Finally, the famous satire from the column Chip Tsao wrote against the Filipino people has come to conclusion with an apology from the writer. I am a Filipino, I can accept that, but the damage has been delivered.
Tsao reasoned that the English word commands varied interpretation depending from country you belong. He may be right in claiming that he did not intend to insult the Philippines as a nation, but there is no doubt that he captured the ire of many by beating the very deep emotions of the grieving families of abused OFWs everywhere, Hong Kong is one. He also admitted that he was a contributor of harm to his Filipina maid when he subjects her to work for 16 hours.
We can tolerate reports that Filipinos working abroad are abused. Many would complain to their families at home that they were tasked work like animals, treated like animals by their employers, and some would even come home dead animals, but nobody would do anything because these animals work for these abusive employers. The abuse can be tolerated because the value of their complaints do not commensurate the income we derived from the many who still either enjoys the accommodation of their employers or who are still capable of bearing more pain.
What we cannot tolerate is when the abuse itself is bragged about, and heard from the mouth of the horse himself. Worse is that he also talked about many Chinese who do the same abuses to their Filipino maids, nanny and many more. Yes, Tsao apologized as I have read from the news, but these Chinese who continues to inflict harm to their Filipino employees through abusive treatment cannot escape Tsao’s expose. Tsao just opened a can of worms in writing the war at home.
More over, Tsao was creative enough to hit the market right at the heart. He talked about a very sensitive international issue that could trigger a serious misunderstanding between two nations. He should have shut his mouth up since what he understands are also the things we understood. He knows no better the Spratly Islands than we do. The Chinese claim that history would tell that the Spratly Islands have already been discovered by ancient Chinese, and the Philippines claim that the Ancient Filipinos claimed ownership of the islands itself a long long time ago, but there is only one thing sure, the Spratly Islands falls within my house fence. It is like building a house and fenced it all over. You cover the lawn with grass to make it green, but you intend to keep the tree which has already been there because it adds beauty anyway to the entire property. The house and lot is well documented but the tree is not, nobody would dare claim a none productive tree anyway. You never knew that the tree bears golden apples every year after it has grown so big. What would one day surprise you more is when your neighbor who is about 200 meters (not even a neighbor) away claims that he planted that tree and he owns it? You have also learned that the old owner of the land which you now owned had trees in the past, which this tree is one of those. What will you do? Put a right of way in your fence so that your “neighbor” can have access to the tree anytime at will? Will you just accept the reality that your lawn is co owned by your neighbor who is 200 meters away? Do we know the answer? That is why we just leave that to the international authorities to settle.
There are better ways Tsao to sell your article.
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