Oops, he did it again? We’re asking this now that Sen. Tito Sotto is again under public scrutiny as he delivered another speech seemingly riddled with controversy.
The beleaguered senator drew flak for his speech which to some people appeared like a Tagalog version of a speech delivered by the late United States Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1966.
Kalat na kalat na ngayon sa mga social networking sites ang comparison ng speeches ng dalawang nabanggit.
Ito ang nasa speech ni senator Kennedy: “Few will have the greatness to bend history; but each of us can work to change a small portion of the events, and in the total of all these acts will be witten the history of his generation.
“It is from the numberless diverse acts of courage such as these that the belief that the human history is thus shaped.“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”
Ito naman ang nilalaman ng speech ni senator Sotto: “Iilan ang magiging dakila sa pagbali ng kasaysayan, subalit bawat isa sa atin ay maaaring kumilos, gaano man kaliit, para ibahin ang takbo ng mga pangyayari.
Kapag pinagsama-sama ang ating munting pagkilos, makakalikha tayo ng totalidad na magmamarka sa kabuuan ng kasaysayan ng henerasyong ito.
“Ang mga hindi mabilang-bilang na iba’t ibang galaw ng katapangan at paninindigan ang humuhubog sa kasaysayan ng sangkatauhan.
“Tuwing naninindigan tayo para sa isang paniniwala, tuwing kumikilos tayo para mapabuti ang buhay ng iba, tuwing nilalabanan natin ang kawalan ng katarungan, nakalilikha tayo ng maliliit na galaw.
Kapag nagkasama-sama ang mumunting galaw na mga ito, bubuo ito ng isang malakas na puwersang kayang magpabagsak maging ng pinakamatatag na dingding ng opresyon.”
Sabi ni Sotto, nanggaling ang part ng kanyang speech sa isang text message ng isang friend na tinagalog lang niya.
Can the senator back up his claim? Can he show the text message and name the friend who texted him the message?
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