I see this thread as a misplaced and uninitiated indictment of the Filipino culture. I beg to disagree that "ningas kugon" is a "negative character" within the Filipino culture because in reality there has had never been one in our culture.
"ningas kugon" historically has been para-phrased by old folks NOT to disgrace a person BUT to MOTIVATE him into finishing what he has started.
Invariably, everyone is guilty of unfinishing what he has started, and even our national heroes were not spared from this malady. Our first president, Emilio Aguinaldo, was "ningas kugon" when he ordered the assissination of Andres Bonifacio and run the helm of KKK only to sell the gains of Bonifacio to the Americans for US$800,000 and sided with the americans in the mock battle off Manila bay against the Spaniards who already secretly agreed to sign the Treaty of Paris with the Americans before the staged surrender. It took the soul of an unknown Filipino soldier off San Juan bridge to trigger the war against the americans whereof we gained true independence.
If I am to enumerate the acts of our heroes, even modern day heroes, constituting "ningas kugon", then this thread's premise is doomed.
This is NOT a character attributable to Filipino Culture for truly there is none in our culture, but coined just precisely to motivate one to finish what he has started. This is without prejudice, however, to various justifibale reasons that moves one to stop altogether or start a new process or a new beginning.
I see this thread as a misplaced and uninitiated indictment of the Filipino culture. I beg to disagree that "ningas kugon" is a "negative character" within the Filipino culture because in reality there has had never been one in our culture.
"ningas kugon" historically has been para-phrased by old folks NOT to disgrace a person BUT to MOTIVATE him into finishing what he has started.
Invariably, everyone is guilty of unfinishing what he has started, and even our national heroes were not spared from this malady. Our first president, Emilio Aguinaldo, was "ningas kugon" when he ordered the assissination of Andres Bonifacio and run the helm of KKK only to sell the gains of Bonifacio to the Americans for US$800,000 and sided with the americans in the mock battle off Manila bay against the Spaniards who already secretly agreed to sign the Treaty of Paris with the Americans before the staged surrender. It took the soul of an unknown Filipino soldier off San Juan bridge to trigger the war against the americans whereof we gained true independence.
If I am to enumerate the acts of our heroes, even modern day heroes, constituting "ningas kugon", then this thread's premise is doomed.
This is NOT a character attributable to Filipino Culture for truly there is none in our culture, but coined just precisely to motivate one to finish what he has started. This is without prejudice, however, to various justifibale reasons that moves one to stop altogether or start a new process or a new beginning.