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Philippines: A Century Hence ( View and Stand) After reading Rizals view f the the Philippines: A Century Hence!

" as a #ilipin agree with what he have said and seen as the situati n f ur c untry with r with ut hi$% &e $ight have gained freed $ fr $ f reign c l nizers! run ur wn g vern$ent thr ugh electing ur wn native leaders! 'ut we are still li(e slaves and shad ws f the past% &e trace up n the$ the way we live and act% )hus! all traces f their influences fr $ the 'asic t the $ re c $ple* nes% &e are still li(e th se #ilipin s! wh ! under the Spanish + vern$ent are afraid t stand in ur wn with ut any c ntact f the w rld wh $ ur leaders 'elieve t 'e ur allies in ter$s f $a(ing the Philippines as a nati n with g d status% &e have fears that if we are n t with the$ and we d nt g al ng with the$ the way we wanted us t 'e we $ight 'ec $e a useless c untry at all% Hence! we let the$ influence all the aspects f ur c untrys sa(e% )a(e a l ( at als ur culture and traditi ns which includes festivities! educati n!

and ther parts f ur lives% )hey $ay have 'een ur wn 'ut yet! its a sha$e t accept that they are the fruits f the l ng invasi n f the c l nizers% ,y e*a$ining the$! they nly pr ve that we are pris ners f the s called- independence-%&e let these practices $i* with ur lives and there is n way we can erase the$ f r they have run int the 'l dstrea$ f the #ilipin s way f life% "n the sa$e $anner! ur future as a nati n! see$s t 'ec $e a 'ig .uesti n $ar( As 'ased fr $ the 'servati n f Rizal! we are a t tally free g verning c untry yet the li'erty we have re$ains unsta'le thr ugh having diverse ide l gies as results f the c $'inati ns f all the influences f ur invaders % Seeing it this way! hundred years fr $ n w! Philippines $ight still 'e Philippines/ free and g verned 'y its pe ple yet with pp sing views n what is right and true f r its pe ple% 0ur situati n! $ay n t 'e the sa$e as what we have n w% "f these differences f ideas will n t $eet and unite! the w rst scenari $ay c $e t live% 1very n w and then during that ti$e! series f rallies! c upd etat! and i$peach$ent f th se wh are seated at the ffice $ay still happen t fight the real essence f what each pp sing tea$s 'elieve t 'e as real independence %)hese cant

'e help f r the essence f nati nalis$ and patri tis$ which in a certain peri d f ti$es have 'een hindered fr $ us% 2et! 'ecause we have learned t $ingled and educated urselves and searched f r the truth which we 'elieved in we have ta(en a stand and f ught f r ur freed $% H wever! hundred years fr $ n w! ur situati n $ay still 'e the sa$e yet we still l ( f r ther nati ns help t stand n ur wn and help us gain w rld rec gniti ns% &e $ight have that li'erty and independence 'ut hist ry is still the sa$e% Again and again we shall live as the fruits f the c l nizati n in a l ng ti$e ag st ry% &e $ay still have that independence in us as a nati n as pe ple wh are learned and 'ec $e $ re persistent t f resh w the real $eaning f freed $ 'ut we are still part f hist ry%/ a hist ry that shall always influence what we are yesterday! what we are n w and what we will 'ec $e t $ rr w%

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