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10-12-2012 | 07:20 PM
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And that board is rather dubious in some of the "facts" that are presented.
As can any country. Try wandering into the wrong part of Detroit, Memphis, Miami, Tampa, New Orleans, (insert name of favorite city)etc, etc,etc....
Really? Care to share the links to these stories (other than a web board claim) ?
Religious civil war???? For the most part the Philippines are peaceful. If you are in the western part of Mindanao yes, it can be dangerous due to the Muslim population and Islamic extremist.
Been to Chicago lately?
Been to the USA lately??
OK, no problem there. I can counter with "several of my last experiences with the USA made me think it just isn't safe anymore."
This thread is a perfect example of why I try to avoid web forums anymore as they are filled with sciolist who put out vagaries and misleading information on subjects in which most of their information is derived from yet another forum where another sciolist has done the same thing because he read another forum.......you get the point.
Anyway, have fun folks, before this thread is over it will deteriorate into who knows what with the stories becoming more bizarre and inane.
As can any country. Try wandering into the wrong part of Detroit, Memphis, Miami, Tampa, New Orleans, (insert name of favorite city)etc, etc,etc....
Really? Care to share the links to these stories (other than a web board claim) ?
Religious civil war???? For the most part the Philippines are peaceful. If you are in the western part of Mindanao yes, it can be dangerous due to the Muslim population and Islamic extremist.
Been to Chicago lately?
Been to the USA lately??
OK, no problem there. I can counter with "several of my last experiences with the USA made me think it just isn't safe anymore."
This thread is a perfect example of why I try to avoid web forums anymore as they are filled with sciolist who put out vagaries and misleading information on subjects in which most of their information is derived from yet another forum where another sciolist has done the same thing because he read another forum.......you get the point.
Anyway, have fun folks, before this thread is over it will deteriorate into who knows what with the stories becoming more bizarre and inane.
I'm not an ultra conservative, but to compare the bad neighborhoods of Chicago (which are terribly dangerous) to an open civil war zone is a bit of a stretch. American cities can be dangerous, but so can any major city anywhere in the world. A good example is Brazil. A wonderful country with some of the nicest, friendliest people I have ever met. However, in Rio many middle class people I met thought that Rio was similarly safe to many American cities; this is simply not the case. Most of those people in Rio had at some point been robbed at gun point. How many people have you met in any American city that have been robbed at gun point? Very few. The reality is that while the USA certainly has its faults, the violence in its major cities has certainly been falsely represented. The prevailing anti-American sentiment throughout the world (while understandable) leads to many half truths that are often perceived as fact.
10-12-2012 | 08:54 PM
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Most of those people in Rio had at some point been robbed at gun point. How many people have you met in any American city that have been robbed at gun point? Very few. The reality is that while the USA certainly has its faults, the violence in its major cities has certainly been falsely represented. The prevailing anti-American sentiment throughout the world (while understandable) leads to many half truths that are often perceived as fact.
Yeah, I'm sure we have the largest inmate population of any western country and more people are murdered in the US than in both theaters of war combined because of a misrepresentation of the international media....
10-12-2012 | 09:54 PM
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Most of this is due to a drug war.
By the way, the area of Phil that is being targeted is Western portion of Mindanao. It has ALWAYS been culturally different. The Muslim population is not part of the broad jihadist movement but an unfortunate ongoing seperatist movement that may never completely unified with the rest of Philippines. Their best hope is a sustained period of peace without interference of foreign powers (like Spain, USA, Japan or China).
Beautiful island. Can't wait to go back. Hopefully Cebu will get their maintenance in order and train better.
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