Backlash from the Philipines Bus Hijack
In brief, under tragic circumstances, 8 Hong Kong tourists were killed in the Philippines during a bus hijacking.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100823/wl_asia_afp/philippinescrimehijackhongkong
Criticisms of how the police handled the situation have been the main focus of how the situation got out of hand.
I’m not trying to justify the actions of the police who were clearly disorganized and under prepared but I feel that the backlash from a lot of people have been very negative towards Filipino’s. I feel that it’s borderline racist and unnecessary. Yes, people have the right to be angry, but they should be angry at the police. If they want something to be done, they shouldn’t be complaining behind a computer, they should be taking action by appealing to the government for training their policemen better.
Stop making the situation worse by scape goating people. Yes, it was tragic and possible lives could be saved, but complaining and being so negative won’t help the healing process of those who’ve lost their loved ones. It’ll only make them feel resentful, and that’s not a nice feeling to have on top of having someone close to you die.
What the fuck is this shit about people telling Hong Kong-er’s to stop hiring Filipino people because of this incident? It’s shameful that people have made it some racial issue. The Filipino police are not representative of the whole entire nation of the Philipines and just because some girls took some photo’s in the aftermath of the incident does not mean that everyone in the Philipines would do the same thing.
I feel just as embarrassed that people are reacting in such an unnecessary way just as how I’m sure people are disappointed that the police couldn’t have done more. Don’t forget that despite the poor planning of the police, the officers still risked their lives to save these tourists regardless of how fail it was.
Grow up and stop being so effing ignorant.
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