Comments on: The Peeing Statue: A Post Script, II http://igorotblogger.com/2007/03/peeing-statue-post-script-part-2.html A news and information blog on the Igorots/iCordilleras Wed, 16 May 2012 06:42:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bill Bilig http://igorotblogger.com/2007/03/peeing-statue-post-script-part-2.html#comment-383 Bill Bilig Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:00:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=153#comment-383 Hi Chyt,<br/>Oo nga eh. Expected naman that we will not agree on everything. What I didn't expect was that some would be jeering at us while we are trying to do something. But we do all have the right to do what we want to do.<br/><br/>I pretty much agree with your assessment in the difference between the naked Igorota and that peeing man. They just are not at the same level. And, as you said, that peeing man is a flawed image of us. Thanks again. Hi Chyt,
Oo nga eh. Expected naman that we will not agree on everything. What I didn’t expect was that some would be jeering at us while we are trying to do something. But we do all have the right to do what we want to do.

I pretty much agree with your assessment in the difference between the naked Igorota and that peeing man. They just are not at the same level. And, as you said, that peeing man is a flawed image of us. Thanks again.

]]> By: chyt d. http://igorotblogger.com/2007/03/peeing-statue-post-script-part-2.html#comment-378 chyt d. Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:13:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=153#comment-378 Hey,<br/><br/>Would you believe that there are Igorots who seem to dismiss the significance of the efforts that culminated in the eradication of that eye sore in Barrio Fiesta? They ask, what do we want to do next? Demand the removal of the Barrio Fiesta statue of an Igorot woman with exposed breasts? Someone even fell short of calling us hypocrites for not being affronted by the statue of the woman when that of the peeing man offended our collective sensibility. <br/><br/>The peeing Igorot statue and the naked Igorota do not belong to the same genre. The former constructed a flawed image of Igorots (wayward, dirty, uncivilized) while the latter inspires a noble emotion and hardly summons prurient thoughts. It does not put us Igorots in a bad light. There is a plethora of artworks depicting naked women of whatever race or creed. But, except for the statues of peeing cherubic boys whose ethnicities are not discernible, I have yet to see statues of peeing grown men that can be identified with particular cultures similar to that eye sore in Barrio Fiesta.<br/><br/>Oh, well, what do we say? There is still hope when among 10,000 monkeys, there are 100 wise ones.<br/><br/>Congratulations, Bill. It was by all means a tremendous feat! Hey,

Would you believe that there are Igorots who seem to dismiss the significance of the efforts that culminated in the eradication of that eye sore in Barrio Fiesta? They ask, what do we want to do next? Demand the removal of the Barrio Fiesta statue of an Igorot woman with exposed breasts? Someone even fell short of calling us hypocrites for not being affronted by the statue of the woman when that of the peeing man offended our collective sensibility.

The peeing Igorot statue and the naked Igorota do not belong to the same genre. The former constructed a flawed image of Igorots (wayward, dirty, uncivilized) while the latter inspires a noble emotion and hardly summons prurient thoughts. It does not put us Igorots in a bad light. There is a plethora of artworks depicting naked women of whatever race or creed. But, except for the statues of peeing cherubic boys whose ethnicities are not discernible, I have yet to see statues of peeing grown men that can be identified with particular cultures similar to that eye sore in Barrio Fiesta.

Oh, well, what do we say? There is still hope when among 10,000 monkeys, there are 100 wise ones.

Congratulations, Bill. It was by all means a tremendous feat!

]]> By: Bill Bilig http://igorotblogger.com/2007/03/peeing-statue-post-script-part-2.html#comment-372 Bill Bilig Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:44:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=153#comment-372 Hi Ferri,<br/>We all did :-)<br/><br/>Hi TruBlue,<br/>Thanks for the Youtube tip. Although there might be no need to send it to Barrio Fiesta anymore because they adequately responded to our concern. But as you said, offensive talaga siya. Welcome to the blogging community: it's educational, entertaining, and you get to know people :-)<br/><br/>Hi Anon,<br/>Thanks. I like that plural thing because talaga namang plural. Go Igorots Online indeed. Thanks for visiting the blog pala :-) Hi Ferri,
We all did :-)

Hi TruBlue,
Thanks for the Youtube tip. Although there might be no need to send it to Barrio Fiesta anymore because they adequately responded to our concern. But as you said, offensive talaga siya. Welcome to the blogging community: it’s educational, entertaining, and you get to know people :-)

Hi Anon,
Thanks. I like that plural thing because talaga namang plural. Go Igorots Online indeed. Thanks for visiting the blog pala :-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://igorotblogger.com/2007/03/peeing-statue-post-script-part-2.html#comment-370 Anonymous Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:02:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=153#comment-370 hei there! COngratualtions and waiting for your (plural) next victory!<br/><br/>Go IGOROTS ONLINE! hei there! COngratualtions and waiting for your (plural) next victory!

Go IGOROTS ONLINE!

]]> By: Anonymous http://igorotblogger.com/2007/03/peeing-statue-post-script-part-2.html#comment-367 Anonymous Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:39:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=153#comment-367 Let me add also, go to utube, type 'noypi', then scroll to "Noypi - bawal umihi dito". Here, you see bunches of men relieving themselves everywhere, anywhere, even where the sign "bawal" is printed on huge letters at the brickwalls! There was even a lady!Please Bugan or Bill, download this video and send it to Ongpauco!!!! Da peeing statue is pure degradation on our culture and I took deep offense to that. <br/>Like many of us, anyone of us igoys can maim just for such act.<br/>Thx Bill for the advise on the blogging thing. Will try my luck one of these nites...am very new this blog community<br/><br/>TruBlue Let me add also, go to utube, type ‘noypi’, then scroll to “Noypi – bawal umihi dito”. Here, you see bunches of men relieving themselves everywhere, anywhere, even where the sign “bawal” is printed on huge letters at the brickwalls! There was even a lady!Please Bugan or Bill, download this video and send it to Ongpauco!!!! Da peeing statue is pure degradation on our culture and I took deep offense to that.
Like many of us, anyone of us igoys can maim just for such act.
Thx Bill for the advise on the blogging thing. Will try my luck one of these nites…am very new this blog community

TruBlue

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