Do you find it funny that your country soldier is guarding Jose Rizal statue day and night no matter what?

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sweet water

No, but I've already found one of the two missing idiots your village has been searching for. Please don't eat the flowers, while I go look for your brother.

looking 4 a summer job

No. Dr. Jose Rizal is our NATIONAL Hero. The soldiers are there not to gaurd the statue, but to pay homage to our National Hero.

If you have not been outside malaysia, you would probably not understand that Military soldiers gaurd the National Heroe's shrines.

This is not worshipping the statue...silly.

Washington, the Kremlin, Beijing and even in the UK, they have the tradition of gaurds gaurding the tombs of their soldiers, their heroes, their leaders and so on.

Does malaysia not have a national hero at your kampong? where is your jalan?

Master Yoda

you are complete disgrace i must say. insulted the filipinos, embarassed your countrymen is what you did. brought dishonor to jedi. surrender your title you must.

Rizal's statue is a national symbol. The soldiers are there guarding it. Just like some monuments in Washington DC. They're not alive, but soldiers are guarding them. (^_^)

Aref H4

It is largely due to Treaties of Amity and friendship with Malaysia that we are guarding his monument.

We all know how nationalistic he is. He just might go down, pick up a sword, and proceed to cut out your impertinent tongue.

And since you claim to be a Jedi from Malaysia, and a man that Malaysians seem to honor with reverence, awarding you such title, the act of being bested by one of our best swordsmen in history might start an international incident.
I would suggest you keep your abusive tongue safety tucked inside your useless mouth rather than lashing out with your racial slurs.

Fire Princess

...NO! we filipinos don't find it funny at all. in the same way we don't laugh at the american soldiers guarding the tomb of the unknowns (at arlington national cemetery). our respective countries - the philippines and the u.s. - are just paying the highest respect to our fallen heroes.

...sure would be nice if malaysia would do the same to tugu negara and jalan tugu. what do you think, sir?

freeverse

It is not funny at all.
That is what we call RESPECT.We respect him and value the sacrifice he offered for what freedom we have now.It doesn't mean we worship him,that's why there's no relevance in connecting the job of those security guards in Catholic Doctrines.

tom1941

You undoubtedly are one of the most ignorant people I have ever come in contact with. I did not know you were from Malaysia until some answering this question made reference to Malaysia. You certainly cast a discouraging light upon the people of Malaysia.

zeven77

a statue is just a statue but a symbol is unique.

you are once again badly mistaken in your statements. of course, anyone can build a statue but still, there is only one that symbolizes rizal. it is not really foolish considering that it is a national treasure, literally and figuratively. just like the statue of liberty in new york and mona lisa in the louvre.

being a military, you devote yourself to protecting your country and with it, the belief and all the treasures it has including of course, the integrity of your national symbols.

moreover, let me ask you one thing, why do you think it is in your understanding that the said military practice is against the teaching of the Catholic church when you are only assuming worship? aren't we a bit judgemental? have you seen them actually knelt and utter prayers? or are you once again, generalizing? if i will follow your twisted train of thought, then surely, even malls should be banned as there are a lot of men guarding, i mean, worshiping them.

CHOCO CRUNCHIES

It is not funny. It is not totally against Catholic teachings because it is RESPECT not WORSHIP. We respect him because he is national symbol of our country.

Karlo C

Look for the meaning of worshiping in the dictionary you idiot.

An idiot like you shouldn't speak for your own country. Your countrymen would kill you for it.

And don't make excuses please. Nobody is going to listen.

juan luna

Well, we could not blame you for your ignorance since you didn't know something about our history, or even about Dr. Jose Rizal. To tell you briefly, we respect this guy very much because he's a national hero. He is a doctor, propagandist, a novelist, (Filipinos that time (1800's) are already getting university degrees), artist, etc. He traveled extensively in Europe and US (and other parts of Asia as well). He wrote two novels, exposing atrocities of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines, which ignited several uprisings by Filipinos that led to our real Independence on June 12 1898, when our first flag was hoisted. He was executed by the Spaniards at the same site he is buried, and being guarded today which you are telling that it is "funny". It is tribute, not worship. And its not good to tell differences between cultures to be funny.

http://www.joserizal.ph/in01.html

Esoj

It's not against the Catholic Church to guard a statue. Its just protecting a national symbol.

samhainthirteen

It's not funny. It's just one of those things that people do to honour their heroes-- pretty much like how in other countries, guards are at constant watch over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier or Tomb of the Unknowns.

The difference though is we know who Jose Rizal is and how he contributed to the Revolution, not to mention his kindness towards others.

Shienaran

Lol, that's not the point of guarding his monument. In my opinion, the point of guarding the monument is twofolds. First, it is ceremonial, to honor the memory of our National Hero, and as part of the tourist attraction, since the spot where his monument lay is the very spot where he was executed and therefore is considered a National landmark and needs to be guarded from desecration the way the Tower of London is guarded by the British Beefeaters or Yeoman Warders. Secondly, it is good training for the cadets who are assigned to guard the monument as they need to show great self discipline and not move from the spot rain or shine the way those British Queen's Guards do at Buckingham palace.

It is not funny at all. Probably for those who didn't know the story behind it. I believe that has the same reason why Americans guard the Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier in Arlington, Virginia 24/7, 365 days.

siopaO

no.

ryx12

No i don't think it's funny, The monument of Jose Rizal signifies a great deal to us Filipinos. Aside from being our National Hero, He personifies what Filipinos should aspire for to be intelligent, hardworking & dedicated to serve his own countrymen.

Also a country soldier guarding the statue would be helpful in maintaining & preserving what is a symbol of our rich heritage.

engrenan

There is no manifestation or any theory that guarding the national hero is against the teaching of catholicism, where did you get that information?

If other countries are not doing that in their national hero, I don.t see anything wrong of giving respect to our own Jose Rizal.

If you're intention is just to make fun of it and criticize, then you're in a big mistake. That is how we honor our hero, and you should respect that also. if you can not do that, then you don.t deserve respect either.

J@ps

Okay, this discussion is turning into a my country or race is better than yours or theirs thing. Not unlike jokes and stories we tell around the drinking fountain.

But anyway to answer this q, to some people this might be amusing & even funny as you say. And I am assuming that you do find it funny.

But the assumption is that the Philippine government posted a guard there, not because the statue is alive and not because there is some sort of worship going on.

The statue perse cannot do anything to anybody. But as a National Shrine, the government has that prerogative and they have decided to use that prerogative. You know, not unlike the Changing of Guards in London and the posting of other guards in major shrines all over the world. Well a lot of countries do that as a tourist attraction, you find it good enough to talk about it, so it works.

The thing is people will always find something amusing if not laugh-out-loud funny, even ridiculous in some country they are visiting. If you find the guard at Luneta Park funny then good for you, we will not charge you with any entertainment fee.

Mabuhay!

starfire

well, i think it is a part of the culture to guard some historical sites...it is not that he is worshiping him but protecting the statue from some punk that may do some vandalism...

Coy

his remains are there in the luneta statue that those soldiers were guarding, silly.

Jian I

i kent paynd it

Nna g

Idk why but I just remembered that incident a while back in local news , when some petty thieves took the jollibee statue and bought it with them to their home so later they can sell that thing. But I think it was later recovered. We dont know it might happened to Rizal's statue. :D

dave i am

No... I find that very Patriotic

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