Journalist riles Filipinos with 'nation of servants' slur

[khalil]

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what can u say about this article of chip tsao on HK magazine?...

In his article, Tsao protested the Philippine claim over the Spratlys, urging his compatriots not to bow to the Philippines because 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,” Tsao said in his article.



source: Slur vs Hong Kong Pinays sparks outrage | Home >> Pinoy Abroad >> Asia

[khalil]

discriminated jud ta bisan asa....

[bugzbunny]

hhhmmmnn... mura diay kunuhay ug si kinsa cya... pero unsaon man sad ning pinas oi.. wala man dyud tay ika buga... mao sayon sayonon ra ta ani...

[nItO/pIrEnA]

wa na tay mahimo ani...we're stuck with the worst leaders on this side of the planet (dont blame me for voting any of them in, i cant vote)

[bugzbunny]

wa na tay mahimo ani...we're stuck with the worst leaders on this side of the planet (dont blame me for voting any of them in, i cant vote)

hahaha...

but still in little ways.. kita man gihapon as filipino's ang naka ingon.. in simple cases lang..
- more people kay dili kabalo molabay sa basura...
- more people mangita dyud ug lusot sa balaod..
- ang balaod gihimo para ra sa mga TRAPO
- mangasawa ug tigulang nga kano... coz of money (unsa pa man diay)
- etc etc etc...

with the negative coment i have.. i still hope though this can change.

[pinKtOe]

very judgmental ....

[salbahis]

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.


Source: The War At Home: HK-magazine.com


WTF!!!!!!!!!, kamo nay bahala ug unsa inyo comment!!!! what and A$$$HOOOLLLLEEE

[lestat1116]

130,000 filipina spies/assassins lols. klaro ana we cant wage war against china. i.otot ra ta ana nila. no more computers no more maling. no more china made products. lols/

[kit_kat]

i don't like this.. ka-harsh pud niya oi!
apil-apil kaayo'g politics oi!-- mura bya siyag soldier sa china.. columnist ra xa intawn...
murag maka-tilaw pud siya sa Spratly dah!-- hahaha

[diatabz]

It's a joke, albeit done in poor taste.