life during Marcos' time....

[ess]

The only thing I remember was my mother threatening me that the Metrocom will pick me up if I don't take my afternoon nap. (Sige, pag hindi ka natulog, dudukutin ka ng Metrocom!) Man that scared the hell out of me.

Oh yeah, and the cancellation of Voltes V, etc. and video arcades.

[coiter]

ano ba specific 'Marcos time' are we talking about, pre-martial law or after martial law was declared? because I think they're practically different eras.

I remember before in the early 90's when my brother and I (we were in our late teens then) were discussing politics and we brought up the idea na bagay sa atin martial law kasi ang gulo gulo na sa bansa, bigla kaming nasigawan ng dad ko. sabi 'bata pa kayo nung martial law kaya di niyo alam sinasabi niyo. hindi na dapat maulit yun.' I guess that says it all.

but when he speaks of Marcos' 1st term until the middle of his 2nd, he's all praises.

[JackFlash]

Wala kang kakatakutan noon if you were apolitical and apathetic. Meaning wala kang paki sa politics and to whatever was happening to your govt. If you tolerated corruption, torture, warrantless arrests. The moment you protested in any way, kahit magtipon-tipon sa isang lugar para ipaalam ang galit mo sa administrasyon, puede ka nang ipa-dampot, pahagisan ng tear gas, i-water cannon o paluin ng truncheon.

Yes you could move around freely but had to observe curfew. No long hair for men bec the military and police could suspect you as a drug user and on the spot, puede kang gupitan. The moment Marcos or his poilitcal lackeys had anything to say, lahat ng TV at radio station, titigil ang programming para i-broadcast ang mensahe mga namumuno. "We interrupt this program, blah blah blah...." and some brainwashing message would be aired.

Everything was OK for as long as you were an obedient, meek citizen who followed everything the govt told you, swallowed every propaganda line thrown at you and never questioned anything that Macoy, his cronies and his family were up to, no matter how illegal, corrupt or immoral it may have been.

[artpogi]

I think it's just the same, I'm not quite sure 'cause I was only a student then.

But if I will based it on how our family lived, I would say pareho lang, mahirap noon, mahirap din ngayon. Medyo marami nga lang mabibili pera mo noon.

As for the curfew and longhair, hindi naman nagtagal yun, ilang buwan lang yata after declaring Martial Law, I remember my brother was caught for the "long-hair" thing. Pinag tabas ng damo sa EDSA (Hiway-54 then).

IMO, the Martial Law thing is more like a political thing by Ferdie, it's not like it was declared because people are rioting in the streets because there are no food or basic services or such, so like JackFlash said, if you're apolitical or just minding your own business, life was pretty much normal naman.

[Sweetlucious]

https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https...8qbMz4eAkh&s=1

This won’t help the cause of antimarcos.

We get it that the author may not actually have the picture of his father’s bullet riddled Volkswagen he narrated about in the article.

Pero wag naman i-attached yun picture ng bullet riddled car ni Bonnie and Clyde.

Mawawalan sila ng credibilty if they do that.

[kagalingan]

from presidential 2022 thread dito ako reply

The Supreme Court as historian | Inquirer Opinion

ako hindi ko nirerevise. Malinaw may kasalanan mga marcoses. Pero ang mahlupit na tanong = dalawang aquino na presidente bakit hindi binaraso at pinarusahan? May pinost pa nga dati si bebe mishwa na rappler article natechnicality yung kaso against imee dahil yung sheriff tamad daw. Mismo supreme court ang bugok, alam nila pumatay ng student tapos tinechnicality lang so the 4million dollars danyos perwisiyo nalusaw. Imagine australian justice system guilty na mga marcoses pero sa pilipinas free as a bird.

So saan grumadweyt mga supreme court justices? The school of KWARTA o KAHON.

Tsikoteers you are not asking the right question. Bakit nakabalik ang mga marcoses? Ano deal nila sa kamag-anak incorporated? Sino doon MGA naambunan?

Again dalawa aquino na naging presidente. So ang masasabi ko sa lahat ng delawan na biglang pinkian = the joke is on you.

[ice15]

Pero ang mahlupit na tanong = dalawang aquino na presidente bakit hindi binaraso at pinarusahan?

ilang beses ko din ito iniisip...

kung di kaya ng 2 President, 1 Senator (Bam) and 1 Queen of all media.

kulang pa din?

(sorry kung di tama memory ko) si ERAP pinakulong ni GMA, si GMA pinakulong ni PNOY

ganon talaga kalakas mga Marcos?

[_Cathy_]

Ibang klase matanga ang lalaki sa pag ibig. Kaya naniniwala ako na evil women are worse than evil men

Men have abdicated thrones, made new religions and fought wars for women.

[uls]

Ibang klase matanga ang lalaki sa pag ibig. Kaya naniniwala ako na evil women are worse than evil men

Men have abdicated thrones, made new religions and fought wars for women.

haha

sa tulfo palang makita mo mga lalake nagmamakaawa sa misis ng sumama sa ibang lalake

i'm like hey what kind of spell did those witches cast on those men kahit niloko na inlababo parin

[Monseratto]