Imagine a World without Filipinos - by Arab News

[rodsky]

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Imagine a world without Moluccanios...yes you can, because they don't exist. I made them up.

However, in the 1500-1600's there were lots of tribal peoples around the area between Celebes and present day Java and Indonesia. These small tribes were very much like Filipinos in appearance but had aboriginal blood, similar to the present day inhabitants of Papua New Guinea. Now, just think...what if the Spanish and other colonizers began a sudden, systematic annihilation of these tribes? This is just a what-if, but the scenario is easy to visualize--I mean, some tribes in Papua New Guinea are still cannibals...what if this disgusted and terrorized the "civilized" explorers and ordered their men, armed with superior weaponry, to exterminate these natives?

Now think...if they were left untouched, the Island of Celebes could've developed later, conquered or not, to become an independent nation like the Philippines, and their inhabitants would be called say, Moluccanios...

...so my point is...ask yourself...is the world any different, without the Moluccanios around? So yes, my answer to the question is, yes I can imagine a world without any Filipinos around, because I have the capacity to imagine a world without any Moluccanios around.

Also, in the novel "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", Kundera tells us about the tribal wars in Africa, sometime between the 13th and 14th centuries. Their wars were so "closed" and so "localized" (in Africa) that no matter how many of these people kill each other (and their descendants etc etc), the world would still have evolved the way it has evolved...

-RODION

[diatabz]

Oh noes! No Magic Sing!

[ryan]

imagine, if all filipinos that are in the philippines have the same work ethic and outlook as that of those filipinos overseas, what would the philippines be like

[nItO/pIrEnA]

although i'm pretty sure that the world (or the Philippines, at least) would be a much better place with a little less Filipinos (read: no trapos, adik-sa-eskina, etc.)

[666satan]

mag evolve man jd ta...hope we stay world class..nga pangitaon jd sa lain country...salute..

[Vince Russo]

What a bizarre topic. It is indeed ridiculous for any group of people to consider themselves as being of such worldwide import. Sounds a bit like pandering to an audience you want to win over...

[Vince Russo]

What a bizarre topic. It seems a bit naive for one to assume such an inflated sense of national self importance. Reminds me of a politician pandering to an audience in an attempt to win votes.

[Tin_Tin]

Nobody here can think of a life without Filipinos, who make up around 20 percent of the world’s seafarers. There are 1.2 million Filipino sailors.
Imagine a world without Filipinos

we are a very little country yet we make up 20% of the worlds seafarers, amazing. . .

[gARN]

World without Filipinos?! Hmm.. They'll have less OFWs.. Tsk..

[Elschulzoo]

WORLD without FILIPINOS walay mangreklamo nga silingan if magpreto ug buwad best example is me!!! HAHAHA unsa daw akong gipreto *SH!T* ba daw kay pwerteng bahu-a.