Naging ugali ko na ang kausapin ang nga driver ng taxi na aking sinasakyan. Magugulat ka sa kaalaman ng bawat isa, at sa kanilang paninidigan, sa mga isyung bumabalot sa ating lipunan. Mula noong eleksyon, impeachment ng Ombudsman, pagbitay ng mga Pinoy sa China - lahat ito ay alam nila at may binuo silang sariling kuro-kuro at pananaw.
Noong Biyerness, bago pa man lumabas ang balitang nag pull out ang Mang Inasal ng Jollibee Food Corporation sa programang Willing Willie, ay naging paksa sa pagitan ko at ng Mamang Driver ang pang aabuso ng isang bata sa programa.
Tinanong ko kung siya ay nanonood ng WW, at ang kanyan sagot "Napipilitan lamang ako kasi yan ang pinapanood sa bahay, pero kung ako ang masusunod, ililipat ko sa ibang palabas."
Hon. Loretta Ann P. Rosales, Chairperson, Commission on Human Rights
Sen. Pia S. Cayetano, Committee Chair, Youth, Women and Family Affairs
Hon. Corazon "Dinky" Juliano-Soliman, Secretary, Department of Social Welfare and Development
Hon. Grace Poe Llamanzares, Chairman, Movies and Television Ratings and Classification Board
Mr. Manny Pangilinan, Chairman, TV5
Justice Santiago M. Kapunan, Officer in Charge, Integrated Bar of The Philippines
Mr. John Rojo, President, Philippine Association of National Advertisers
Ms. Charmaine Canillas, Chairman, Ad Standards Council
Ateneo Human Rights Center
Council for the Welfare of Children
SUBJECT: CHILD ABUSE ON WILLING WILLIE SHOW OF TV5
We wish to bring to your attention a deplorable incident that occurred during the March 12, 2011 episode of Willing Willie, hosted by Mr. Willie Revillame which was aired during TV5's primetime block. In the said episode, also posted on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YRCxh9q64w, a six-year-old boy named Jan-jan was shown dancing “ala-macho dancer," much to the delight of the host and the studio audience. As seen in the video, however, the boy was clearly distressed and humiliated by the said experience as evidenced by his crying while supposedly “entertaining” Mr. Revillame and his audience.