26 People Held Hostage in The Philippines

[bluekaitou1412]

If that hostage-taker happened to be Chinese and the hostages Filipinos, I'm sure this won't even reach CNN.


I'm serious.

Why would it? Might make the BBC, but only if it's a slow news day. The sad truth is that "world" news networks generally only tell you about what concerns their little piece of the world.

You know why? Coz it's no big deal when a Filipino is killed, whether on home turf or overseas.

Don't get me wrong, I do pity the victims of this tragedy-- I hated the one who did it-- but it's no use now since its already done. So, what are they gonna do? How do they get justice? By cutting off communications between countries? Meh.

[Abs.]

Poor siblings?

Poor orphans, you mean.

You know why? Coz it's no big deal when a Filipino is killed, whether on home turf or overseas.

^Quoted for truth

If that hostage-taker happened to be Chinese and the hostages Filipinos, I'm sure this won't even reach CNN.

Oh it would.  America likes to take every pot-shot it can at how evil the Chinese are.

[nomemory]

I'm sad hearing about this, but for some reason it doesn't seem really real for me. Well I know that it's real but it's like it still isn't. Even when my friend told me about her co-worker that was almost raped I couldn't understand it. Not really understand it. I really don't understand what makes people do stuff like this. I hope the survivors will manage.

[Vylash]

Poor siblings?

Poor orphans, you mean.

You know why? Coz it's no big deal when a Filipino is killed, whether on home turf or overseas.

^Quoted for truth

If that hostage-taker happened to be Chinese and the hostages Filipinos, I'm sure this won't even reach CNN.

Oh it would.  America likes to take every pot-shot it can at how evil the Chinese are.

[dilbertschalter]

If that hostage-taker happened to be Chinese and the hostages Filipinos, I'm sure this won't even reach CNN.


I'm serious.

Doubtful. It might not be as 'newsworthy', but people would still take notice.

[Abs.]

Poor siblings?

Poor orphans, you mean.

You know why? Coz it's no big deal when a Filipino is killed, whether on home turf or overseas.

^Quoted for truth

If that hostage-taker happened to be Chinese and the hostages Filipinos, I'm sure this won't even reach CNN.

Oh it would.  America likes to take every pot-shot it can at how evil the Chinese are.

[Vylash]

Poor siblings?

Poor orphans, you mean.

You know why? Coz it's no big deal when a Filipino is killed, whether on home turf or overseas.

^Quoted for truth

If that hostage-taker happened to be Chinese and the hostages Filipinos, I'm sure this won't even reach CNN.

Oh it would.  America likes to take every pot-shot it can at how evil the Chinese are.

>:(

[Chekhov MacGuffin]

If that hostage-taker happened to be Chinese and the hostages Filipinos, I'm sure this won't even reach CNN.


I'm serious.

It hit CNN. That's where I heard about it. It picture front paged. It's not up that high now, but...
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/24/philippines.bus.hostages/index.html?hpt=Sbin

I then promptly went to BBC to read the coverage.

[Abs.]

If that hostage-taker happened to be Chinese and the hostages Filipinos, I'm sure this won't even reach CNN.


I'm serious.

It hit CNN. That's where I heard about it.

Please re-read.

[Chekhov MacGuffin]

If that hostage-taker happened to be Chinese and the hostages Filipinos, I'm sure this won't even reach CNN.


I'm serious.

It hit CNN. That's where I heard about it.

Please re-read.

Oh, they mean television. I don't even have of those.

[Akonyl]

If that hostage-taker happened to be Chinese and the hostages Filipinos, I'm sure this won't even reach CNN.


I'm serious.

It hit CNN. That's where I heard about it.

Please re-read.

Oh, they mean television. I don't even have of those.

I think you're still misunderstanding what he meant, he meant that if the situation was with a bunch of filipino hostages and a chinese gunman (as opposed to the chinese hostages and a filipino gunman like it was), that it wouldn't have gotten as much coverage as it did.

[Abs.]

Uh, no.  Re-read the ethnicities in bluek's post.

Edit: Thanks Ako-chan

[xpon]

Oh, they mean television. I don't even have of those.

No!!.. the things we talk right now.. is this

If that hostage-taker happened to be Chinese and the hostages Filipinos, I'm sure this won't even reach CNN.

red message!

[Eve]

If that hostage-taker happened to be Chinese and the hostages Filipinos, I'm sure this won't even reach CNN.


I'm serious.

It hit CNN. That's where I heard about it.

Please re-read.

Oh, they mean television. I don't even have of those.

I think you're still misunderstanding what he meant, he meant that if the situation was with a bunch of filipino hostages and a chinese gunman (as opposed to the chinese hostages and a filipino gunman like it was), that it wouldn't have gotten as much coverage as it did.

That's true.

[Chekhov MacGuffin]

If that hostage-taker happened to be Chinese and the hostages Filipinos, I'm sure this won't even reach CNN.


I'm serious.

It hit CNN. That's where I heard about it.

Please re-read.

Oh, they mean television. I don't even have of those.

I think you're still misunderstanding what he meant, he meant that if the situation was with a bunch of filipino hostages and a chinese gunman (as opposed to the chinese hostages and a filipino gunman like it was), that it wouldn't have gotten as much coverage as it did.

Now I get it. I dyslexia-ed the message and didn't realize it until you explicitly explained it. I still think it would hit the news regardless.