Like it or not, but Pinoy pridists will have to realize that a lot of their bad traits are not Filipino but SPANISH in influence. The 400 years of Spanish colonization obviously turned the Philippines into a state close to that of South American countries (which are worse). I hope that any anthropologist in the Philippines will examine this for correction and pursue this research. Here are some bad traits that Pinoy pridists inherited from the Imperial Spaniards: 1.) The fiesta mentality. I remembered my history teacher who is now a College professor said that the Spaniards brought fiesta to the Philippines as a way to distract its native inhabitants. The Imperial Spanish occupants used psychological warfare and what better way than fiesta. Fiesta is also a Spanish word so it provides a dilemma to the Pinoy pridist if they should keep fiesta as part of their tradition. The fiestas were always having the excuse by Pinoy pridists as their ...
Some of my random thoughts from a hyperactive mind!