PCIJ "Jaywalking" about the EDSA 1986 People Power revolt

We like to say that we joined the EDSA People Power revolt for our children and our children's children. Well, what do our "children" think of those four days in February when we stood on top of the world and faced down a ruthless dictator?

The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) asked some students at the University Belt what they thought of Edsa 1986. We chose college students because they are supposed to be the better informed and politically conscious.These are the highlights of those man-on-the-street interviews. The students are mostly 20-22 years old, most of them studying in the historic Mendiola area, just a few steps away from Malacanang.

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[SkyBladderNeo]

TANG INA THIS

[gjcoleco]

@frapplenz We should try to look deeper into the problem. It's too easy to blame the students, or the youth in its entirety, because they are the result of what the society has gone through for the past years. It's not just EDSA; I'm talking about the Filipino culture per se. The country is in a continuous struggle in learning its identity since the Spaniards colonized the country. That's why proper EDUCATION is the only way to resolve this. It starts at what we learn at school.

[jsefph]

1986 Revolution was a complete farce. It doesn't make me wonder that it's importance amounts to null.

[sharrydoo]

Oh my god. I blame DECS/DepEd.

[paincore16]

kung gusto nio mgkaroon ng background about sa 1986 EDSA.. bat ndi nio mg try pumunta sa Bantayog ng mga Bayani (museum created specially for MARTIAL LAW period)

Its just in QC

[lacsonezekiel]

@lacsonezekiel

[lacsonezekiel]

ask lng po?? pano po magbago ng user name sa youtube account

[isaiahcruz]

General Tomas Diaz?

[paultawanan]

ulol! kailan pa naging presidente si ninoy? ha ha ha! ung mga uploader dito, ano kaya mga sir at madam kung ung mga lagpas 38 na ang interviewhin nyu? umaasa po ako! salamat and more power!

[paultawanan]

@ogorlagandogo

i agree with you brod! pcncya k n dito sa comment ko! marcos pa rin!!!

[lea7rsi]

Sa tingin ko, Ok lang na makalimutan (hindi kalimutin) ang petsa ng EDSA revolution. Basta huwag lang makalimutan ang ipnaglalaban dito. Sana ipromote ng mga media ang diwa ng People power at paano iaaply sa araw araw na pamumuhay natin. Hindi idaan sa panghaharang ng mga sasakyan sa edsa, ang magtuturuan kung sino ang mali at tama. Kundi kung paano magbago.

[Eskrimadorjay]

I weep for our country's future T_T