Is it possible for someone to make a joke or maybe even actually insult someone without being accused of racism. It seems the answer is "no."

The most insulting revelation in that story is that "Desperate Housewives" thinks it's in a position to mock something. They try to write jokes on that show? Holy shit, you really do learn something new every day. I am honestly offended by this.

After I recovered from that piece of information, eventually... way, way later... I looked at the story. As much as I'd want to side with an Asian country over a shitty soap opera, I don't think I can.

Isn't the show (or anyone) allowed to make jokes at the expense of people, places and things? I mean, it's a joke. Laugh or don't but I don't see this as being a racist comment. You're telling me the honor and reputation of the Filipino people rests in the hands of a third-rate actress who once made a living kissing Dean Cain?

Or, putting aside the joke aspect, isn't the "character" uttering the line, allowed to be a racist? A subtle one, perhaps, but isn't that part of who she is? Is it wrong to portray a Nazi character as hating Jews? It's fiction, not some thinly-veiled propaganda.

Thirdly, making a crack about a certain country perhaps having less than perfect medical conditions may be ignorant (or not, in some cases) but it is not automatically racism. Some countries have better facilities than others This is a fact. Her criteria might be something other than just an assumption that all Filipinos are butchers. (As in, crude doctors, not the "Sam the butcher" type guys.) Maybe she's actually basing it on something tangible. I'm not saying this is the case, as I doubt the DH writers go that far, but we can't just assume it's a racist statement.

Then this happened.

What a bunch of sissies. I don't understand, did you mean to imply that, for real, Filipino medical schools were inferior, or was it a joke? Then why apologise? Other than the fact that you pass yourselves off as a comedy show, you shouldn't be apologising for anything. People are allowed to offend people. Or they used to be, anyway.

Man, if I ever visit the Phillipines I better be able to eat off those fucking hospital floors.



TheCoolerKing continues to be a huge supporter of Filipino icon and "Destroyer," Manny Pacquiao.