I've watched this last night and had mix emotions.
Seems they are from far provinces and detained.
I had a chat with some beggars before, some pickpockets, and badjaos children. I have learned that most of them were victims of syndicate.
They were taken to Manila by their certain boss and give part of their money to their boss.
Wish our government will focus on Juvinile deliquency, Children must not be in jail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJd_yL8sFJg
Thats what they always emphasize, the bad scene of the philippines,we or I dont find any good side in shows or in TV,sad
This documentary is so sad. I know the issue is segregation in prison, but the whole time I'm watching it, it never crossed my mind that this is the real issue. Shame on the parents of these kids!As a parent myself, I dread to imagine my children ending up that way.
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"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."
There was something similar on TV sometime last year,an investigatory report on kids in adult pinoy prisons,one part that made my blood boil was a homosexual who had taken a young boy under his wing,the bayots lascivious grin as he chatted about the boy made me realise his protection was neither altruistic nor fatherly in its intention
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Locking kids up is disgusting..... they should be allowed on the streets to do what ever they want and completelyup society..... oh hang on .... that's the UK isn't it?
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It has to been done so many people live in poor condtions in the phillipines the goverment and to a lesser extent the people of the country need to go enough is enough.Originally Posted by September
Scenes like this were seen in the UK and other european countries at the beginning of the last century and before but laws and public opnion made the lot of many far better. Many of those who started the changes were indivudals and small groups using the media avaiable at the time to shock and shame people and goverments into action.
Oh lord why did you make so many clothes and shoe shops
maybe we should bribe officials into stopping poverty
i have learnt to do what my wife says!
Lateral thinkingmaybe we should bribe officials into stopping poverty
Sometimes you're flush and sometimes you're bust, and when you're up, it's never as good as it seems, and when you're down, you never think you'll be up again. But life goes on.
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It's the passion that she shows to the outside world.
money talks
and in the philipines,it goes a long way to a very few
i have learnt to do what my wife says!
This is child abuse
Hope I never bump into Thommy's father.. Poor Child
You're right!
I didn't know about this really. In our town, we never jail below 18. They should be at school since our education is free, books, notebooks until high school, no reason to do such.This documentary is so sad. I know the issue is segregation in prison, but the whole time I'm watching it, it never crossed my mind that this is the real issue. Shame on the parents of these kids!
I don't know who's to blame now Tawi. The govt or the parentsThere was something similar on TV sometime last year,an investigatory report on kids in adult pinoy prisons,one part that made my blood boil was a homosexual who had taken a young boy under his wing,the bayots lascivious grin as he chatted about the boy made me realise his protection was neither altruistic nor fatherly in its intention
They are not aware of thatmaybe we should bribe officials into stopping poverty
heartbreaking scenes.
POWER TO THE PEACEFUL. MABUHAY IRELAND AND PHILIPPINES
Strange thing about Pinas,children get imprisoned due to hunger induced crimes,6 tins of pilchards for god sakes,yet politicians syphon off millions of pesos/dollars and their cronies and the system protects them,I just watched the clip again,its shameful
Sometimes you're flush and sometimes you're bust, and when you're up, it's never as good as it seems, and when you're down, you never think you'll be up again. But life goes on.
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It's the passion that she shows to the outside world.
I definitely agree with you tawi, i cannot even get to watch the clip further as it makes my blood really boilStrange thing about Pinas,children get imprisoned due to hunger induced crimes,6 tins of pilchards for god sakes,yet politicians syphon off millions of pesos/dollars and their cronies and the system protects them,I just watched the clip again,its shameful
And as what penny just said about who's to blame - the govt or the parents, i think the answer is both.....
"10% of life is made up of what happens to you, 90% is decided by how you react"
"The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost"
When I watched this video I thought how intelligent Thommy seemed even though he couldn't read or write and had been handed such a tough life. There's also a second video to the documentary which tells the outcome to Thommy and his friend Freckles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qtZFXhLsZ0
btw, how icredible was the 84 yr old lady who represented the boys in court for free. What an amazing woman.
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