Kaban ni D_BystandeR: MANGGIHATAGON ANG BANAY'NG BINAY

It doesn't matter whether you can afford to shell out P1 or P5 and it's not for you to make it big that because it's your hard-earned  money you are already contented with it and at liberty to ridicule somebody who was able to give something "bigger" out of his own free will and generosity. And it is as far as your own personal feeling is concerned. But to the family of the SAF members, do you think your P1 matters? You should be practical enough because there are lots of millionaires in our country but who among them volunteered to give even a small chunk of their fortune? Not even  President Aquino, even if he gets it from whatever source, like what some of those you want to downplay that what VP Binay was doing in a benevolent gesture meant nothing to you because of your  distorted interpretation. But to those families who are in need at this critical moment of their lives, Binay's move to give them P100k each is something that truly helps them in time of need. Not like some people who always make long speeches but will not dig deep into their pocket to give something to the bereaved families. What is most  important at this time is to be practical and to be of service where your "unlimited" generosity counts the most to them.

Footnote: This comment came out in connection with a news item in Philstar, entitled, "Binay family gives P100k to each Mamasapano survivors." It came out on Feb. 8, 2015. This was in answer to some unkind comments posted in the "comment portion" that seem to deride and downplay the generosity shown by VP Binay to the massacre survivors with comment trying to argue in a distorted kind of reasoning that even if he gives P1 because that was his "hard-earned" money and comparing it with the money given by Binay as being taken from a questionable source. What a distorted kind of reasoning used by people who were probably hired by Binay's political opponents to throw mud at him even if their claim is downright false, baseless and totally unfounded.