“Don’t “pig” me! “

by Mumster

“ I think Pol Medina’s “Pugad Baboy”  which appeared in the June 4, 2013 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer violated the ethical provision on “degrading any person by reason of sex, creed, religious belief, political conviction, cultural and ethnic origin.”

     “By directly attacking the Catholic Church for being critical of gays and lesbians, he seemed to champion the latter’s cause at first. But when he mentioned the alleged condonement of lesbians in schools for girls run by nuns whom he wondered if “tongrils” themselves, and maliciously insinuated that no pretty “Kulasa” is without a girlfriend, he ended up attacking the lesbians instead. The strip was insensitive and disrespectful of the students, professors and sisters of St. Scholastica – whatever their gender preference and their views on gender and sexual orientation may be.

     “That Mr. Medina singled out St. Scholastica is a mystery to me. I know it to be one of the most progressive Catholic schools in the country and I’ve met a lot of students and sisters (no less than Sister Mary John) in jail visits and advocacy mobilizations such as One Billion Rising, etc. as joining rallies and mobilizations is respected as their political right.” – written by Mumster, Monday Media Monitor