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Divorce in the Philippines: What is the fuss all about?

Divorce, morally speaking, is also called the dissolution of marriage, a complete violation of the holy sacrament of matrimony and a 360 degree turn against the vows and promises made by a couple to each other under the oath of God. In layman’s term, this is when both man and wife decide to “split-up” and go about their own lives separately by completely disregarding their marriage legally through a lawyer. It is a painful process for both parties (in most cases) and is legalized in almost all the countries around the world, except the Philippines. Although, marriage Annulment is allowed, divorce is not allowed. It is not acceptable as a legal act in the Philippines, even though the country is primarily run by the government; the Church still plays a big role on the laws and regulations implemented throughout the country.

Just recently, according to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, “MANILA, Philippines—Overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Malta has voted to legalize divorce, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi announced on Sunday after a referendum, leaving the Philippines as the only country where it is banned.”  This has caused a huge conflict between the government and the hierarchy of the Church, but they could not do anything because majority of the population is for the legalization of divorce. Last Saturday, a poll has been made whether or not to legalize divorce after four years of separation. The Vatican announced that those Catholics who voted and who are in favour of divorce would be rejected during communion. In the Philippines, according to Philippine Daily Inquirer, Gabriela Rep. Luz Ilagan said “I appeal to my colleagues in Congress to let the legislative mill run its course on the divorce bill without further delay and give Filipino couples in irreparable and unhappy marriages this option.” (Ilagan,2020). She was saying that divorce is for those who are not happily married and who are going through a complicated relationship with their spouses, implying that divorce will actually “help” these married couples make their lives easier. According to Archbishop Ramon Arguelles, head of the bishops’ Episcopal Commission on Family and Life found in the Philippine Daily Inquirer website, “Referendums are merely a political, not a moral exercise,” (Arguelles,2020) because the government is planning to pass the law as a referendum. He also said that “What is right or wrong is not dependent on how many voted for it,” He was saying that the number of votes does not indicate whether or not the issue is morally right or wrong, because for the Church, it is seen as morally wrong.

 The outlook on this issue in the Philippines is widely spread and widely separated. According to reports from Philippine Daily Inquirer, AFP, Cynthia D. Balana, Gil C. Cabacungan Jr., Christian V. Esguerra and Jocelyn R. Uy said that “It means that the Filipino cultural values are still solid, that we are pro-family, which is a wonder because you cannot find that anywhere else in the world.” (Balana,Cabacungan,Esguerra, 2020) Some people look upon divorce as a morally wrong law to establish because the Filipino people should uphold their Christian values, while some people are actually for it. In my honest opinion, I am actually still a little confused whether or not I am for divorce; I have yet to research more on this said issue. But for now, without any conformity, I am geared towards accepting divorce as a part of the Philippine Law.  

Sources:

1. Divorce (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved May 31, 2020, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divorce 
2. 2.      (n.a.). 2020, May 31. After Malta vote, House body tackles divorce bill. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 31, 2020, from http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/10670/after-malta-vote-house-body-tackles-divorce-bill 
3.      Lapore, J.B. . (2010, November 11). House bill no. 1799: an act introducing divorce in the philippines [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://generaljoana.wordpress.com/2020/01/14/position-paper-against-house-bill-no-1799-an-act-introducing-divorce-in-the-philippines/

Jan Michael Vincent Returns

When I worked on Ellis Island, I had about 12 guys who were union movers reporting to me. They were making four times what I was making as a GS-4 and there was this one guy who was the laziest motherfucker I had ever seen. I've seen worse since then. Oddly enough, in NYC as well but I don't think PR has unionized yet...

We all ate lunch together, wherever on the island we might be, and I told this guy, while eating my can of tuna fish,  he was what we called in the Army a "Buddy Fucker," since he wasn't carrying his weight… which was significant. I'd have added he could lose some weight by only eating a can of tuna fish at lunch but he was furious and all six foot three and 300 odd pounds of him stood up and said, "No fucking Yuppie (this was 1985) calls me a Buddy Fucker."

I stood up and said, "Yuppie?! I make $12,600 a year." His face went from anger to pity in a half second and he said, "Shit man, I thought you were a big deal around here. Hey, if you want, I can get you in the union." And then he said, "You look just like that mother fucker Hawk on Airwolfe." So, I had that going for me. Although, Jan Michael Vincent's Twitter shows him doing far better than I am...

Notes from William Friedkin

"Well, I told you already I was arrogant...

 I was called into a meeting with the heads of Paramount and with the heads of Universal, a guy named Sid Sheinberg and Barry Diller. And they asked me to come to meet with them; they wanted to give me some notes; they wanted to help the director. And so I thought what the hell could these guys tell me? So I said, if you’re going to give me notes, I want to bring my writer and my film editor into this meeting. And they didn’t like that because they didn’t like dealing with the guys who really made the film. They wanted to deal with ‘above the title’ guys. I said no, I wanna have my writer and editor; both editors there, the editor and his assistant. And they reluctantly agreed. 

So then I told Buck Smith, the editor, and Wally Green, and the assistant editor, Ed Humphreys, I’m going to take you into this meeting, into the private dining room at Universal, and they’re going to give notes. And he’s what I want you guys to do… Don’t shave the night before. Wear your shirt buttoned incorrectly, wear mismatched socks, walk in with your shoes untied and then when you sit down, don’t react to anything I say or do.  No reaction, and when they’re talking, just stare at them, like this-  Don’t nod your head, when they’re making these suggestions, don’t go ya, or take notes or anything, just stare at them as though they are from Mars or something. And that’s what we did.

The lunch order comes around, waiters in black tie and stuff, and everyone ordered an iced tea to start with, and I ordered a bottle of Smirnoff. And they started in with their notes, and they were surprised because I told the waiter, I don’t want a glass. So while they’re sipping their iced teas, and getting together their notes, I opened the bottle and I started to drink from the bottle. And they didn’t say anything, they just started giving us notes. We just stared at them. And then about 10 or 15 minutes into this, I fell out of my chair and fell on the floor. I wasn’t drunk, I had a high tolerance for alcohol, I just fell on the floor, and they didn’t say anything.  After a few more minutes, they turned to Wally Green, and said, “Does this happen often?” And he said “Everyday.” 

 The notes went by, the meeting was over, I had my guys carry me out of there and then I thought about- I said to them, look, I don’t shoot inserts, I’m not going to make inserts of the odometers- well, unless, I said to Mr. Diller, you want to send me back to Mexico to shoot some inserts of the truck. He said No, no, no- never mind, it’s ok. But then I thought they were right, and I actually shot the inserts. We shot the inserts on the back lot of Universal.

That was my reaction to my notes. No quarter given. Remember, in order to succeed in those days, you had to make the heads of the studios, in order to let you alone, you had to make them think you were psychologically unsettling. You had to make them believe you would of anything. So they basically didn’t bother with me, because I did that on The Exorcist, you know, they thought I was so nuts, that they just let me alone. They figured, if there was a problem, and I imploded, the film would implode too. So that was a strategy I had active in those days."

William Friedkin on the making of The Sorcerer (1977) at BAM, 2 May 2020, See the entire Q&A here.

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