Desperate Housewives Boycott Issue

"Okay, before going further, can I check these diplomas cause I would just like to make sure that they’re not from some med school in the Philippines." ~ Hatcher's character on Desperate Housewives (DH)

This like is really a bomb that exploded here in the Philippines. Many have protested and asked for an apology. Do Filipinos are country-loving or just overreacting?

There are so many issues the government and the Filipinos should be checking into. There is the quality of public education, the OFWs being maltreated on other countries, the corruption on the Philippine government and so many others.

Why are we taking that DH episode so seriously? That is just a show/movie/script that is not really intended to discriminate medical people here in the Philippines. It is just Hatcher's character on DH. Nothing more.

Filipinos have done so many local comedy movies that insults and discriminates Americans, Black Americans, Chinese, Japanese, Muslims and even their own people. Why are those movies not banned?

I would like to compare this issue to a flash animation. DH episode = flash animation. Many flash animations are made to make laugh of some people. There are countless of animations regarding US President Bush dancing and everything. There are also about Britney Spears and other well known people. Did Bush file a complaint? No. Are there any flash animators ordered to attend a court meeting with such animations? No. But what if there would be a flash animation about the Philippines, like the DH episode, I'm sure there would be so many who would protest, bann and even hunt down the sites where the flash animation is hosted.

This is my point of view and my comparison. I am not comparing med people with flash animations, but comparing how would one react on such matter.

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Desperate Housewives Boycott Issue