Late Reaction

On the day na umusok ang isyung ito, binalak ko na mag-post, kaso na-delay e. So kahit late na ang reaction ko, wala kayong magagawa bilang blog ko ito at ipopost ko and gusto ko. Lol.

Homophobia?  I don’t think that's the issue here. It’s more of protecting St. Scholastica's credibility as a Catholic institution– that yes, in reality, lesbianism happens inside their school walls but as a Catholic school they wouldn't want to be associated with condoning same sex relationships. Guys, Catholic school sila they have an ‘image’, a 'morality’ to uphold. I think their response to the comic strip is understandable.

The comic strip is not offensive per se – except, probably, for the nuns and administrators of St Scho. As a plain civilian, na hindi nag-aral or nagtrabaho sa St. Scho, kebs lang, di ba? Pero, syempre, if you're part of the Sister community at St. Scho, ibang usapan na nga 'yun.

I do agree that Pol Medina shouldn’t have been suspended – he shouldn’t even have resigned, nag-apologize na lang sana (Did he apologize na nga ba?). Di ko sure ha pero before they publish there are approvers of the content right? It’s usually the editorial team who decides on what the newspaper publishes for that day. And I personally think it’s bullcrap that PDI is saying that there was a ‘mix-up’ kaya na-publish yung already unapproved comic strip of Pol Medina. Human error? Fine, but people should be held liable –hindi lang si PMJ. 

Sound byte (hehe, pume-Professional Heckler ang peg):

"I believe that no one should write as a journalist what he would not say as a gentleman." - Journalist creed

Sure, sure comic strip ito at hindi editorial or straight news pero ang kasong ito ay parang katulad lang din ng joke ni Vice Ganda kay Jessica Soho.