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Dave in Phoenix
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An E-mail I received about corruption and hypocrisy that needs to be exposed, and my reply
Note
To Dave Date: 5/23/99 14:30
I
see you fail to comprehend the blatant and endemic corruption and
hypocrisy this is a part of the makeup of Philippines.
I
can imagine for a straightforward person such as yourself all this
seems a mass of hypocrisy and lies and to be quite direct it is. You
will find it funny to know that at least as far as the women emigrates
are concerned they consider north america morally bankrupt (I've heard
variations of this speech for a decade and informed some "if they
don't like it here they could go back where they came from") on
the same token its there country and they can run it in whichever
manner they feel like its up to us tourists and investors to decide
whether its worth it or go elsewhere which as you state has happened
to some extent.
Stating
this there is one aspect that pisses me off and probably the
"ONLY THING" you can actually confront which is:
All
those hypocritical feminists in Philippines going on and on about the
horrible western sex-tourists etc. etc. all the while being actively
subsidized by the local and national officials who have an interest
(its called scoring points) in embarassing us and having something
'over us' as well as north american femnazi organizations.
So
since you state you have no interest in ever returning you have
'nothing to lose' and can rip right into them OR can take one more
trip and expose this hypocrisy.
First
your focus shouldn't be on Fields ave bars which are mainly owned by
westerners rather head further on to 'the area' where you will find
all sorts of abuses, underage girls, girls held against their will,
all in the worst working conditions and on and on. Next on to Dao
province where with your hidden camera first take pictures of the
western owned Diamond and Gold and then proceed to the Philippino
owned bars where I guarantee you will find far more nudity and goings
on, do this in several other regions and upon your return publicise
your EXPOSE bigtime and while I TRULY believe the Filippino officials
will do NOTHING about local abuses it will shut them and the gov't
patsy feminists for a long long time, it just might shut the holes of
north american feminists regarding sex tourists (as they never want to
confront those from 3rd world nations prefering to harp on the big bad
horrible western sex-tourists con child pornography etc. etc.) but I
wouldn't hold my breath over that one.
MY
REPLY
Your
right, especially before my trip I had no idea of the blatant, endemic
corruption that is so much a part of the Philippines culture. But as
you say, that is their choice to be that way and us foreign tourists
have no right to attack it.
My
shock makes me want to report on it and warn others so they can make
up their own minds if they want to support such a culture with their
travel dollars etc. I
can't imagine PI ever being a U.S. state, with such an extreme
difference in attitudes about corruption, attacking those that speak
the truth etc.
I
have neither the time nor interest to be a crusader exposing the
problems I see in PI. All
I wanted to do, is enjoy Manila/Angeles and share my experiences with
others to help them if they decide to go, or help decide whether to go
or not by sharing my experiences.
I
never dreamed that simply sharing my experience would cause sort of an
International incident, especially for example on the Angles2 board
and with some bar owners. I
posted on Angles2 last night a response to a thread about Angeles vs.
BKK. It said most of what
my message you replied to said. Within
a few hours it was removed from the board.
I also receive one hate E-mail from some macho idiot in Manila
that was basically just swearing at me and telling me what to do with
certain body parts of mine! When I'm use to intelligent discussion
with respect, it is hard to understand the PI culture.
Their
culture is their choice. As
you say we can decide to accept it or move elsewhere.
I look forward to moving elsewhere, never return to PI and warn
others via sexwork.com about it, which is simply honestly sharing my
experiences. Of course this is a terrible sin to be so honest in PI
culture.
I
agree with you about the hypocrisy related to the feminists, the
attacking the Field Ave bars mostly run by Westerners in very fair
ways when the PI locally run bars in the "Area" at least use
to be a great example of mistreatment of women, children prostitutes
etc. The Western Fields
Ave owners seem to want to have no part of that, are for the most part
very nice to work for, etc., yet sex options can't be discussed even
when done very morally.
Again,
I'm not trying to be a spokesperson to expose the PI ways, but I do
enjoy my First Amendment Right in the US to honestly expose my
experiences, which I will do when I get time to complete the site.
Too bad in PI you can be arrested for such freedom of speech,
which is why I never plan to return.
I have never been to the "Area" so I'm not going on a crusade to expose it. That should be done by investigative reporters if they wish. I simply share my own experiences, which are so attacked by many in the Philippines. I now realize the corruption and dishonestly of the culture. Sadly PI has so much to offer it wasn't so offensive to others who value straight talk and honest dealings.
Dave
in Phoenix, sexwork.com