First, let me extend a very warm welcome to the many new Filipino readers that have discovered this blog in the past 24 hours. My husband is from Australia, so I do get down to that part of the world on occasion and I hope to visit your beautiful country at some point in the future.
It is great to have you here, although the circumstances of our meeting are, to say the least, unusual.
It seems one of your esteemed Senators, Tito Sotto, plagiarized a blog post I wrote on February 23, 2011 entitled How The Pill Can Harm Your Future Child’s Health, lifting entire sections of the article basically word for word that was delivered in a speech to the Senate Floor regarding the possible passage of the highly controversial Reproductive Health Bill.
What’s worse, Senator Sotto is denying the charge of plagiarism, saying in an interview with ABS-CBN:
“Why would I quote the blogger? I was quoting Natasha McBride.”
Nice touch Senator. Â You almost had me convinced you were a nice guy with the tears and all.
Many of your citizens have emailed me assuring me that was a put on, and I’m starting to think they are right.
A thief is a thief, Mr. Senator. Â Denying it doesn’t get you off the hook; it just makes you a lying thief.
On the bright side, I am thrilled that your lapse of moral judgment has brought much-needed attention to the fact that the birth control pill can have devastating consequences to a woman’s long term health and possibly those of her children and even grandchildren.  Gut dysbiosis is a serious condition that has multi-generational consequences that women need to be educated about and completely aware of before making the very personal decision to use them.
It was indeed brave of you to take this controversial position. Â Kudos to you for that.
By the way, I am truly sorry for the loss of your son.
As the mother of two sons myself, I can only imagine the pain and devastation you have felt from such an experience.
While this has been a highly charged and hopefully enlightening experience for all involved, it’s time now to set the drama aside and get back to fighting the good fight by continuing to educate people about how their food and pharma choices affect not only themselves but also those they dearly love.
And although my attorney will likely try to persuade me otherwise, for now I’m moving on as I’ve got work to do.
Women of the Philippines: I am terribly sorry my blog was used and twisted against you. You deserve the choice to use The Pill if you want or need to based on your particular circumstances. While I want you to know that this choice has health consequences as does the decision to use any pharmaceutical drug, I in no way would ever condone taking this choice away from you! Â Mabuhay!
Hi there to every body, it’s my first go to see of this website; this web site consists of amazing and actually good material for readers.
I am truly sorry, Ms. Sarah Pope. It is so embarrassing that your name had to be dragged into this. Please, feel free to sue Sen. Sotto (and yes, I puked at the instant I read ‘esteemed’) and Atty. Villacorta (who’s title doesn’t seem to match her intellect). Teach them a lesson.
Dear Sen. Sotto, with all due respect sir, an apology would have sufficed. You brought this all to yourself.
Atty. Villacorta, you disappoint me. How did you manage to pass the Bar when all the while you though Plagiarizing is merely sharing? You are such a disgrace to all Filipino lawyers. You don’t deserve your title.
This page really earned enormous number of views. I also have commented on the topic for a few times and most who followed the tread know what has been going on.Being a Filipino I am one apologizing to the US blogger for for one senator’s mistake.
Dear Sara Pope,
Did you know that back in 1982, my brother Vic Sotto, his friends and co-hosts Joey De Leon and Richie Reyes, drugged and raped a mega rising star in show business? Yes, that was a True Story! Pepsi Paloma was a young aspiring actress. She was raped, no doubt about that. She did file charges against them but it didn’t go anywhere since I was instrumental in persuading our courts not to pursue any charges. She later committed suicide by hanging herself in her apartment. That’s what they said. I’m telling you this because I am a senator! I can do anything! I can steal and lift your work from your blogs and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it. = )
What Sotto is admitting here I know for a fact.
Unless you can prove all these accusations, expect to hear from my lawyer. I have your IP address and will be getting in touch with your ISP.
This has gone too far.
I am an embarrassment to the Philippines most specially to the Filipino women. I’m an epitome of hypocrisy and I shouldn’t have been re-elected when I ran again as a senator. The Filipino voting public MUST NEVER FORGET that, I, senator Tito Sotto together with my younger brother Vic Sotto and their good friend Joey De Leon, and Richie Reyes, were figured in a rape case in the 80s involving a young Filipina sexy star Pepsi Paloma ,but the case was swept under the carpet because of our celebrity status. And now I have committed another shameful act — PLAGIARISM. I have the right and the nerve to put the full blame on my staff including Sarah Pope instead of taking responsibility and accountability as an elected public figure. Exactly what I have always done whenever I get caught in shameful acts. Sue me if you can. = )
Dear Sara Pope,
You are very disrepekfull to me my office and the peepol of the Phelipines I represented. I am a Senator. Yes a real one! Voted by the peepol! You cannot tell me I stoled your work! I happend to be a graduated student from one of da extensive skools here! I never copy! I want you to come visit me and I’ll show you my report cards! I am a Senator! My job as a senator includes counselting our beautiful women with the use of condoms, pills, viagra, and other afrodisiacs in case of emergency in the bedroom. You cannot chop me down Ms. Sara Pope. I am very honest person.
tito sotto lier THIEF RESIGN
Those belonging to the “majority” (those who can distinguish right from wrong and conversely) but who are also already tired of these very very long thread here (our apologies, Sarah), you may opt to just sign the ongoing petition at change.org.
For a read about this, ABS CBN news printed this: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/-depth/09/07/12/1m-signatures-sought-oust-sotto-senate
Let’s get the ONE MILLION signatures to unseat someone who doesn’t deserve to be in the honorable halls of the Philippine Senate!