here's something to distract you from the signature gathering and all the belly aching about the desperate housewives.
next to cindy, teri looked desperate****
barely two weeks after ABC issued an apology to the flips who went up in arms against that remark on philippine medical schools, some flips are at it again-- this time against the Show with John Stewart.
the show apparently labeled cory aquino a slut.
talk about some people having so much spare time to wage war against overseas networks-- or anyone with acerbic wit.
we're so quick to draw blood when a dictionary defines pinay as domestic helpers, or when a food company in spain calls its biscuits filipinos.
we love to sweat the small stuff.
back here, there are things worse than racial slur and yet, we don't seem to mind as much.
when our fellow pinoys cheat in the elections, we merely sigh.
when our taxes which should primarily finance basic social services such as education, housing and health--find their way to the pockets of our public officials, we just grin and bear it.
when journalists and other government dissenters disappear or are killed in broad daylight, we only shrug and thank whoever that we are not them.
when our kababayans demand kickbacks in exchange for project contracts which we have to pay, we back off.
i'm starting to wonder if we pinoys have the slightest clue of what pinoy dignity is all about.
please, don't even say it's manny pacquiao-- because if that's what pinoy pride and dignity is all about, then perhaps we have to watch out for more slurs.
the show apparently labeled cory aquino a slut.
talk about some people having so much spare time to wage war against overseas networks-- or anyone with acerbic wit.
we're so quick to draw blood when a dictionary defines pinay as domestic helpers, or when a food company in spain calls its biscuits filipinos.
we love to sweat the small stuff.
back here, there are things worse than racial slur and yet, we don't seem to mind as much.
when our fellow pinoys cheat in the elections, we merely sigh.
when our taxes which should primarily finance basic social services such as education, housing and health--find their way to the pockets of our public officials, we just grin and bear it.
when journalists and other government dissenters disappear or are killed in broad daylight, we only shrug and thank whoever that we are not them.
when our kababayans demand kickbacks in exchange for project contracts which we have to pay, we back off.
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i'm starting to wonder if we pinoys have the slightest clue of what pinoy dignity is all about.
please, don't even say it's manny pacquiao-- because if that's what pinoy pride and dignity is all about, then perhaps we have to watch out for more slurs.
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