During my spare time and browsing thru webpages when I had come across a "filipino sailor" community themed website. Specifically luswelf website (luneta seafarers welfare - uhm something like that more or less) , the website is basically mediocre at best and nothing interesting at all except the "sailor" song that was being played. I find myself amused to it and yet somewhat bothered by what the song content. Here are the facts on this propaganda material. Website address is ww.seafarerdirectoryph.com
- Song heavily refers that in order to be a sailor , a so called "backer" (layman term is "sponsor") is needed in order to be employed, regardless of what educational background, credentials and previous job experience a person has. In other words even a lowly janitor with an educational background of grade school can be a sailor provided that he / she has a political connection or contact that would sponsor him to a company and school credentials are rendered obsolete and worthless. This is heavily implied on the April boy regino's rip off song titled "pano ang puso ko"
- Ship captains and Ship officer's here are worshipped as "pseudo gods" and needs to be venerated (if not mandatory). Hinting that there is too much office politics in this environment. A schmoozer will fit well here or a boot licker as well.
- Lone some cowboy rip off song tells the working conditions and the general status of how deplorable condition are when working as a sailor , specifically in the "Domestic" shipping. Mentions as well that in order to get the "job" you have to do a little sexual favour to an old hag inside a shipping office, aside from that mentions as well that sailors are economically dependent on this job and no skills beyond this line of work.
- Luneta being a "Hub" iconic to the Philippine sailing community, and a symbol of how things are doing on this profession. Overcrowded , little opportunities, exploitation and inequality. For short it’s a haven and hang out place for huge numbers of unemployed sailors
- Lots of heavy propaganda and heavy brainwashing, telling stuff of how wonderful a sailor's life is blah and blah, entirely skipping out the reality check .
