Smoking the Peace Pipe, Burying the Hatchet and Declaring A Blog-War

On Mike Avenue's Decision to Smoke the Peace Pipe and Our Action to Bury the Hatchet

When Mike Avenue offered to smoke the peace pipe and to bury the hatchet in what we may consider as one of our most unpleasant experiences at PEBA and KaBlogs, I saw a man stand so tall. I saw one who tried to make the best step forward in a very difficult situation. It required from him strength and courage to apologize and to admit his mistakes. He did not lose self-respect but instead gained appreciation, understanding and compassion from all of us whom he had hurt before by his previous posts and beliefs. When he offered to smoke the peace pipe, ending weeks of argument and fighting over the Tsokolate and Daga posts, he established a peace treaty and became an ally of the OFW. For me, Mike Avenue is no longer somebody-who-must-not-be-named (to borrow Isla de Nebz's line who also at this time calls him MA). He now stands a gallant gentleman (Look at his picture).

That moment was memorable for us! Thanks Pope, Kenji and Lord CM for being emissaries of the peace talks. We right away buried the hatchet (American English colloquial to "make peace" as the hatchet is an allusion to the figurative and literal practice of putting away the tomahawk and the weapons of war during cessation of hostilities).

For more details of the peace talks, please read Palipasan's Try Before You Quit, Kenji's Dear Mike, Naintindihan Na Kita, and KaBlogs' Mike Avenue Said Sorry to All OFWs!


Peace Was Short-Lived: The Red Flag Must Once Again Be Raised!

We intended to bury and cache our weapons of war when one person with Makitid Na Utak (Kenji's Post) tried to earn his Ticket to Stardom (Bizjoker's Post) hurting Silang Mga Nangarap (Lord CM's Dungeon) for which came out the OFW Says Foul, Respect the OFW (Pope's Palipasan), Chico's Attack on OFW (Part 1) and the noise barrage echoed Respeto Ang Sigaw! (Gumamela sa Paraiso) adlibbing Batang 'henyo's Ako ay Tutula.. (Bow!).

New protest: Kosa Pogi's Para sayo Kupal.Kupal.

Declaration of War

Arvin de la Pena's post on Mukhang Pera is a discriminate, reckless, foolish, rash and irresponsible post of one who claimed to be an ex-OFW.

It is a barefaced ridicule and contempt of the sacrifices of the Filipino Expatriates and Overseas Filipino Workers by branding them as money-faced, unprincipled, and good for nothing slaves for money in other more progressive countries.

Whether it was a satire or whatever figure of speech he may have wanted to portray in his post, he failed to achieve it. He may have added the statistics of visitors to his blog but it was done in a very distasteful manner.

He is one blogger who has overstepped the bounds of sensitivity and responsibility of a decent mind of an accountable and responsible blogger.

We therefore declare a blog war against this person who continuously persist in exploiting, abusing, and maligning the Overseas Filipino Worker.

This declaration of blog war will only be lifted upon this person's retraction and an apology for his irresponsible blogpost!