Hongkong Journalist insulted Filipinos
Madami na po ang nag comment sa sulat na ito:
http://hk-magazine.com/feature/war-home
Take time to comment too, let's condemn his statements
The War At Home
The War At Home
March 27th, 2009
The Russians sank a Hong Kong freighter last month, killing the seven Chinese seamen on board. We can live with that—Lenin and Stalin were once the ideological mentors of all Chinese people. The Japanese planted a flag on Diàoyú Island. That’s no big problem—we Hong Kong Chinese love Japanese cartoons, Hello Kitty, and shopping in Shinjuku, let alone our round-the-clock obsession with karaoke.
But hold on—even the Filipinos? Manila has just claimed sovereignty over the scattered rocks in the South China Sea called the Spratly Islands, complete with a blatant threat from its congress to send gunboats to the South China Sea to defend the islands from China if necessary. This is beyond reproach. The reason: there are more than 130,000 Filipina maids working as $3,580-a-month cheap labor in Hong Kong. As a nation of servants, you don’t flex your muscles at your master, from whom you earn most of your bread and butter.
As a patriotic Chinese man, the news has made my blood boil. I summoned Louisa, my domestic assistant who holds a degree in international politics from the University of Manila, hung a map on the wall, and gave her a harsh lecture. I sternly warned her that if she wants her wages increased next year, she had better tell every one of her compatriots in Statue Square on Sunday that the entirety of the Spratly Islands belongs to China.
Grimly, I told her that if war breaks out between the Philippines and China, I would have to end her employment and send her straight home, because I would not risk the crime of treason for sponsoring an enemy of the state by paying her to wash my toilet and clean my windows 16 hours a day. With that money, she would pay taxes to her government, and they would fund a navy to invade our motherland and deeply hurt my feelings.
Oh yes. The government of the Philippines would certainly be wrong if they think we Chinese are prepared to swallow their insult and sit back and lose a Falkland Islands War in the Far East. They may have Barack Obama and the hawkish American military behind them, but we have a hostage in each of our homes in the Mid-Levels or higher. Some of my friends told me they have already declared a state of emergency at home. Their maids have been made to shout “China, Madam/Sir” loudly whenever they hear the word “Spratly.” They say the indoctrination is working as wonderfully as when we used to shout, “Long live Chairman Mao!” at the sight of a portrait of our Great Leader during the Cultural Revolution. I’m not sure if that’s going a bit too far, at least for the time being.
Chip Tsao is a best-selling author and columnist. A former reporter for the BBC, his columns have also appeared in Apple Daily, Next Magazine and CUP Magazine, among others.
Clap.. clap.. clap.. rated_PG
Indeed.
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"Sorry, Becksy, we need less patriotism, not more
The distinguished author, footballer, philosopher and expert on hair, David Beckham, said recently that he would like to see a touch of American-style patriotism here in Britain.
Speaking from his sumptuous villa in Madrid, Mr Beckham argued that patriotism should not simply be restricted to the football terraces and that life in the green and pleasant land he recently left should be a neverending last night of the Proms. (Actually, I’m paraphrasing, but this was the thrust of his gist.)
Well, I had a day trip to America last week, to Detroit, one of my favourite cities precisely because the patriotism there is laced with such honesty. “Detroit,” proclaim the T-shirts, “where the weak are killed and eaten.” And “Come back soon,” shout the locals, pointing at their guns. “Sorry we missed you.”
Of course, once you get past Eight Mile Road, far from the bruised, battered and burnt-out city centre, you find yourself in middle America where stars-and-stripes flags flutter above every third home and on every fifth car aerial.
Bearing Mr Beckham’s vision in mind, I examined the people who choose to fly the flag. They were all pretty much the same: over 50, trousers with elasticated waistbands, eyes too close together and a pencil thin line twixt eyebrow and hair line. Stupid, in a word. Perhaps that’s why their flag-flying appeals so much to Señor Beckham.
You see signs over there, often, urging passers-by to “Support our troops and President Bush”. I found myself thinking: that simply wouldn’t work in Britain. Can you imagine yourself, or anyone you know, or anyone you’ve stood next to in a lift, walking to the bottom of the garden and hammering a placard into the ground which said, “Support our troops and Tony Blair”? For a kick-off, the two sentiments are mutually exclusive. And why would you fly a Union Jack from a pole in your garden; what are you trying to say — that you’re British? Well, since your garden is in Britain that’s patently obvious.
Perhaps you’re saying that you’re proud to be British? But what does this mean exactly; what are you proud of? Our provincial town centres with their Styrofoam carpets or those pastry-faced people who work in petrol stations; our National Health Service, our trains, our cricket team, our roads, our government, our wobbly bridges, our Millennium Dome, Rover, our Hutton inquiry, the British Library, British Airways, Britart, our education system, Will Young — what?
Had we been around between 1850 and 1875, when Britain was the workshop and the engine of the world, then maybe you could wake up every morning and bask in the hope and the glory and the pomp and the circumstance. Maybe then you could have put a sign in your garden saying, “Support our troops and Lord Palmerston”.
But now? All we have is our world-renowned sense of humour and I’m sorry, good though it is, I’m not going to spend £500 on a flagpole to celebrate Richard Curtis’s dab hand with a metaphor.
Sure, I feel all warm and fuzzy when an American says he has been to London England and that he liked it very much. And I go all cold and prickly when a German says he doesn’t like our taps.
But I am aware that this one-cal patriotism is still tribalism, and tribalism is fine if you’re an elephant, but troubling if you’re an Israeli fighter pilot or a Palestinian with six sticks of dynamite and some wire.
When you see Donald Rumsfeld sporting a stars-and-stripes lapel badge, what he is saying is that his tribe is better than anyone else’s: stronger, more right, richer. And all the people listening with their flags in the garden, and their propensity to stand and sob whenever the national anthem is played, are blinded by it, blinded to their faults and their shortcomings.
Contrary to what Beckham thinks, patriotism is fine in the football stadium, but when it spills outside it’s the eighth deadly sin — as bad as greed and a damn sight worse than envy. Rid the human race of patriotism and the war on terror would be won at a stroke.
You wouldn’t have George Bush praying to his God for guidance and Osama Bin Laden praying to his for vengeance. You wouldn’t have Eta or the IRA or the Tamil Tigers either. And you’d never have another Australian telling you how useless you are at cricket and how they have a nice climate and great steaks.
I like being British. I like our tolerance. I like our history. I like our weather. I like our countryside and I really do think we’re funny. Mostly, though, I like it here because I’m surrounded by my friends.
But I know that if I’d been born and brought up in France or Italy or Guatemala, I’d like it there instead.
I wish the world would realise it. I wish we could all come together in peace and harmony, the British, the Germans, the Saudis, the Iranians, the Americans, the Canadians, people from French Polynesia and Lapland and the plains of central Asia, South Americans, eastern Europeans. I’d like to see us all forming a new world order. And leaving the Greeks out of it, just for fun."
"Deaths in the Bible. God - 2,270,365
not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the
many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers
were given. Satan - 10."
i remember grey's anatomy had an episode degrading a filipino nurse and a show on abc which a filipino maid dancing in front of his boss. After a few days they were on air giving apologies and statements of blah blah...
"a step towards the right path is two steps away from evil"
being a columnist or journalist has a freedom to speak their own thoughts. But this is ridiculuos. Spratly island is still considered as a territory of the phils. What the hell CHINESE PEOPLE! CHINA IS THE NO.1 IN COUNTERFEIT INDUSTRIES/PRODUCTS. CHINA PRODUCED MILK WITH MELAMINE THAT KILLS MANY BABIES. No wonder last year mother nature kills a lot of ppol in china with flood and earthquake. Tsao as a chinese, a columnist, represents his race with this kind of pathethic statement also you penny pitstop your posts and replies against filipinos is stupid. your like mr. tsao. You only degrading your own races for being a racist. It only shows that you are intellectually and morally challenge because you knew that filipinos are better than you.
"a step towards the right path is two steps away from evil"
I did!!! (Kaya di ko na pinapatulan) :)
Hahahahahah!!!!
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"Maniwala na lang tayo sa Goodness :)"
Try to read all pennypit's comments..not just on this post but every post where she can bash Filipinos.
I don't know what made her hate Filipinos that much...
As if she has a personal vendetta against Filipinos..
"Jack Frost VS Jack Cool"
i heared this issue in news last day.. as a filipino i got hurt, i cant imagine this HK reporter can wrote such an insulting issue to the filipino. filipinos are leaving thier country to work abroad to give thier family and even our gorvenment a good future, but instead of apreciation, this HK reporter insulted us. hey mr. tsao you think by doing that you can earn respect? u sucks! dont even dare to come here in our country im sure u will regret it. If im just a powerful president of a rich country i will surely drop an atomic bomb to HK to kill u and all ur race.,
if we are a nation of servants, then HK is a nation of poison maker!
It think it is better to be tagged as a "nation of servant" than to be tagged as "nation of Murderer".
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Filipinos are more nationalistic and Patriotic to its country.
If you are happy and taking all the insult and degrading to your own country, well.. good for you... you are fully secured ... but not for us, sorry! :)
"Happy to take money and open yourself up to abuse",
We take money and we work hard for it as reciprocal to the payment eventhough it is not suitable to our own skills and degree BUT take note of this, "We are not happy because we know that we are so much of that we can offer and we are also not happy taking the abuse or slavery with it"
Hahaha!
Taking money for a job who is not suitable for your degree does not mean you are open to be abuse!!! theres a big difference on that! C'mon you got to be kidding me!!! does anyone you knew that after he/she takes the money is open to be abused ? Yehey!!! im being abused and slave now... HAHAHAHHA!!! Think of it!
Just an unsolicited thought... :)
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"Maniwala na lang tayo sa Goodness :)"
you are quick to see an insult. Which means you are insecure.
Admit it, even with a 'degree' you are happy with jobs that are 'below' you. So it means you are happy to take the money and open yourself up to abuse. Don't shout slavery and abuse if you took the job knowing your qualifications meant nothing over here.
My thoughts are my own, but I doubt my Mum would agree with some of them.
well, i really don't expect anything of good quality that is MADE FROM CHINA. this author simply reinforces my belief. i rest my case.
mo lang!
i'd rather be a DH (Domestic Helper) than a PROSTITUTE or a stupid WRITER/AUTHOR...
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i'd rather be a DH (Domestic Helper) than a PROSTITUTE or a stupid WRITER/AUTHOR...
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K guys, time to move on...
so much have been said and nothing was resolved instead more issues have been raised..
chill...
"Jack Frost VS Jack Cool"
Theirs no problem cleaning your toilet 16 hour a day rather than Sucking Britons **ck of this HK chinese national to make their economy good.
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Life is short, so try to make it long!
The Philippine government should do something worthy not just endless talks leading to nowhere. Leaders should have the will to uplift the lives of the people, if your country is rich, insults like these would not have taken place. Condemn Tsip Tsao for his arrogant words for the Filipino people!
Well, people have given the journalist more publicity than he could ever have hoped for. Anyways, jingoism seems to be the order of the day. Different days, different countries.
what the f*ck are you on about? You make no sense at all.
My thoughts are my own, but I doubt my Mum would agree with some of them.
a nation of servants???
Yes we are. and proud to be. To earn a decent living by doing sel-earned and honest work. We are really a nation of servant to the world.
rather than you mr. whatsoever, check your history.
and beware too, that maybe someday, that the coffee you are drinking is stained by a poison to silence your too irresponsible behaviour.
"Adda ti adal na, ngem awan ti sursuro na."
SA has had silly things written about them. No country is exempt.
My thoughts are my own, but I doubt my Mum would agree with some of them.
Maybe, but not quite sure about KSA?
"Correct a st*pid man, he will insult you;
Correct a wise man, he will love you"
have silly things written about them.
My thoughts are my own, but I doubt my Mum would agree with some of them.
I dont understand why our Government have to react with such articles? Obviously, its a total nonsense, eh!
We have alot of problems and conflicts that needs more attention at the moment than a silly articles from a silly author. Duh!
Yes it is a joke. But a very bad joke. He just didn't know that most of the Filipinos are also patriotic to their country just as he is to China. And an insult could make them react. Just try his jokes here or any any GCC country and let's see what will happen to him next? He he he...
He was reacting to Filipinos taking over some Islands that belong to China but in fact it is China that is taking over those islands. Filipino fishermen were already fishing on that group of islands long way back before China found out that there are large amount of natural gas deposits on that area. Also, it is China that is sending warships there to guard the islands they claim to be theirs. So, some of the facts he used are hypothetical.
Just to correct Kathrina, there are oil deposits in the Philippines like the Galoc Oil Field near Palawan. Gold deposits are in Benguet and the rest of the mountain province. (Peace sistah!)
Penny was right. He was taking p*ss and the result was???
(Peace bruthah)
"Correct a st*pid man, he will insult you;
Correct a wise man, he will love you"
Let us make peace not war people. It's already given that the guy is st*pid enough to make this article.
It makes me wonder how he would react if I will make a column saying that Chinese and HK Nationals are the "drug traffickers and owners of illegal drug laboratories" in the south-east asia region? And say that this colum is just simply satirical. He he he...
In a way, freedom of speech or press freedom was abused here. Other people may never understand the Filipinos reacting for they don't have relatives nor friends that are working in HK and it's not their nation or race that was discriminated on that article so we may just respect their points of view.
A joke is supposed to be funny, but if it's hurting other's feelings, then it is a different story. The article was not well thought and anticipated. Just my opinion...
So people, we don't need to argue on a st*pid article that was made by a st*pid writer... Maybe, he's just losing his fame and wants to have it back so bad.
"Correct a st*pid man, he will insult you;
Correct a wise man, he will love you"
.. yeah you're right in there, your opinion are of your own and mine shall be kept as mine as well.
I googled 'Filipino newspapers and satire'. After page 1, which is mainly about the main thread/article, I found quite a few articles that were quite funny and full of satire.
The above quote was part of an article I read from a Filipino journalist defending Filipinos and how if you are insulted you 'pull together', which is great.
The reason I posted the quote, is this, you are offended by what said in the article by the Chinese man and yet you seem to think using the term 'black' is better than 'negro'. A lot of 'black' people could be offended by that term.
Where I am going with this? All journalists can be insulting. Oh by the way, found a post that also says the Chinese man was actually being sarcastic about 'dubious HK employers' so he was actually poking fun at his own people.
It's all on google. Go search.
My thoughts are my own, but I doubt my Mum would agree with some of them.
it would be greatly appreciated if you can also post the content of that article "Black in White House"
yes there may appear an insult if basing alone from the headline but does the headline alone represent the true meaning of the articles context?
i will give it the benefit of the doubt until i get to read what the title represent.
as per the threads subject, his articles content had threaded in much details that had brought up emotions as what it is now.
where are we going from here?
The problem with some writers is that they know full well what is offensive but they nevertheless test the waters. Journalism also entails responsibility. When U.S. President Barack Obama was elected, a Filipino-owned newspaper headline read: “Black in White House,” and not “Negro in White House.” In our modern times, not only Filipinos, but everyone knows how deeply it hurts for blacks to be described as Negroes.
^^^ actually he is not Black he is mixed race. Black is an offensive word in the West.
My thoughts are my own, but I doubt my Mum would agree with some of them.
But hold on—even the Filipinos? Manila has just claimed sovereignty over the scattered rocks in the South China Sea called the Spratly Islands, complete with a blatant threat from its congress to send gunboats to the South China Sea to defend the islands from China if necessary. This is beyond reproach. The reason: there are more than 130,000 Filipina maids working as $3,580-a-month cheap labor in Hong Kong. As a nation of servants, you don’t flex your muscles at your master, from whom you earn most of your bread and butter.
^^^^^^ He was reacting to Fillipinos taking over some Islands that belong to China.
He was taking the p*ss. It was a joke. He was being sarcastic. Can any of you tell me here that Fillipino paper do not have satire or poke fun at other people. I think they do.
My thoughts are my own, but I doubt my Mum would agree with some of them.
Ok then, I will make a satire and Daiwai or the Chinese will be my subject...
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If to mankind I'm a disgrace
I will long for a place
Which is beyond the sky's face
Even if it means my grave
"simple yet complicated"
"makamal a anak"
FYI, We definitely know "SATIRE" means, thats why you got a lot of reaction coming from us... defining the column as a satire one and laugh about it is an added insult...
Freedom of expression and freedom of the press yes indeed we honor that BUT There is also a term of being a "RESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST" and "MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS"! Right?
we take all the opinios but have you analyst if that is real opinion or another mockering type?
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we don't have much money,no golds nor oils, live in a third world country but we have bountiful good manners and right conduct!
I am still proud to be a FILIPINO!!!
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candy-coating a bitter pill? Chip Tsao made a grievous mistake. Satire is not a license to insult a whole race! He crossed the line. Fyi, here's a part of wikipedia's definition of satire, "Although satire is usually meant to be funny, the purpose of satire is not primarily humour in itself so much as an attack on something of which the author strongly disapproves, using the weapon of wit". Don't insult our intelligence. We can distinguish a joke, but Chip Tsao's dig was malicious, that's why there's a 'mountain' of reaction from filipinos. Lastly, don't lecture us about freedom, it has absolutely nothing to do with freedom of expression or being selective. We are one of the freest country in Asia. Freedom- maybe you wouldn't know it if it stares you in the face, but that, is another issue...
daiwai, i had checked my facts. hongkong is now part of china (albeit given a special status) so i said it in general terms. now go, check your facts instead...
mo lang!
Dear all,
Including Hu Wan, It is not my intention to insuult anyone. I have worked all over the PI btw, and know the Pinoys normally have a very good soh, but really this has been a mountain out of a mole hill! I am trying to stimulate peeps to look a themselves aliitle...It is humour and not every one likes it but if you want any kind of freedom you cannot be sleective - you have to accept anyone's right to express themselves (no violence though). Hu Wan - 您是否同意？
If you're living life on the edge, you've got too much room.
不请欺辱任何人这里。 请比它聪明谈论和不要使它坏。 坏语言或侮辱是武器微弱。
What is your problem Daiwai?
Do we really have to dig through all the bad things about chinese and filipinos?
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If to mankind I'm a disgrace
I will long for a place
Which is beyond the sky's face
Even if it means my grave
"simple yet complicated"
"makamal a anak"
ARE U NOW TRIGGERING ANOTHER SHOT? what is your point here anyway?
im a graduate... earned more than 21,000 pesos in manila.. try another research though... might yours is a myth.
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we don't have much money,no golds nor oils, live in a third world country but we have bountiful good manners and right conduct!
I am still proud to be a FILIPINO!!!
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Even a graduate cant earn that in Manila
If you're living life on the edge, you've got too much room.
..but I defend tio the death his right to say it.
Thats what its all bout not getting upset and throwing your tedy bear on the floow because someone called you names. Pathetic. Luckily most people are a bit more mature.
If you're living life on the edge, you've got too much room.
If it was even true, she would be fired on the spot anyway - but its a jike dumbo!
If you're living life on the edge, you've got too much room.
check your fact - thats China you are taling about, NOT Hong Kong.
If you're living life on the edge, you've got too much room.
wow! anyways, isn't this guy from the same country in which one government official threatened to bombed us out in 15 mins. because of the spratlys? seriously, don't they have better things to do (like checking their milk, inspecting their (malfunctioning)toys and inculcating "don't spit" policy on their citizens) than insulting the sentiments of their poor neighbors? phewww...
mo lang!
You know what, Alexa? Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China where freedom of the press is somewhat guaranteed. I think many people just simply assume that this magazine represents the government of the People's Republic of China and expect the government to take action or do more than what it is allowed to do against an individual or a local publishing house.
I remember one of the South East Asian countries also got into this situation with Australia when one of the Australian newspapers said something about the leader of that country.
Silly, but.... well, as someone once said: "Forgive them for they know NOT what they are doing".
Peace.
Oh... I forgot to mentioned point number 6:
Only Short guys may insult Tall guys
Remember, I love you all.
Lapse in judgement for printing out such an insulting article? That's not acceptable. GMA should have not accepted the apology in such a hasty manner. The viewpoint is simply an act of rudeness. Parang pinabili lang sya ng suka sa tindahan ni aling Nena, journalist na!
yes! this news was blasted the entire media that day...
and when President Arroyo heard this she said, “Apology axshepted. After all, the releasssh of the article could only be a lapssh in judgment .... no?”
Mr. Chip mocked the Filipinos. Whatever you call that, still, Mr. Cheap insulted us! and that is not acceptable!
I am still proud to be a Pinoy! Letse sya ha
So to you Mr. Chip Tsao a.k.a. To Kit: “Leche ka! Hindi mo kami nakikilala? Punyeta ka! Hindi kami si Boyet Fajardo! Kami ay mga Pilipino! A tapang na tao and we want you fired!” ang CHIP CHIP MO! ...wink...:D
Here's the latest scenario in Chip Tsao's household...
After that cheap satire written by Chip Tsao, he has now been eating Cheap Chow (meal) –instant noodles.
Since he threatened his Filipina domestic helper of being sent home in case the war between China and Philippines erupt because of the Spratly issue, Louisa could not wait for the war. She declared her war at Home in Chip Tsao residence.
Obedient as she is, she does not flex her muscles. No movements.
1. No cooking.
2. No cleaning of toilet
3. No ironing
4. No babysitting
until he meets her demand…minimum wage, lesser working hours and no mention of Spratly.
The hostage taker became a hostage, he could not get out of the house, No clean working clothes. No bread and butter. The Filipina would not go to the store.
He could not eat in his favorite restaurant. The chef is a Filipino. The waiters are Filipinos.
O did I mention that he disposed all the rat’s poison mouse. When you write cheap satire, it gives you paranoia! Now the cockroaches have taken over his entire household too. LOL!
The rule of thumb is to NEVER insult anyone but if you must really really really insult anyone at all, make sure you observe the following... let's call it Rule of Toe:
1. Only women may insult men. (Gentlemen will not insult ladies, right? Right?)
2. Only the Uglies may insult the Beauties
3. Only the poors may insult the Riches.
4. Only the Fatties may insult the Skinnies (not too sure about this though)
5. Only the Darks may insult the Lights
Ignore these rules at your own perils.
I love you all. Peace, brothers & sisters, peace.
Harry that is Hong Kong dollars equivalent approx. 21,000 pesos
Harry,
That amount is in Hong Kong dollars!
I really thought I have posted it in Filipino Forum as I said earlier. Not my intention. Sorry for that.
Apology accepted candidcam...
He gambled now he lost...that's writing.
enough of being understanding...
He is a piece of garbage..
And Whites Please don't lecture us about satire..
You are lucky to have been born in developed countries
you don't have to prove anything..just show your passports.
But for us living in a third world country
who are striving to make our mark...
That is a joke you whites maybe can laugh at...but for us that is an insult...
making a form of writing as a weapon in launching racist remarks... just like saying I want peace with a gun in my backpack.
The problem with Greg again is he posted it again on the main forum...
But to those who understand our sentiments, thank you.
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If to mankind I'm a disgrace
I will long for a place
Which is beyond the sky's face
Even if it means my grave
"simple yet complicated"
"makamal a anak"
How many Filipina maids earn "$3,580-a-month" ?
Candid,
No entire nationality is accountable for an individual's actions!
No entire nationality should see them or give any credit or value to what one individual's imagination decides to put on paper.
You are only accountable for what you do. Unless you are the person who wrote the article, you don't need to apologize at all.
We are (in Hong Kong) in a (sort of) free world, where imagination is commonly expressed in public. It's up to each one to recognize value or just ignore it if seen as rubbish!
Good for you britexpat but I can assure you that my apology is sincere and comes from the bottom of my heart. It's entirely free with no string attached what-so-ever.
Now I believe what my grandkid used to tell me that most of us are full of pent-up angst and psychosis brewing inside us just waiting to explode at any moment. One stupid journalist in Hong Kong wrote a stupid satire, and the entire chinese communities have to take the wrath.
As someone of a chinese descent, I think I would have to write a protest note to the chinese embassy to have this journalist extradited to Manila and have him stoned to death by public at Manila Makati district. I think that should calm the nerve down of everyone here. YeS?
Yesterday, one of the China Dolls at teh Ramada also told me that she wants to apologize... But for a price..
... oh... one more thing. I am a chinese but I don't poison babies and I am not a male prostitute, so don't bash me please. Let there be peace.
On behalf of all my 1.2 billion chinese comrades, please allow me to apologize to my Pinoy compatriots for the foolish action of this one Hongkong journalist. May he be fired from his job and suffer the eternal damnation. I love you all, my Pinoy comrades.
daiwai,
Just to clarify, I didn't say that HK Magazine is a weekly satirical magazine, what I said was:
"HK Magazine is a free weekly paper that publishes satirical articles"
My intentions were to inform QL, the writing style often seen in the concerned paper. So they could put the article in its context and understand that this type of satire is often published in this paper targeting different groups of people and even individuals.
PS. I am also a permanent HK resident - a gweilo.
Obviously this kind of humor is not common in this part of the world. For this specific article, I do agree that he passed the limits and was clearly offensive!
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=281711&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25
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http://www.gmanews.tv/story/154859/Filipinos-urged-to-boycott-Hong-Kong-over-columnists-racist-remark
http://www.pep.ph/news/21348/Filipinos-outraged-by-Hong-Kong-columnist-tagging-the-Philippines-a-nation-of-servants
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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090331-197094/Racial-slur-Senator-eyes-diplomatic-protest
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/topstories/topstories/view/20090330-197054/HK-magazine-regrets-columnists-racial-slur
Oh I thought it was posted on Filipino Forum, my mistake.
with due respect sir, joke, humor, satire or whatever... still he offended his target!
try to be in our shoes!!! but since they have given their apologise, we will take it and forgive this crap but will never forget it... :)
advice to him, try to be a comediene writer to those who laugh on his satirical way.
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we don't have much money,no golds nor oils, live in a third world country but we have bountiful good manners and right conduct!
I am still proud to be a FILIPINO!!!
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...finally someone with a bit of common sense...trouble with common sense though, is that its just not that common!!!
If you're living life on the edge, you've got too much room.
This article is most DEFINITELY not intended to be serious.. it's a deliberate piece of satire - the humourous tone is very discreet, but it's definitely not serious!
Hostages in our homes in the Mid-Levels and above! ha!
Very witty.
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"let's slip out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini" Mae West
...now you have really lowered yourself to gutter level.
There are 1.25 billion people in China and about 20 were involved in the baby milk scam. Of course let us not forget about the blood thirsty Aby Sayef...
If you're living life on the edge, you've got too much room.
AC?
If you're living life on the edge, you've got too much room.
Satire? yah right... a good journalist then,making a humor or a joke on this obviously insult to the country!! ok, given the fact that most filipinos work as domestic helper abroad even they are degree holder because our good government can not uphold economic stability on our country but is in it enough to offend the whole country just bçoz of "spratly issues between china" or because they are insecured and frustrated one?
We,filipinos abroad instead of pointing fingers to the govrn't,we choose to leave our mother land in order for us give a decent and quality life to our family eventhough becoming a 'domestic helper" (still decent one than writing a crap column and insulting whole nation).
we don't have much money,no golds nor oils, live in a third world country but we have bountiful good manners and right conduct!
I am still proud to be a FILIPINO!!!
at your service sir!
"People Think of changing the world but no one think of changing himself first" ....
...bang on.
I am a HK rsident now in Doha and a westerner toboot! In fact I was back there two weeks ago. In HK westerners are referred to a "gweilo"s or white ghosts but you don't see anyone getting upset about it - live and let live!
First of all, HK Magazine is not a weekly satirical magazine, but something more along the lines of "Time Out". Most of the articles are tongue-in-cheek but based on fact. I can virtually guarantee that everyone in HK reading that piece will take in the spirit in which it was intended - a bit of fun. Most "honkies" don't even see themselvs as Chinese, but "Hong Kong-ese" so he was really having a dig at China too. At least you can do that in HK without people geting angry about cartoons and so on.
Most humour makes fun of some group or another and the mature way to handle it is to recognise it as such and enjoy laughing at yourself.
I sincere;y doubt whether this will be raised at diplomatic level as this suffis the staple of HK magazine and the very reason it is so popular. Didn't Redford White ever mock anyone?
you're living life on the edge, you've got too much room.
The man is trying to write satire, guys. Bad humor, true, but it was an attempt at humor. So he went over the line and it wasn't funny and it got taken off the press. Good for his editor. Please don't take it seriously enough to launch WW III over one guy's lousy attempt at a joke.
Mandi
The commentary of the chinese writer to our fellow kababayan in HK is a blatant insult to the Republic of the Philippines.How dare this chinese people claims that they are superior ones.The Philippine consulate in HK shall protest and demand the HK government to have public apology.
if not why then are Filipinos recognized as good employees? and please don't bother to answer that cause i think you are just trying to make a point and you already did... your point was taken and there is no point of you pointing out other peoples opinions on a thread thats supposed to be posted with topics originally related to the posted topic... your lucky this hong kong guy did not insult and threaten your country men if so you might be as mad as any Filipino guys out there and i would have been on your side... again, i respect your opinions so respect mine... and to all Filipinos out there... "papayag ba kayong sabihin nito na mali ang sinabi ni BAMBOO sa NOYPI???"
Tingnan mo ang iyong palad
Kalyado mong gabay sa hirap ng buhay
Ang dami mong problema
Nakuha mo pang ngumiti
Noypi ka nga astig
Saan ka man naroroon
Huwag kang matatakot
Sa Baril o Patalim
Sa bakas na madilim...
Chorus:
Hoy, pinoy ako!
Buo aking loob, may agimat ang dugo ko
Hoy, oh pinoy ako!
May agimat ang dugo ko...
Sinisid ko ang dagat
Nilibot ko ang mundo
Nasa puso ko pala hinahanap kong gulo
Ilang beses na akong muntikang mamatay
Oh, alam ko ang sikreto kaya't andito pa't buhay.
Oh sabi nila may anting anting ako pero di nila
Alam na Diyos ang dahilan ko...
Hoy, pinoy ako!
Buo aking loob, may agimat ang dugo...
Hoy, oh pinoy ako!
May agimat ang dugo ko...
Ohh... ooohh...
Dinig mo ba ang bulong ng lahi mo?
Isigaw mo kapatid, ang himig natin...
Hoy, pinoy ako!
Buo aking Loob, may agimat ang dugo ko!
Hoy, oh pinoy ako!
May agimat ang dugo ko
Ohh... ooohh...
Jerome:Skills and work ethics are not really a domain of any nationality/ethnicity. They are rather an individual trait.
jerome: The scenario of the world economny being sunk by ANY expat community leaving their jobs is just wishful thinking and as fanciful as imagining an alien take over. In fact if all the expats go back home, the first economy thats gonna sink is your own.
Do remember that you are not doing anyone in Saudi a favor by working there. Quite a few of asian expats wouldnt hav gone anywhere near the place if they could make a decent living where they hail from.
As for the author of this article, he should understand that what might be tongue-in-cheek humor for him, could quite possibly be offensive to others.
i never said the kingdom was saudi... hihihi... anyways... i know it's a bit wishful thinking but it will cause economic downtime if so and it's not from me it was from an article i read before... anyways, i dis not say i was doing anyone or anybody a favor by working where i am... the benefits i meant was the skills and the work ethics we Filipinos have. i respect you taking time to comment on my opinion and i respect what you say. thanks for the input...
There's no indignity in being a servant, better than
being a thief or a stupid critics that can hurt a thousand of feelings.
Doing an honest work is not shameful at all.
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some people don't get satire lol
My thoughts are my own, but I doubt my Mum would agree with some of them.
HK Magazine is a free weekly paper that publishes satirical articles that can target any group of people, organizations and governments including the local and China government.
The published articles are meant to criticize current issues with a humoristic touch.
This one, the author lost track of things and is abusive. Certainly they will issue an apology!
You know, I think this guy may have written this with his tongue very firmly in his cheek:
"there are more than 130,000 Filipina maids working as $3,580-a-month cheap labor in Hong Kong."
"paying her to wash my toilet and clean my windows 16 hours a day. With that money, she would pay taxes to her government, and they would fund a navy to invade our motherland and deeply hurt my feelings."
I'm sorry but if you take that too seriously you've been here too long.
i am hurt but can you post this in the filipino forum section?
Statement of Philippine Deputy Consul General Kira Danganan (Hong Kong) on the column, “The War At Home,” by Mr. Chip Tsao published in the March 27, 2009 issue of HK Magazine
March 30, 2009 by DFA-PISU
PR-138-09, Mr. Tsao’s commentaries have outraged Filipinos in Hong Kong and all over the world.
It is unfortunate that such an article could be published in a city that prides itself as a progressive society, that has achieved milestones in multicultural harmony, and whose very character is defined by the presence of people from all corners of the globe.
The image of racism that Mr. Tsao portrayed in his column has demeaned the members of his own household and the more than 127,000 Filipinos working in Hong Kong as household service workers.
Their contributions to Hong Kong’s achievements are undeniable. Their work is a noble and dignified one.
While Mr. Tsao may have intended his column to be a piece of satire, he has miserably miscalculated in this endeavour.
Mr. Tsao and Asia City Publishing owe the Filipino community in Hong Kong a formal apology for the grave disrespect they have shown.
Fortunately, their views are not shared by the larger society in Hong Kong.
Despite this unfortunate incident, the long-standing friendship and mutual respect being enjoyed by the Filipino community and the Hong Kong society will remain.
Hong Kong SAR, 30 March 2009
"katas ng qatar"
All Pilipinos in HK can be seen on Sunday around Central MTR station. I’ve even seen that famous actor turned Politician
my chinese friend in China Town Manila;-)
"katas ng qatar"
Guess what? The HK online have deleted this article. Even the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) already reacted and that the issue is under study of Malacanang. DFA already ordered the Philippine Consulate-general in Hong Kong to look unto this matter and do necessary action.
too many Filipinos work abroad, reaching millions now... and i know when i say we can sink the world economy if we all choose to go back home all at the same time... economic downtime... we have people on all sectors from household to professionals... one article i read before says that the kingdom will crash if in any case all Filipinos decide to go home... well, we will not do that because we respect our employers and it is a primary source of income, but be warned, mess with the Filipino pride and you risk what benefit you have from Filipinos... this Hong Kong guy does not have any respect, imagine yourself cleaning your own toilet, i know you can hire someone else to do it, but it is still unethical for such comments. you have hostages in every home? well guess what... we have china towns in almost every corner... i bet you made their knees tremble in fear... come on now! you should be ashamed of your self... you being a journalist should by all means have respect to the people and be responsible with what you say... God help you...