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.
It is when doing so undermines your countrymen. That's kindof obvious, isn't it.. I mean, it goes without saying that selling secrets isn't treason either, until it extends to subversive activity, then you can hang for it. Amazing how that works isn't it. And the American public can be pretty fickle about treason. Some they imprison, some they deport, some they hang, shoot or even electrocute.. Gee, I rhymed.
Gee, I shop at Kroger for my Groceries, or at the local discount market that sells (gasp) american products. Is there some unwritten rule that people must shop at Walmart?
As for knowing my next argument... No, you didn't. I would have overlooked your references to social diseases as tangential non-issues. Which is what I'm about to do now, btw.
Getting good value for your money is fine. And it amazes me that such an argument is even brought up - largely because it isn't an argument. It's a soundbite. And a hollow one at that. It's a human thing to get the best price one can. It's just common sense everywhere but in the treason lobby that one doesn't sell out one's family, friends and neighbors to do so. That would be the morality thing kicking in again, something I'm aware challenges you to understand. Call it loyalty - you might come closer to understanding that concept. Betraying a loyalty is bad. You might say it in terms of being 'a device harmful to one's standing for murky reaons.' You know, a kind of treason.. lol