De Quiros on GMA

This is in response to the critics of Conrado de Quiros who tell him to stop writing negatively about the Arroyo administration.

De Quiros is well aware of the sins of the government has committed against the people. He is also well aware of what is going on in our slowly dying nation. Most of all, he is aware that our country is a state at "war".

He knows that keeping silent will only aggravate the problems facing our nation. He offers ideas that could help us break the impasse our country is now in. But that is a task that will never be easy to accomplish. The problems have been with us for the past 500 years.

To build a strong nation requires genuine patriotism and nationalism and love of God, But first, let us look within ourselves and ask this question,"Am I willing to fight for my country?"

If we want our nation to be great, we have to kill the old, selfish and indifferent person in us. We have to bring out the selfless, patriotic person that has been sleeping within. Finding this new self will be the turning point for our country.

So, stop criticizing De Quiros, and start doing something for the country. We have a job to do and we have to do it for our nation and our sons and daughters.

(taken from the Letters to the Editor, PDI July 17, 2006 issue)