Reproductive Health Bill 5043 [MERGED]

[ghosthunter]

I would prefer if he just resigns.

[Gumusut_Amige]

Double post

[Gumusut_Amige]

Inunahan kasi ng yabang... Kaya pala mahaba speech na sinasabi dahil ang daming pinagkopyahan.
Ito namang mga alipores nya di man lang nagtaka na "nakagawa" si eskalera ng ganung speech outside his normal "powers"??? Dito na ang umpisa ang pagbagsak nya kahit mag sorry pa yan

[Monseratto]

Admitting and taking full responsibility for ones mistake seperate great men from idiots...

MANILA, Philippines – One offense, two different responses.

Like Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, top businessman Manuel V Pangilinan committed plagiarism for a graduation speech at the Ateneo de Manila University in 2010. But unlike Sotto, Pangilinan immediately took responsibility for it after the public took notice.

Pangilinan also resigned as Ateneo's chairman of the board after observers spotted unattributed quotes from US President Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Conan O'Brien, and J. K. Rowling in his much-applauded graduation speech.

In a letter to then Ateneo president Fr Bienvenido Nebres, Pangilinan described the incident as “a source of deep personal embarrassment.” “I am afraid the damage has been done – wala talaga akong mukhang ihaharap pagkatapos,” said Pangilinan, explaining his decision to resign. (Now I have no face to show.)

The respected businessmen, of course, could have told the public to blame his speechwriters. But he himself confronted the issue. “I have had some help in the drafting of my remarks, but I take full and sole responsibility for them,” he told the Ateneo president.

Nebres, in convincing him to stay as Ateneo chair, said the incident happened “without (his) full awareness, though (he takes) full and sole responsibility.”

But Pangilinan wouldn't budge. He stepped down, because he “would seek only the honorable and principled way out.”

Not saying sorry

In contrast, Sotto has refused to say sorry “because he can't apologize for something he did not know.” His camp said it was a speechwriter who copied quotes, without attribution, from a blogger who calls herself “The Healthy Home Economist.” Sotto used the quotes for a speech against the Reproductive Health bill.

In fact, a day after the Filipino Freethinkers exposed similarities between Sotto's speech and blogger Sarah Pope's piece, the senator flatly denied accusations of plagiarism.

“Bakit ko naman iko-quote ang blogger? Blogger lang iyon. Ang kino-quote ko si Natasha Campbell-McBride,” Sotto said in an ANC interview, referring to the the source whom Pope quoted. (Why should I quote a blogger? She’s just a blogger. I’m quoting Natasha Campbell-McBride.)

On the same day, Pope confirmed that Sotto plagiarized her work. At this point, it was Sotto's chief of staff, lawyer Hector Villacorta, who came forward to apologize for what he called a “single trespass.”

But Villacorta told Rappler it was a “semi-apology” since both Sotto and Pope quoted Campbell-McBride anyway. "If you wish that you also be credited with the contents of this book,” Villacorta told the blogger, “let this be your affirmation. I can do it and by this message, I am doing it. Hope this satisfies you.”

Rappler contributor Analiza Perez-Amurao, however, pointed out such reasoning is unacceptable. The acceptable way is to cite the “source in another source,” said Amurao, an educator who teaches at a leading state university in Thailand.

A common definition of the word “plagiarize,” based on Merriam-Webster, is “to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own,” or to “use (another's production) without crediting the source. It is also “to commit literary theft” or “present as new and original and idea or product derived from an existing source.”

Feedback on stories on Sotto's speech indicates public outrage over plagiarism. In the story about Villacorta's apology, for example, over 70% of readers voted angry on the Rappler Mood Meter.

[falken]

This guy really has no shame at all.

Sotto sets privilege speech vs critics
By Marvin Sy (The Philippine Star) Updated August 19, 2012 12:00 AM Comments (0) View comments

MANILA, Philippines - Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III will again take the floor on Wednesday to deliver a privilege speech, which would take the place of the last part of his turno en contra (rebuttal) speech.

“It’s their fault. I am ready to close my turno but now I will postpone this for my privilege speech,” Sotto said yesterday, referring to American blogger Sarah Pope, who had accused him of plagiarism over his speech against the Reproductive Health bill, and several pro-RH bill groups and individuals.

He said he is fighting back and has threatened to take Pope and the proponents of the RH bill head-on in his scheduled privilege speech.

After two days of hearing the exchanges between Pope, the people attacking him in social media and his Senate staff over an entry the American made in her blog about the pill, Sotto admitted that certain lines in his turno en contra speech against the RH bill were lifted from Pope’s blog.

However, he has repeatedly denied that he committed plagiarism, as alleged by Pope, because he said he made it clear in his speeches that the contents, including the references to ideas, thoughts or medical and scientific findings were not his own.

“She was not the author of the book. If I did not mention her name then she should know that I also did not mention several other people’s names (in my speech),” he said in an interview.

Sotto’s chief of staff, lawyer Hector Villacorta, admitted that they lifted parts of Pope’s blog to present some information contained in a book written by Dr. Natasha McBride.

Pope has since gone on a campaign to make Sotto accountable for what she felt was the stealing of her intellectual property and quickly drew the support of her fellow bloggers here and abroad.

She even went as far as calling Sotto a “lying thief,” which drew the ire of the senator.

He said he was convinced the pro-RH groups are behind the latest attacks against him and that they are the ones orchestrating the smear campaign using Pope as its centerpiece.

“This is clearly a wrecking job. The pro-RH people are the same ones making a big issue out of this. If the blogger and I are on the same side in the RH debate, then I don’t need enemies” Sotto said.

“Plagiarism, whether you give attribution or not, applies only if you contend that the contents (used) are yours.

Sotto sets privilege speech vs critics - The Philippine Star » News » Headlines

[ZENMasterTYL]

Admitting and taking full responsibility for ones mistake seperate great men from idiots...

well, what do you expect from a comedian/idiot politician? make people laugh and cringe whenever they open their mouths

this one proves my point

“Bakit ko naman iko-quote ang blogger? Blogger lang iyon. Ang kino-quote ko si Natasha Campbell-McBride.”

[falken]

well, what do you expect from a comedian/idiot politician? make people laugh and cringe whenever they open their mouths

this one proves my point

“Bakit ko naman iko-quote ang blogger? Blogger lang iyon. Ang kino-quote ko si Natasha Campbell-McBride.”

Reasoning ng bopols.

[marg]

WANBOL University grad si Sotto.

[Altis6453]

Hey, Bishop Medroso, care to divulge how much you got from PAGCOR during the last admin?

[dweex35]

It's not too late to change your minds. being young and having info via Internet at your fingertips doesn't make you an expert in world affairs or even history.

Contrary to your belief, your backpacking trip to Europe doesnt make you one either.

[pop3corn]

Atsaka, we all know naman thru science that the universe is expanding. It expands every minute or second or do. Why does it expand? We don't know. It maybe random chance or maybe intelligent design. But the scientists attest to this expansion and the young believes 'em bec. Why? It's so cool to believe scientists lol

what is our primitive understanding of the universe? Through our infant science, universe is composed of energies. So what is expanding? The Outcome of the fusion of universal energies.

What is life? It's a universal energy. The fusion of *** or love or whatever we want to call it.

Do tell me? What if at one time Man fully understands or have charted the universe, and he felt that the universe expanding is a threat to his greed and his capacity to keep up. Will Man then devise ways to stop the universe from expanding? Yun Lang yun eh.

The creation of life is as universal as truth. It doesn't matter if life is created out of wedlock or accident or just a one-night beer stand. What matters is life must continue. Kung tutusin nga yun mga bata na Isa Lang parent mas competitive at mas may puso pa nga Kaysa sa mga spoiled bratty kids we have now with overprotective parents.

So to think that you're rational bec. You follow the norms doesn't mean that you're right in the eyes of science or God or universe. bec. One thing that really baffles me, the universe still behaves irrationally - bec there are just too many unknowns.

[hein]

pop3corn

Sent from the Mandaluyong Mental Hospital

[Monseratto]

Hinahijack ng house troll.



Don't take OB seriously, symptoms lang iyan ng sakit na schizo. Hic...hic...hic.

[CoDer]

Wag nyong pansinin si OB, masisira tong thread.

Back to topic.

Ano ang balita sa mga anti-RH? Mukhang cease fire si skul bukol ngayon dahil sa recent events.

[Monseratto]

Tito Sotto turns the Philippine Senate into a sitcom | Inquirer Global Nation

Tito Sotto turns the Philippine Senate into a sitcom
By Benjamin Pimentel
11:48 pm | Monday, August 20th, 2012


SAN FRANCISCO – It was supposed to be a serious speech, a thoughtful explanation of Tito Sotto’s opposition to a bill that would give Filipino families, and women in particular, better choices on reproductive health.

He even used a moving anecdote, the death of his son, to present his points. It got mixed reviews, though many were touched by his story. Still, it should have been just another chapter in this political battle.

But then the catch. Actually, it’s more of a punchline.

Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III. INQUIRER file photo

Yes, a punchline. For Sotto’s speech turned out to be the prelude to a sitcom with the
Philippine Senate as the unexpected setting.

Many of us want to give a memorable speech. Well, Tito Sotto accomplished precisely that. Though I doubt he would like he like the way his now infamous speech will be remembered.

For it has now become an international fiasco: “US blogger accuses Filipino senator of plagiarism,” screamed a headline on the CBS News Web site.

Now to be fair to Sotto, he’s not the first public figure to be accused of using the words of another without fair attribution.

Fareed Zakaria, the well-known political analyst and commentator, is the most recent example. Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin is another. And even US Vice President Joe Biden also has gotten in trouble for using someone else’s prose.

This list could probably tempt the former TV comedian to start thinking, ‘Hey, I’m in good company. Kita ninyo, hindi lang ako.’

But there’s huge difference in the way the Sotto plagiarism scandal has unfolded – which is also a reason why it has turned into a sitcom.

The three people I mentioned all apologized. In Zakaria’s case, he even accepted a punishment: his column was suspended.

Biden’s case is even more interesting. He was caught using the language of British Labor
Party leader Neil Kinnock. But it’s also worth noting that in earlier speeches, Biden had given credit to Kinnock. It was when he failed to do so in later speeches that he got in trouble, and eventually forced out of the 1988 US presidential race.

Compare these reactions to how Sotto has responded to the accusation that he stole material from Sarah Pope’s blog.

If Sotto and his staff had simply admitted the mistake, apologized and moved on, the issue would probably be dying or even dead by now. Sotto & Co. could simply have put out a statement saying something like this, “We apologize for using Ms. Pope’s words without proper attribution. We felt so passionately about this issue, we neglected to do what was right.”

Period. Tapos. Move on.

But nope.

In a mind-boggling display of political arrogance, Sotto tried to weasel his way out of the mess.

“Why would I quote from a blogger? She is just a blogger.”

Sotto’s now well-known sound bite in an interview with ABS-CBN will go down in history as one of the stupidest remarks to come from a Philippine politician.

And guess what – it’s making the rounds worldwide, thanks to an Associated Press report which has been carried by many publications.

Playing Sotto’s sidekick in this sitcom is his chief of staff, Hector Villacorta, who will undoubtedly provoke suspicions about his legal credentials given his bizarre statements.

“You have a blog, it is meant to be shared, it’s in the public domain, so it’s not plagiarism,” he was quoted as saying b y GMA News.

In the AP report, he defended using Pope’s blog arguing “blogs are not covered by copyright … It is a new media and there is no jurisprudence yet.”

The sad part is the terrible message this whole mess sends to young Filipinos. ‘Oh it’s OK to cheat – especially when you’re in a powerful position.’

The good news is the speed by which news of the plagiarism spread. I’ve lost count of the bloggers and writers who helped expose similarities in Sotto’s speech and other published materials.

And the passionate responses of many Filipinos, especially in cyberspace, were so strong it even prompted the blogger Sotto dissed to speak out.

“A thief is a thief, Mr. Senator,” Pope wrote in a blog post. “Denying it doesn’t get you off the hook. It just makes you a lying thief.”

“Women of the Philippines: I am terribly sorry my blog was used and twisted against you. You deserve the choice to use the pill if you want or need based on your peculiar circumstances. While I want you to know that this choice has health consequences as does the decision to use any pharmaceutical drug, I in no way would ever condone taking this choice away from you! Mabuhay!”

And that’s the happy punchline to this fiasco.

[niky]

Promiscuity is there, whether we want it or not. Global culture promotes it. We can hide our heads in the sand and pretend we can protect our children from ever learning abput it... but most of the girls I know who had to drop out of school due to pregnancy were the most sheltered... or we can give people the tools to deal with the side effects. Go to any slum area or provincial town and look at all the fifteen year old mothers in the eye and tell them they shouldn't learn about or use contraceptives.

If you read the bill, it gives everyone involved the option to either use or not use artifical contraceptives. Abortifacents are not promoted. Any contraceptive found to be abortifacent can be banned by law... As has already happened with certain pills.

Philippine society has no further to degenrate. Since the 80's, children could pick up discarded tabloids at the fish vendor and read about ***, or see ***y films by sneaking into the cinema. Since the 90's, they could see it on the computer at cybercafes or at home.

Children know ***. You might try to deny it or stop your kid from learning, but how does that protect them from the other kids that do? An uninformed girl or boy is an easy target for ***ual predators or even promiscuous classmates.

Knowledge is power. And the RH Bill is all about knowledge, a proper *** ed curriculum that also promotes abstinence, comprehensive reproductive health counselling, everything. The authors have already backed down on the ideal family size provision, which I also disagree with, as ideal size should be around 3 to 4 instead of 2, to make uo for those who don't have kids. And there's nothing in there promoting abortion or forcing people to use contraceptives. So what's the problem?

[Chikselog]

Bishops, U MAD?!

[TholitzReloaded]

Bishops, U MAD?!

anong problema ng mga Anti RH Bill?

[Monseratto]

Daming galit kay Lucy Torres...

[chua_riwap]

Simbang gabi.
Si father, "no to RH Bill" ang topic.....


Umuwi na lang kami.
Next time, tutulog na lang ako.