September 1 - 15, 2016
PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY
Clothes that make the man
Life etc.
by Jun Cordero
It’s
been
very
interesting in the office
watercooler
and
coffee
stations nowadays that my
non-Filipino
officemates
love to talk about
our new Philippine
leader,
President
Duterte,
specifically
his “questionable” acts
since coming to office.
From what I see these
people will believe only
on what they read in
the media or facebook.
A
n
d
interestingly, at some
point I find myself
defending our culture,
so much so rationalizing
Mr.
Duterte’s
socalled
questionable
acts. Take for example
the
seemingly
undiscriminatory
cleansing
of
drug
criminals. My response
usually is a reference to
countries like Singapore and
Malaysia where drug crimes
are severely punished with
immediate execution, and
the Philippines’ looks like
worse only because it’s being
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done on a grand scale.
The other favorite
topic was Mr. Duterte’s
recent SOB remarks, which
was grandly portrayed by the
media as being directed to
U.S. President Obama. To
is little difference between
Canadians or Americans
and Filipinos when it comes
to the F word - only it’s
the P word in our country,
and I personally believe
the P remark wasn’t really
often caught off-guard (like
overheard in microphones).
What Mr. Duterte needs is a
total makeover in prudency.
He is, what the dictionary
describes as, “uncouth”
(yeahcheck
it
out).
this I ask them what’s the
average number of times
in a day do they hear the F
word by people on the street,
which are not even directed
to us or to anybody. Sadly,
I had to admit that there
directed to Mr. Obama at all.
Agree, Mr. Duterte
has a foul mouth that
does not befit a president,
but again, there’s little
difference with, say, some
U.S. presidents who are
Well, personally, so
long as what he is doing is
destroying the country’s
cancerous cells, Mr. Duterte
is doing OK, except for two
things: one, his total disregard
for the Marcoses’ past
crimes in lieu of friendship,
and the other, his total
disregard of dress protocol!
In the not-so-distantpast I criticized the staff of the
Philippine Consulate here in
Vancouver for not exuding
respect for the office they
represent by the way they
dress up - at least wear a
business shirt, put on a tie
and don’t wear denims.
Funny but now seeing
photos of Mr. Duterte in
rolled-up-cuffs,
looseneck shirts and denims
even during official events,
I could say the same
thing. At least put on a
tie - or wear a barong.
Internationally
all
eyes are focused on Mr.
Duterte, and there will be
no shortage of criticism
and arguments whether
he is a crime-fighter or
the criminal himself. As
it is always said, when
all points are equal it’s
the personality that counts.
At least, he should tip the
balance a bit by dressing
the part and show the world
that he really is the highest
elected official, not the
highest-elected thug.
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