Too Late the Hirit
Let’s make some things clear before the actual post begins:
1. I’m not on his side. He really was a bit arrogant. And it really was kinda foul.
2. And the law school really doesn’t dictate how great a lawyer or human being you’ll be. You dictate that.
3. I don’t even know why I have to make no. 1 clear.
4. Anyway this is my blog, my little space of permissible meanness so I shall write as I deem fit. As many people before me have done, and many people after me will do.
And so therefore, we proceed.
I along with probably the rest of the law school going world was able to read the article regarding the Supreme Court censure of a Judge who took the UP Law pride too far. Of course, I was also able to read the numerous posts condemning him for his actions.
As I (sober) am a bit easily bored and therefore usually find myself with a lot of time on my hands, I find that this is a topic I would like to say something about, never mind that this is about a few weeks too late.
I found the schadenfreude exhibited by a lot of people a bit too much. There was in the comments made and in the posts I read a hint of glee that an arrogant man was told off so richly.
The poor guy was already censured, and maybe even before that was made too feel not a little bit sorry he ever lost his temper and said what he said. He most probably deserved the reprimand, because he did cede the higher ground for a few moments there in court. But still.
For people to keep on harping on his being arrogant and even, at times, to express joy that he was reprimanded for his arrogance, well, I dunno.
Isn’t it also a bit of arrogance on our parts to assume that we’re such paragons of humility and restraint that in the face of provocation we won’t be tempted to say something maybe not to the effect, but still, something insulting?
I for one can’t guarantee that my verbal brakes are always firmly under control. Just recently (this Saturday in fact), I went all the way to Fort to attend a party (with boyfriend kicking and screaming in tow) for UP Law Bar Ops and was refused entrance along with a few other people (never mind that I had a ticket) because there was a misunderstanding between the organizers and the venue people about the duration of the event, and had to contend with a snippy group of overly-made-up anorexia poster girls of doubtful college graduate descent and their steroid-overdosed bouncer buddies who apparently think so highly of themselves they talk down to people on the basis of lack of guest list presence.
Good fucking grief the choice evil thoughts I had not only for the little guest relations chicklets but the people who forgot that to assert contract terms or lack thereof you must actually have a copy of the contract (I was drunk during oblicon I think. But never mind the law, how bout a little common sense?) with you so as to not get screwed over and irritate people who could have done something better with their nights than stand in line for an hour and be told to leave, like wax their legs, or clean their rooms, or gotten cheaper alcohol.
And I have had the doubtful privilege of knowing people who look at other people differently because they don’t pray to the same god or go to the same church or listen to/sing the same songs or read the same books or watch the same movies or go to the same beaches or whatever little snitty bit of something they think makes them better than everyone else.
And while their unspoken –and at times spoken- derision or discrimination isn’t as publicized as the poor judge’s mistake was, they aren’t less deserving of censure.
After all, if this had been an Ateneo Law person the judge had said what he’d said to, this wouldn’t be such a big issue. But such is the way of the world[1], and sorry nalang but this moment in time it has been decreed that it’s the poor judge’s turn to get spanked.
So. Maybe we should reserve the “we’re ashamed to even know this guy” comments for those who deserve it more, eh? Like the people who drive great cars on government salaries and people who like talking pa-conyo when they can’t even pronounce certain states right (joke lang kinda) and people who are just so annoying they should be ashamed to know themselves. Maybe we should all be honest and say that there are little things in life we’re all secretly arrogant about, and that if the time comes we can’t really guarantee maturity. Gah.
[1]
And such is also the way of the world that little supercilious shits who think their God will excuse their shittiness towards other people not quite so divinely blessed can get away with being supercilious little shits who actually do nothing to better their environment as they promise God when they go to church to do.
1. I’m not on his side. He really was a bit arrogant. And it really was kinda foul.
2. And the law school really doesn’t dictate how great a lawyer or human being you’ll be. You dictate that.
3. I don’t even know why I have to make no. 1 clear.
4. Anyway this is my blog, my little space of permissible meanness so I shall write as I deem fit. As many people before me have done, and many people after me will do.
And so therefore, we proceed.
I along with probably the rest of the law school going world was able to read the article regarding the Supreme Court censure of a Judge who took the UP Law pride too far. Of course, I was also able to read the numerous posts condemning him for his actions.
As I (sober) am a bit easily bored and therefore usually find myself with a lot of time on my hands, I find that this is a topic I would like to say something about, never mind that this is about a few weeks too late.
I found the schadenfreude exhibited by a lot of people a bit too much. There was in the comments made and in the posts I read a hint of glee that an arrogant man was told off so richly.
The poor guy was already censured, and maybe even before that was made too feel not a little bit sorry he ever lost his temper and said what he said. He most probably deserved the reprimand, because he did cede the higher ground for a few moments there in court. But still.
For people to keep on harping on his being arrogant and even, at times, to express joy that he was reprimanded for his arrogance, well, I dunno.
Isn’t it also a bit of arrogance on our parts to assume that we’re such paragons of humility and restraint that in the face of provocation we won’t be tempted to say something maybe not to the effect, but still, something insulting?
I for one can’t guarantee that my verbal brakes are always firmly under control. Just recently (this Saturday in fact), I went all the way to Fort to attend a party (with boyfriend kicking and screaming in tow) for UP Law Bar Ops and was refused entrance along with a few other people (never mind that I had a ticket) because there was a misunderstanding between the organizers and the venue people about the duration of the event, and had to contend with a snippy group of overly-made-up anorexia poster girls of doubtful college graduate descent and their steroid-overdosed bouncer buddies who apparently think so highly of themselves they talk down to people on the basis of lack of guest list presence.
Good fucking grief the choice evil thoughts I had not only for the little guest relations chicklets but the people who forgot that to assert contract terms or lack thereof you must actually have a copy of the contract (I was drunk during oblicon I think. But never mind the law, how bout a little common sense?) with you so as to not get screwed over and irritate people who could have done something better with their nights than stand in line for an hour and be told to leave, like wax their legs, or clean their rooms, or gotten cheaper alcohol.
And I have had the doubtful privilege of knowing people who look at other people differently because they don’t pray to the same god or go to the same church or listen to/sing the same songs or read the same books or watch the same movies or go to the same beaches or whatever little snitty bit of something they think makes them better than everyone else.
And while their unspoken –and at times spoken- derision or discrimination isn’t as publicized as the poor judge’s mistake was, they aren’t less deserving of censure.
After all, if this had been an Ateneo Law person the judge had said what he’d said to, this wouldn’t be such a big issue. But such is the way of the world[1], and sorry nalang but this moment in time it has been decreed that it’s the poor judge’s turn to get spanked.
So. Maybe we should reserve the “we’re ashamed to even know this guy” comments for those who deserve it more, eh? Like the people who drive great cars on government salaries and people who like talking pa-conyo when they can’t even pronounce certain states right (joke lang kinda) and people who are just so annoying they should be ashamed to know themselves. Maybe we should all be honest and say that there are little things in life we’re all secretly arrogant about, and that if the time comes we can’t really guarantee maturity. Gah.
[1]
And such is also the way of the world that little supercilious shits who think their God will excuse their shittiness towards other people not quite so divinely blessed can get away with being supercilious little shits who actually do nothing to better their environment as they promise God when they go to church to do.
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