Independence
By Conrado de Quiros
Philippine Daily Inquirer
9:37 pm | Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
Who’s the bigger hero, Jose Rizal or Andres Bonifacio?
We’ve expended no small amount of energy, or indeed passion, trying to answer that question, and will probably expend a little bit more of it over the next several months as we inch toward Bonifacio’s 150th birth anniversary in November. P-Noy’s Independence Day speech on Wednesday will highlight the drama, being held at the Liwasang Bonifacio and dwelling, if the press releases are to be believed, on Bonifacio’s greatness.
The question is not irrelevant, and is often fraught with meaning and implication. Such as during the 1960s and 1970s when the Left extoled the virtues of Bonifacio over Rizal and proposed to make him the national hero instead of Rizal. The argument being that Bonifacio acted while Rizal merely wrote, Bonifacio waged a revolution while Rizal merely campaigned for reform, Bonifacio represented freedom while Rizal represented only enlightenment. Indeed, the argument being that the only reason Rizal and not Bonifacio was the national hero was that Rizal was burgis while Bonifacio was proletarian, Rizal wielded the pen while Bonifacio wielded the bolo, Rizal was safe while Bonifacio remained dangerous.
Truly, the past is never past.
I did buy the argument in my activist days, but I’ve since thoroughly revised my opinion. Both in fact were revolutionaries through and through. Both in fact were dangerous in the extreme.
The fault lies in thinking that writing is not acting, ideas do not move the world, only actions do. Rizal wrote, and by doing so moved the world, and by doing so changed the world. By his work, indeed by what he was—writer, doctor, artist, scientist, historian, ethnographer, lover: a Renaissance man in every respect—he showed not just that the indio could be equal to his master but that he could be better than him. The Spaniards were right to find Rizal the most subversive person in the country. His very existence assailed them.
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For June 11, 2013 Tuesday
EZ2 Lotto
Morning edition 11am: 07-08
Afternoon edition 4pm: 05-13
Evening edition 9pm: 25-23
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Suertres Lotto Luzon Vis-Min
Morning edition 11:00 am: 6-5-4
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6 Digit Luzon
9pm: 7 -7 -2 -1- 9- 5
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BINGO Milyonaryo
9pm: B = 7 I = 3 N = 0 G = 1 O = 25 M = 28
4pm: B = 7 I = 0 N = 7 G = 1 O = 28 M = 38
11am: B = 1 I = 1 N = 8 G = 9 O = 17 M = 10
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6/42 National Lottery
19-28-30-20-04-39
Current Jackpot: Php 7,219,136.00
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Super 6/49 Nationwide Lotto
11-42-45-14-19-16
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