ok let's do the numbers then:
2,771,181 - foreign tourist arrivals in 2007 (Jan - Nov)
source
100 - foreign tourist that godsaint came in contact with in 2007 (rough estimate / no. may be 20 or less)
I'm pretty sure that among the total no. of tourists that godsaint came across with, maybe 10% of them were rude, obnoxious, arrogant and abusive. with that, maybe 10 tourists out of the total 2.8 MILLION this year alone is godsaint's basis to generalize that "some tourist" are rude. 10 is a conservative estimate, maybe 4 or 5 is the actual no. and only godsaint knows about the "actual" number. but isn't it a bit overkill to have experienced 4 or 5 bad encounters with foreign tourists all your life and then give all these rant about the negatives? what about the other "good" tourists that may comprise 90% of the 2.8 MILLION? those that in some way or another helped our economy directly or indirectly?
so intead of saying "some tourist" or "many tourist" are rude, it's better to give estimates. maybe 12 tourist you've encountered have shown not so desirable attitudes. so what about the rest of the 2.8 MILLION? those that have been following our laws. those who've been abiding by our rules and regulations?
there would always be a bad apple in a whole crate of apples. why not take out that "bad" apple instead of throwing away the whole crate? with that, I'll gladly take and weed out a couple of dozen "rude" tourist along with the 2.8 MILLION annual arrival in our country any day. won't you?
so godsaint, what's your brilliant idea on how to deal with these 4 or 5 tourists that were "rude" to you? just totally bar all of the 2.7 MILLION tourists from coming to our country so you can prevent the 4 or 5 "rude" ones from abusing Filipinos?