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- humor is very subjective, BUT, there are actually ways to make humor unoffensive to everyone, including the subject that you're poking fun at.
- the importance of selecting your words carefully can never be stressed enough. Tact is a wonderful thing.
- there is such a thing as freedom of speech, but everyone has to remember that EVERY RIGHT COMES WITH A CORRESPONDING RESPONSIBILITY. Do not do something if you are not willing to take full accountability for it. (aka, kung hindi mo keri, wag mo gawin.)
- Blogs and magazines are both forms of media, but there is still a world of distinction between the two. They are not the same and should not be compared to eachother.
- OFWs are a rowdy bunch and are okay with being poked fun at... but they're highly sentimental and it just so happens that some jokes are just simply NOT FUNNY.
- even the most unpatriotic bum out there will rail against insults thrown at OFWs, because it's as close to insulting their own family as you'll ever get (both my parents, in my case), so tread carefully.
And lastly,
- no, I don't think that OFWs should be coddled, and neither should the improper behavior of some OFWs out there be tolerated. However, in general, being forced out of your own country to work for some foreigner, and not being able to see your kids and family for years at a time is already hard enough by itself.
Let's not make it any harder for them, because in the end, we're all just trying to survive, we're all just trying to make do with what we have, we're all just striving to make ourselves and our loved ones happy, and we're all just hoping for the best. And all that in this god-forsaken, trash-ridden, poverty-stricken country that we still love anyway. | |
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