WORM'S EYE

Commentary on Amy Chua by Mr. B. "Amy Chua is right on the button except that I think she reads too much ethnic conflict into Filipino crimes against Chinese. "Compared to Malaysia and Indonesia the Philippines is a haven for Chinese. In those countries, Chinese were killed for being Chinese. "In the Philippines, Chinese are killed, robbed or kidnapped because of money. "Filipino criminals do not discriminate. Like all good neo-liberals. they go to where there is money to be made regardless of race, color, creed, or sexual preference. "One can write a paper on free markets using Filipino criminal behaviour as a starting point or simply by substituting names like Kuratong Baleleng for firms like Enron, Halliburton etc."