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1. The EQualizer on April 2nd, 2009 at 12:41 am

   Angela:

   I admire Manolo for having the humility to apologize.

   EQ

2. angela on April 2nd, 2009 at 12:51 am

   me too, EQ ;) like the reyna says, it’s called class.

3. Pedestrian Observer GB on April 2nd, 2009 at 5:14 am

   I don’t think Manolo should have apologized….. look at what happened naunahan pa niya si Chip Tsao, lol.

4. angela on April 2nd, 2009 at 12:02 pm

   teka lang, pogb ;) manolo and chiptsao were apologizing for different things naman, ano?

5. Pedestrian Observer GB on April 2nd, 2009 at 12:23 pm

   ah ganoon ba yon, lol. Manolo could have gotten away with it if he said “some” rather than Pinoys which then falls into stereotypical generalization. So in effect it boils down to the same thing as in Chip Tsao labeling the Philippines through satire as a “nation of servants,” while Manolo has no excuse because it was not a satire. Ok, I guess he really has no choice but to beat Chip at apologizing for the slip, lol.

6. angela on April 2nd, 2009 at 12:37 pm

   haha, ok i get it ;) true, “some” would have made a difference, lol.

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8. GabbyD on April 4th, 2009 at 5:49 pm

   @angela

   i’m not sure why ’some’ would help here. after all, reading the statement, its not a stereotypical generalization of ALL pinoys. it reads:

   “All the crap bout that [HK] columnist comes from pinoys who wouldn’t know satire sarcasm or irony if it slapped them on the face.”

   so its not a statement re all pinoys. only a subset, specifically, those who don’t know/understand sarcasm or irony.

   the apology (if i undstand correctly), is coz the pinoys who spewed said crap possibly understood what sarcasm and irony — thats not the reason they complained. They complained coz it was bad form, satire of the worst, most lazy kind.

9. angela on April 4th, 2009 at 6:37 pm

   gabbyd ;) ummm oo nga, yours is one way of deconstructing the sentence, that “pinoys who wouldn’t know satire sarcasm or irony if it slapped them on the face” refers only to a subset of pinoys who don’t know/understand sarcasm or irony.

   pero ang dating sa akin from the first is that the clause describes pinoys in general. he was saying that pinoys in general don’t know/recognize satire sarcasm or irony, not even when it’s obvious. he was referring to public opinion that mostly found chip tsao’s piece offensive. and in his apology manolo refers to his “sweeping judgment about my countrymen.”

10. Pedestrian Observer GB on April 5th, 2009 at 1:03 am

    Kaya nga they are reacting to Manolo….. they don’t think they have no clue thus “some” people feel offended and thus believe it was a justifiable even “nationalistic” indignation yata yoon over Chip’s satire, lol. Basta…… basta we are declaring war and as we speak Gloria Arroyo has instructed the mobilization and invasion of Mainland China with an armada of Kumpit armed with Sumpit except for one teeny little bit of problem….. how to fit our troops in one humvee that we used in our withdrawal out of Iraq……

11. angela on April 5th, 2009 at 12:48 pm

    haha yes, pogb ;) we are so smalltime…

12. rocking with da reyna on April 12th, 2009 at 9:45 pm

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