Phillip Garcia, stupid is as stupid does

I'm with Stupid

In our world today, people associate things with what it looks like. As seen in the movie “Forrest Gump”, people ask Forrest is he’s stupid because to them, he looked “stupid”. It’s not defined in the movie what “stupid” looks like but we all know what the “look” is and why we associate it with stupid. But here’s the classic response of Forrest and it teaches a valuable lesson that we all must learn and benefit from. His reply was “stupid is as stupid does”. What does this phrase mean? It just means that stupidity is not what a person looks like, but for what he does. If a person does stupid things, then that person is indeed stupid. Whether he looks smart, sounds smart, pretends to be smart, calls himself pantas, whatever. If he does stupid things, he’s stupid.

Phillip Garcia

Such is the case of Phillip Garcia whom I’ve written about. In that blog, I’ve pointed out the errors of his ways, explaining to him what constitute libel and the consequences of being found guilty of libel. I’ve quoted the definition of libel hoping he’d understand and realize his mistake, correct himself and move on. Normal people would always steers out of danger when they realize that there is indeed danger looming. But Phillip Garcia is not normal. Much like his idol Eliseo Fernando Soriano, the fugitive televangelist, they carry on with their wrongdoing oblivious of the damage to themselves and the victims of their baseless accusations.

In his latest blog entry, Garcia rehashed the same libelous blog post he posted on newsvine. This time he added scan of what he says are “proofs” of his allegations. Except that he posted are the same reports of INC members allegedly committing crimes. Let me repeat, these are reports of “INC members” allegedly committing crimes. First off, read well Garcia, when citing a newspaper (in Phillip Garcia’s case, that would be tabloids) as sources, one needs to provide the name of the author, the title of the piece, the publication name, the publisher, where the article was published and when it was published. Scans are not enough because for all intents these cans could have been doctored. Next, be absolutely sure you understand what you are doing. Granting that these scans are reliable, one could readily see, the cases are against member of the INC, not the INC itself or its leaders. Therefore, it is libel for Garcia to accuse the INC and its leaders of any crime for as long as these are the sources presented.

Another example, it is not libel for me to say that Eliseo Fernando Soriano is a fugitive is I cite the Interpol Wanted Poster of Soriano. The site is verifiable and from a reliable source and the information can be easily verified as true.

Classic examples worthy of note is the exchanges between Soriano and Ang Tamang Daan host. Soriano calls the INC killers, he get sued for libel because he cannot prove the INC killed anyone. INC ministers calls Soriano an extortionist, Soriano does not sue. Why, because the host have proof that Soriano did indeed extort money from his followers.

Finally, Garcia presented scans of a tabloid called “The Bombshell” which was published in the 1950′s. This tabloid was published by an anonymous writer with an ax to grind against the INC. I know, I have the book.

Prison

So in parting, I again give an advice to both Eliseo Soriano and his shill Phillip Garcia. You disrespected the INC for a long time and they showed patience. Finally, after so many years of lying, where are you now? A fugitive, without a life, a name or a country. Don’t let this shill of yours Phillip Garcia suffer the same fate. You know what to tell him.

To Phillip Garcia, stupid is as stupid does. Don’t be stupid. Don’t do stupid things. Or you might end up in prison.