A SCHOOL ACT IN GLOBAL VILLAGE


We refer to the January 2009 alumni homecoming that have compromised and make light of this sound Salesian tradition and value of "delicatezza."

The public posting of certain shows related to the "Mocha Girls" and "dbti" on YouTube with certain vulgar gestures and unsavory captions appears to us to have crossed the bounds of decency and propriety in the public arena.

In an adult-to-adult relationship which we now have as your former mentors and you as our past pupils, we need to redefine our communal sense of propriety when it impinges on the public domain.  Whilst prudishness might just remain on the level of the personal, our sense of propriety and decency crosses over into the public arena.  This is where our sense of believing and belonging rises or falls, depending on what we plan and execute for the world to see.

Our voicing this concern ought not to be interpreted as a moral indictment on anyone.  Being members of the vast Salesian Family, however, does entail a communal responsibility, of which we are the frontrunners, by virtue of our religious vocation.


Whilst we do not sit in moral judgment over the entertainers and the one who created and uploaded the videos in YouTube, we do voice our concern over the possible repercussions it may have on the wider world that our dear Don Bosco has created with his sweat and blood.


Whilst we cannot require Google-Philippines to remove the videos or delete the obscene words, we demand that the organizers of the said homecoming IMMEDIATELY CLEAR THE NAME OF DON BOSCO from such said files.  We place the responsibility on the organizing batch to keep track of the one who posted on the worldwide web and demand such removal.


On our part, we post out this letter in all our school websites as disclaimer to such and similar activities inside the campus.

May St. John Bosco, whom we all love and revere dearly, be ever our guide as we CHOOSE THE BETTER THINGS!


In Don Bosco,
THE RECTORS OF DB-FIN

 

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