No, we just don't allow it to be a whining self serving attempt at an excuse. Will you now argue that treason isn't treason if you're helping a poor person with the money gotten from betraying your country.. Poor folks are real people too, afterall. Or should we consider that it isn't the job of US citizens to be expected during peace time to give up their jobs so that it can be given at discount rates to some foreign national - much less in wartime.. Really, you guys have no shame.
It's not treason to try and get the best value for your money.
It's actually a very American thing to do.
You mean you don't shop at Wal-Mart and get Chinese-made stuff?
I'd rather take a low risk of serious problems than know I'm going to freeze myself half to death for six months every year, which is a dead certainty if I stay where I am. (I can't afford California's high cost of living right now :-( ). You can all but eliminate your risks by staying out of Metro Manila and avoiding the Muslim parts of the Philippines (in particular the island of Mindano).
Besides, it's better to be able to get a social disease, most of which are perfectly curable, than it is to be in a place where you can't get a date(*).
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(*) I know your next argument, so I'd better mention that AIDS is a very low risk in the Philippines, probably lower than in the US.