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The Philippines as a British colony?
The Manila Times ^
| September 16, 2022
| Van Ybiernas
Posted on 09/15/2022 5:36:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
Everyone there is mixed they’ll say. If they’re gonna be dominated it’s best if it’s the US. They’ve had experience with the Spanish and Japanese-not good. The population is 15% ethnic Chinese. They are the merchant class and rub the country.
To: Rebelbase
(Dalrymple)
Blossom is on Thursday night?
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posted on
09/15/2022 5:47:11 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: nickcarraway
By signing up with an email address, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. An audacious alternative to the troublesome situation was hatched by Alexander Dalrymple in 1759 when he forged commercial relations with the Sultanate of Sulu. According to Tracy: Who knew they had email in 1759!
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09/15/2022 5:51:08 PM PDT
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Larry Lucido
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To: nickcarraway
Counterhistorical speculations are pretty meaningless, sorry.
To: DIRTYSECRET
My in-law is Filipina and our company has a subsidiary there so I head there for both personal and business reasons. 400 + years of being occupied by the Spanish (and unlike south americans—they DONT SPEAK SPANISH but Tagalog), Americans and Japanese.
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posted on
09/15/2022 6:27:29 PM PDT
by
max americana
(Fired leftards at work since 2008 at every election just to see them cry. I hate them all.)
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
09/15/2022 6:28:21 PM PDT
by
max americana
(Fired leftards at work since 2008 at every election just to see them cry. I hate them all.)
To: max americana; Larry Lucido
(Who knew they had email in 1759!)
The people in 1760.
Duh 😜
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posted on
09/15/2022 6:37:06 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: nickcarraway
Guess what? Even if the British had taken over the Philippines for good, it's unlikely that they would have done better job than Spain. Witness the observations made by British travelers to the Philippine in the 19th century:
"[In the Philippines], Spaniards and natives lived together in great harmony, and I do not know where I could find a colony in which the Europeans mixed as much socially with the natives. Not in Java, where a native of position must dismount to salute the humblest Dutchman. Not in British India, where the Englishwoman has now made the gulf between British and native into a bottomless pit."
And again...
"...the Filipinos were as happy a community as could be found in any colony. The population greatly multiplied; they lived in competence, if not in affluence; cultivation was extended, and the exports steadily increased....Let us be just; what British, French, or Dutch colony, populated by natives, can compare with the Philippines as they were till I895?"
Both of these quotes are taken from:
The Story of the Philippines by Phillip Campbell
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posted on
09/15/2022 6:38:56 PM PDT
by
Antoninus
(Republicans are all honorable men.)
To: SaveFerris
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09/15/2022 6:39:42 PM PDT
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Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido
She’s like a scientist!
And boy was she cute, too
Well, her and .... the tractor 🚜 girl, but.....
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posted on
09/15/2022 6:48:14 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: max americana
...400 + years of being occupied by the Spanish (and unlike south americans—they DONT SPEAK SPANISH but Tagalog)... After 35+ years of listening to my Filipino in-laws speak Tagalog, there are a lot of mangled Spanish words and phrases in their language. Some English is also mixed in too.
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posted on
09/15/2022 7:00:46 PM PDT
by
rllngrk33
(It seems the soap box and ballot box have failed, it might be time for the bullet box.)
To: Antoninus
For a while, yes. But...
The Spanish left behind a lot of bad influences (as with many other Hispanic countries) that resurfaced after the US granted Independence. Philippines after independence was often lauded as the “Tiger of the Pacific” and expected to dominate, instead it economically and politically rotted. Compare to the success of Singapore (wow!), and, for that matter, but not quite so spectacularly, Malaysia, which is actually not doing too badly.
Don’t get me wrong - my wife is a Filipina and in general I love the people!
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posted on
09/15/2022 8:46:00 PM PDT
by
Paul R.
(You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
To: Paul R.
It’s interesting. One thing that the Philippines seems to have in spades is a willingness to overlook corruption. How man yof their disgraced leaders and insurgents have returned to power after short stints in prison? I mean, look who’s the president today! I’m not sure you can say that’s a relic of Spanish rule. India is much the same way in terms of corruption embedded into the political culture.
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09/16/2022 7:16:20 AM PDT
by
Antoninus
(Republicans are all honorable men.)
To: rllngrk33
” Spanish words and phrases in their language.”
That’s true. 400 years of occupation does that to a population lol. Mesa, silya, kotse, etc. But “lunch” is not comida (spanish) . In Tagalog it’s “tanghalian”. Or instead of “quanto” (soanish for how much), oit’s “magkano”. There are discrepancies..
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posted on
09/16/2022 11:12:09 AM PDT
by
max americana
(Fired leftards at work since 2008 at every election just to see them cry. I hate them all.)
To: Antoninus
“One thing that the Philippines seems to have in spades is a willingness to overlook corruption.”
Oh gawd, 100% true. ANYTHING can be bought. My Fil sis-in law ‘s family does NOT line-up at the govt / city hall if they want something or documents.
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posted on
09/16/2022 11:17:35 AM PDT
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max americana
(Fired leftards at work since 2008 at every election just to see them cry. I hate them all.)
To: Antoninus
“One thing that the Philippines seems to have in spades is a willingness to overlook corruption.”
Oh gawd, 100% true. ANYTHING can be bought. My Fil sis-in law ‘s family does NOT line-up at the govt / city hall if they want something or documents.
When we were in Manila meeting their family, my new brother in law got caught at a red light intersection by a cop. He just inserted 100 pesos into his drivers license sleeve when the cop asked for it. Thew the cop returned with his license saying “don’t do that again” (in tagalog). The money was gone.
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posted on
09/16/2022 11:19:52 AM PDT
by
max americana
(Fired leftards at work since 2008 at every election just to see them cry. I hate them all.)
To: Antoninus
-—One thing that the Philippines seems to have in spades is a willingness to overlook corruption-—
Sort of like Baltimore, Chicago, Philadelphia and New York.
One wonders is Bong Bong is more corrupt than American President Joe Biden?
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posted on
09/16/2022 11:23:04 AM PDT
by
bert
( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day)
To: SaveFerris
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posted on
09/17/2022 2:53:52 AM PDT
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jmacusa
(Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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