Arbet.LOG

mlq3:

Beyond the flag waving, there’s the inevitable backbiting. Usually said as as a barely-audible afterthought, and more in private, when the rah-rahing majority have moved away from the water cooler and someone eventually screws up the “courage” to carp, “ah, yes, but are they really Filipino?”…

This issue went mainstream when the Phil Basketball Association began accepting Fil-foreigners as players. I had the same misgivings before (“What passport are they carrying?”); I still believe that dual citizenship will be counter productive in the end. But that’s just me.