Quote Originally Posted by amyburple View Post
Yes let's NUKE them... Where can I get the NUKE boss. I will do it my SELF hayyyyyyyyy!
No I have never seen any of this, nor am I likely to visit Mindanao, but my wife has described in some detail what she went through. It is not necessary for me to witness this at first hand to understand it though. Actually you can see more of a wall when you stand back from it than when looking up close.
I also think your responses emphasise very well a significant difference between a Filipino and a British way of dealing with things. In my experience a Filipino does not think of tomorrow, but only of what is needed right now. If tomorrow is bad then that is just fate, you can do nothing about it so why worry or plan. We Brits do try to anticipate what lies ahead and therefore modify our actions today so that tomorrow will be better. Someone once explained to me that this cultural difference is rooted in the different climates of our homelands. In the tropics food can be grown and gathered all year, so why worry about storing anything. In the UK, and the rest of Europe, everyone had to rely on stored food in the winter time so we learned to plan ahead.