Ya, it reminds me of the Baldwin debacle . . . Philippines has freedom of speech in their constitution. An american who also values constitutional freedom of speech makes a silly joke about filipinas, then they decide to ban him from the country!
Say what you want as long as you never ever say anything bad about the Philippines.
Another thing I love about the UK is that we are allowed to voice our thoughts and opinions, our thoughts and complaints. If we feel government is corrupt, eg. the expenses fiasco - we complain about it and it gets put on TV and frontpage news!
Another thing I love about the UK is freedom of information act. If you want to see how much money Gerry Adams, or Boris Johnston or any other politician claims, then you can access that easily as a member of the public. This is compared to countries who don't have this openness and transparency where they know their politicians are stinking rich, they don't know just how much!
Anyway, that's just a small contribution from me!
Before I go, i'd like to mention something else. A while ago a friend of mine wrote 2 articles on the internet for a magazine. One was "why I love the Philippines" and the other was something like "what's wrong with the Philippines" . . . well, the guy got harrassed and abused in the comments section because he was a hater of the Philippines yadda yadda yadda. No-one would be balanced and match the "good" article against the "bad article". Some peopel want to be victimised.
Anyhow.
Over and out for now, lets return this to a positive tone and not a slagging match .... it wasn't the intention.
Originally Posted by James Hubbard
Ya, it reminds me of the Baldwin debacle . . . Philippines has freedom of speech in their constitution. An american who also values constitutional freedom of speech makes a silly joke about filipinas, then they decide to ban him from the country!
