On Erap

Its an unwritten rule to avoid political issues in social occasions. Well, that's very hard to do especially during the campaign season, ayt?

We were out having dinner the other night with some tsinoy clients when the topic of presidential candidate came up. We asked them who their bet was and they said Erap. You could expect the surprise on our faces. They followed with the explanation that during the time of Erap no one was hungry. Furthermore, they claimed that there were a lot of investors, mostly Chinese, in the Philippines during his presidency. A lot of Chinese were able to open up businesses. We had to change the topic to avoid an argument because if they went on further, we might have negate their justifications. They were our client, regardless of different views we cannot do anything that might piss them off.

I assume you see what's wrong with their rationalization right? Yes, a lot of Chinese were able to open businesses. On the other hand, a lot of Filipino became mere employer. The foreigners in this country became richer while the real owners became slaves for them. I don't know about you but that picture doesn't exactly illustrate what I have in mind for Filipinos. I don't want to be a second rate citizen in my own country. And need I remind everyone that he was accused of plunder and was ousted, Tsk!

The circus is in town again. I hope that this time we would take extra effort to evaluate every act, every face we see on the stage.