Quote Originally Posted by IanB View Post
Thsi was nothing to do with political correctness. It would seem that some filipinos were offended by the sketch because they didn't realise that the joke is against the middle class families who mistreat maids (and who abuse poor loveable geordies).
yes i'm afraid you are correct. i landed myself in hot water with filipinos before now, cos they they get offended too easily if you say something fairly harmless, just a culture thing i guess, or simple misunderstanding of why it was said in the first place.

i got into trouble asking in a post, if a particular part of the philippines was safe to ride my bike alone without being kidnapped stabbed or robbed. i thought it was being sensible to ask about NPA activity or chance of nastyness happening. i got all kinds of upset reactions of how dare i suggest bad things would happen to me in that situation, and why do foreigners have the silly notion it is not safe in the philippines.