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from a reader on the post "A Deal with the Devil":
Perhaps the Philippines attracts the type of people you mention because of how they themselves do business. Often sacrificing their own for money but really this is the same. I don't see Koreans that way unless of course the Philippines allows them to be. Which would be the same as what I see from Filipinos, Americans, Australians, Germans... In the military days there were many with legitimate jobs, oddly many of those people have forgotten those skills so I assume it was not only the skill but the infrastructure that created the result. But also with the military was the huge prostitution industry which made some local people very rich and I'm not talking about the working girls/guys. The whole country could do with less of that and the reputation. There are much greater social ills being hidden than the issues brought up. How many incidents/deaths have there been by a comparable Filipino company? How were handled? Korean bashing is currently popular here in Philippines but we need to remember it can easily be turned on anyone. I don't think the Filipino people or the development of the local area was better off with the US military here. The US base was here as a visitor with a lease not "control". I think many of the older returning Americans are sad they have lost that influence in the local community. Odd how many of those old guys run bars with lots of girls...I'm suspect.
Perhaps the Philippines attracts the type of people you mention because of how they themselves do business. Often sacrificing their own for money but really this is the same. I don't see Koreans that way unless of course the Philippines allows them to be. Which would be the same as what I see from Filipinos, Americans, Australians, Germans... In the military days there were many with legitimate jobs, oddly many of those people have forgotten those skills so I assume it was not only the skill but the infrastructure that created the result. But also with the military was the huge prostitution industry which made some local people very rich and I'm not talking about the working girls/guys. The whole country could do with less of that and the reputation. There are much greater social ills being hidden than the issues brought up. How many incidents/deaths have there been by a comparable Filipino company? How were handled? Korean bashing is currently popular here in Philippines but we need to remember it can easily be turned on anyone. I don't think the Filipino people or the development of the local area was better off with the US military here. The US base was here as a visitor with a lease not "control". I think many of the older returning Americans are sad they have lost that influence in the local community. Odd how many of those old guys run bars with lots of girls...I'm suspect.
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