Comments by "Angry Kittens" (@AngryKittens) on "Asian Boss"
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"And there are rumors..."
"Reports saying..."
Yeah. Western journalism has really gone down these days. It's not like those incidents are even hidden or written in a foreign language, they are all reported IN ENGLISH. Extensively in the local media. Down to the exact details. And yet when international media talk about the Philippines, they always say everything in vague terms like "Quarantine violators have been shot" without specifying who, where, when, why, and how. Not even how many.
Both people (yes, there are only 2, AFAIK) that have been shot were threatening the police - one tried to attack the police with a bolo knife when he wasn't allowed to pass a checkpoint, the other was a suicide-by-cop from a former soldier with PTSD (he served in the Battle of Marawi a few years back) who acted like he had a gun in his bag. They seem hellbent on portraying the Philippines in the worst light possible, which is ironic given that in terms of numbers, the Philippines is actually succeeding. With a death rate right now on par with Japan at around 900 deaths. A far cry from any of the western or Latin American countries. And unlike China, we can't fake the numbers.
Not saying the cops and officials aren't corrupt. There are extreme examples of corruption. From that general who held a birthday party in the middle of lockdown. To the cops who were fining residents for stepping one foot outside their house without a mask, to cops raiding private condos and pointing guns at families for people being out in the private gardens, to local officials siphoning funds from the aid meant for poorer citizens, to Duterte's minions trying to shut down a national TV broadcaster. But overall, we're NOT being gunned down for violating quarantine.
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@Qylk ISIS don't drink alcohol. Do they have less crimes?
Your religion was founded by violence. In terms of sheer destruction, you have destroyed much much more cultures in the past. The Persian Empire, the Byzantine Empire, Ancient Egypt, the formerly women-dominant Berbers of North Africa, Carthage, the Rajput kingdoms of Pakistan, the Gandhara Dynasty of Afghanistan, the various kingdoms in India that were conquered by the Mughals, all the lands that the Mongols invaded, and so on. You destroyed countless ancient temples and sacred sites and are still doing so today. You were enslaving people centuries before the colonial era. Go research the history of the Mardijker people.
In fact, the Majapahit Empire of Indonesia was destroyed by a civil war caused by the arrival of your religion. The Balinese people are the last surviving remnants of true Indonesian culture. Now you're complaining about Europeans when Indonesia invaded West Papua less than a few decades ago?
Find better excuses.
P.S. I just love how Youtube censored me three times before I could post this comment. It seems mentioning keywords related to your religion is also forbidden from being talked about openly.
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@sampahpribadi Because it is true. Asian cultures in general are patriarchal (though still less than the Middle East or most of Africa). The fact that you look down on women who marry foreigners, regardless of the reason, is itself already a reflection of that.
Having female political leaders is only part of the factors, HDI is irrelevant. The Gender Gap Index measures economic participation, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment, as a whole.
The Philippines is #16 currently, worldwide, from the Global Gender Gap Report for 2023. Higher than first world countries like the UK or the US. It's also 4th worldwide in terms of women in leadership roles (in both politics and the private sector).
The highest ranking it has received for the Gender Gap Index was #7, tied with New Zealand, around a few years ago.
The next closest SEA country is Singapore, at #49. Then Laos at #54, Vietnam #72, Thailand #74, Indonesia #87, Cambodia #92, Timor-Leste #95, Brunei #96, Malaysia #102, and Myanmar #123.
If you're wondering how East Asia ranks. They're even more patriarchal. Japan is #125, China #107, S. Korea #105.
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@Hans Schürle And who will apologize for the destruction of other Asian cities in the hands of the Japanese and Americans in WW2? Hiroshima and Nagasaki were horrible, as well as the firebombed Japanese cities. But they unfairly hog the spotlight for cities destroyed in WW2, despite being justified.
Hirsohima and Nagasaki were rebuilt by the Japanese and Americans. Cities like Manila, which was the second most devastated capital city in WW2 after Warsaw, never recovered, and never received enough reparations or attention. The cultural loss alone is incalculable, as the loss of Spanish-Filipino architecture spanned the entire Philippine islands. There was similar devastation of old cities like Cebu where the war usually ended up destroying colonial architecture because they tend to become centers of military activity. Schools, theatres, churches, convents, etc.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were mere destroyed cities. They destroyed our country's history and cultural pride.
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