousy economy is due to our closed and restrictive over burdensome Constitution, and the domination of our business world by Tsinoys... rather than Pinoys!

Nobody in South or Central America and certainly not Mexico, Guam or Puerto Rico ever blames Spain for any of their troubles. Spain hasn't been here for more than 100 yrs, and the U.S. has been out for more than 50 yrs...

Any problems we have are of our own making!, We have a lousy Govt. because we elect lousy people... Why would we knowingly elect a do-nothing president just because of his mama and papa, when he did absolutely zero while in congress and the senate??
That kind of behavior, electing trapos like Binay and crazy people like Jamby is our problem, NOT some antiquated relationship with Spain!

Most grade school and high school students DO NOT even know anything about Spain and how we came to be called the Philippines, ask any of them who Philip II was and they have no idea...

Our former Colonizer is the least of our many problems and has nothing to do with our weak, and soft mentality.... Spain had nothing to do with our Pres. kissing the ass of China only to see the drug runners executed anyway.. Our neighbors all know we are weak and soft.. the Prime Ministers of both Sinapore and Maylaysia wrote scholarly papers about our weak soft behavior... The Problem is US not Spain!

sincerely,

jose luis pidal