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I will not even attempt to say that the Philippines is not a "nation of servants" as Mr. Chip Tsao bluntly puts it. He wrote an article War at Home published by the Hong Kong magazine.
Tsao depicted the Philippines as a “nation of servants” not worthy of claiming the Spratlys from China, which employs hundreds of thousands of Filipino domestic helpers on very low wages. In the same article, Chip threatened to terminate the employment of his Filipino domestic help, Louisa to avoid committing an act of treason “by sponsoring an enemy of the State by paying her to wash my toilet and clean my windows.”
This is what our national leadership gets for exporting our people to work for other nations.
Sadly, the Philippines has yet to reach an economic maturity like that of Hong Kong to be taken seriously by people like Chip Tsao who look at themselves as "Masters."
If his article does not reek of racism, I don't know what to make out of it. I am not angry because he called our country as a "nation of servants" because it is the image projected of our nation since the '80s, when various countries around the world needed skilled, efficient and English-speaking workers.
Tsao was right, not only in Hong Kong that many Filipinos work as domestic helpers, laborers, nurse, attendants...name it. All over the globe, Filipino workers are scattered, doing the dirty jobs for foreigners.
What pisses me off is the way he presented his argument on the Spartly issue. I pity him because for a journalist and a writer, he lacks imagination and savvy.
He could have asserted China's ownership claim over Spratly by presenting facts and data why China should be declared as the rightful owner. But instead, he used the "master-slave/servant" plot to assert China's positioning on the issue.
This I can say. He is not only a racist but uneducated. He may not be well informed on the issue of Spratly and he is a bad debater. By the way, I can honestly say that he cannot carry an intellectual debate on serious political issues like Spratlys.
And before I forget, he should be thankful that Filipinos want to clean your toilets or else no one from Hong Kong might do it. And given that Hong Kong has enough maturity as a nation, it should have the sensitivity and humanitarian attitude to teach others and guide them, not to insult them should you feel superior. Even though, you may be superior economically but not intellectually and morally. The likes of Tsao lacks compassion and maturity to work well with other nations.
And by the way, lest I forget, is'nt it the British gave Hong Kong the heads up? Is'nt it that the Chinese have long been sleeping before their so-called economic maturity came? No one is above anyone. We will all die in the end. But if Tsao is immortal I will look at him as a "master"but not mine. Could be a master to the Chinese.
And my advice to Tsao, try to dig in Philippines pre-Spanish history, he would be very surprised to discover Chinese documents proving that the early inhabitants of Eastern Philippines were decendants of the emperor of South China. They used to call Luzon, one of Philippines largest islands, as Lusung Empire. We have artifact to prove this as well.
So come to think of it, Tsao could be actually discrediting and degrading his own kin....what an irony....isn't it?
I will be very glad to post your comments on this....
Tsao depicted the Philippines as a “nation of servants” not worthy of claiming the Spratlys from China, which employs hundreds of thousands of Filipino domestic helpers on very low wages. In the same article, Chip threatened to terminate the employment of his Filipino domestic help, Louisa to avoid committing an act of treason “by sponsoring an enemy of the State by paying her to wash my toilet and clean my windows.”
This is what our national leadership gets for exporting our people to work for other nations.
Sadly, the Philippines has yet to reach an economic maturity like that of Hong Kong to be taken seriously by people like Chip Tsao who look at themselves as "Masters."
If his article does not reek of racism, I don't know what to make out of it. I am not angry because he called our country as a "nation of servants" because it is the image projected of our nation since the '80s, when various countries around the world needed skilled, efficient and English-speaking workers.
Tsao was right, not only in Hong Kong that many Filipinos work as domestic helpers, laborers, nurse, attendants...name it. All over the globe, Filipino workers are scattered, doing the dirty jobs for foreigners.
What pisses me off is the way he presented his argument on the Spartly issue. I pity him because for a journalist and a writer, he lacks imagination and savvy.
He could have asserted China's ownership claim over Spratly by presenting facts and data why China should be declared as the rightful owner. But instead, he used the "master-slave/servant" plot to assert China's positioning on the issue.
This I can say. He is not only a racist but uneducated. He may not be well informed on the issue of Spratly and he is a bad debater. By the way, I can honestly say that he cannot carry an intellectual debate on serious political issues like Spratlys.
And before I forget, he should be thankful that Filipinos want to clean your toilets or else no one from Hong Kong might do it. And given that Hong Kong has enough maturity as a nation, it should have the sensitivity and humanitarian attitude to teach others and guide them, not to insult them should you feel superior. Even though, you may be superior economically but not intellectually and morally. The likes of Tsao lacks compassion and maturity to work well with other nations.
And by the way, lest I forget, is'nt it the British gave Hong Kong the heads up? Is'nt it that the Chinese have long been sleeping before their so-called economic maturity came? No one is above anyone. We will all die in the end. But if Tsao is immortal I will look at him as a "master"but not mine. Could be a master to the Chinese.
And my advice to Tsao, try to dig in Philippines pre-Spanish history, he would be very surprised to discover Chinese documents proving that the early inhabitants of Eastern Philippines were decendants of the emperor of South China. They used to call Luzon, one of Philippines largest islands, as Lusung Empire. We have artifact to prove this as well.
So come to think of it, Tsao could be actually discrediting and degrading his own kin....what an irony....isn't it?
I will be very glad to post your comments on this....
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