In my DREAMS!
The Pacman rules the Philippines. And even the hearts of the Filipinos. In every knock down, the whole Philippines is also celebrating his glory. And if he ever fails, or lose a fight, we Filipinos would assume that we are CHEATED. So much for adoring PACMAN.
But winning all those WBC watchamacallit titles, that still doesn’t count him in as a hero, nor he deserves to have a piece of dirt in the Libingan ng mga Bayani to shove his bones in. I think, he doesn’t deserve to be called a hero, because the noun HERO for me is not just a mere word, it is something sacred. A word that transcends a whole personality.
According to the Merriam Webster’s definition of a hero, a hero is a mythological or legendary figure of divine descent with great strenght or ability. Call me stupid for taking this literally, probably Manny Pacquiao is some descent of the maligno (for he even looks one albeit the Belo thingy), having all the great strength and the CHARACTER! All together now: THE CHARACTER! which will probably falls on my stupid standard for a hero.
Manny Pacquiao will never, never be a hero. Probably the right term would be an Idol. Similar to those gold and carved statues worshipped by the pagans in the bible. He can be worshipped, but he can’t be a hero. For he doesn’t even sacrificed his life for the betterment of the people, well, for the sake of those dirty politicians and of course, his pocket.
If then, he is a hero, then shoot me.
