What is up people's ass nowadays?
I know that the Hong Kong journalist's article calling the Philippines as a "country of slaves" was an insult. But this? Since when did Filipinos NOT recognize a joke?
We're the people who make fun of everything. When faced with an utterly corrupt President, we joke about him/her. Have you forgotten about the Eraption jokes? And the other more upto-date jokes that I would not mention for fear of getting murdered like our courageous journalists.
Side note: RP tops list of unsolved journalist murders among democraciesWhen faced with recession we joke about it with statement shirts bearing the text "Will dance for load".
So what's going on?
The Emmy-winning actor quipped that he was "thinking about getting a Filipino mail-order bride at this point ... or a Russian one."
The Russians didn't say anything about it. Why? BECAUSE IT WAS A JOKE. and it's a FUNNY one at that.
There ARE Filipino mail-order brides. And he didn't insult them when he joked about getting one. He didn't call them pigs, he didn't call them slaves, right? RIGHT?
I'm a Filipino. I wasn't insulted. WERE YOU?
[Sen. Ramon Revilla] called the actor "arrogant" and said he is apparently unaware that the Philippines has a law against mail-order brides.
That's not Baldwin's fault, is it? So there's a law about it. Who's implementing it? Just search on Google "filipino mail order bride" and you'd get tons of hits.
Like:
http://www.heartofasiaonline.com/onlinedatingpersonals/women/asianbrides.php
Just to prove a point.
"Let him try to come here in the Philippines and he'll see mayhem," Revilla said, using a local idiom that implies the speaker will personally administer a beating.OOOHHH so THAT's what they've been joking about. I couldn't quite figure out what the "mayhem" joke was all about, now I do. LOL
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I don't see a point either why Senator Revilla will react in a much rather publicized way and throw accusations at that. He thinks he's perfect without even knowing when to treat a statement as a joke or not. Does this mean he will forever ban Jarhead because Filipina mail-order-brides are mentioned there too? Does this mean he is all spotless and blameless for not saying anything that can be misconstrued?
I was almost about to throw up earlier when he said he had a perfect body on national TV. Well, duh!
it's called P.R. baby, P.R. he wants to be the known and famous again why? 2010 elections
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