There is (it still does, I believe) an e-mail circulating around the web (an old one) allegedly written by one Art Bell. There were (and currently are) also comments written by furious Filipinos to oppose that letter. I was also supposed to replicate the answers (as it initially got me mad at that moment) but I tried to search the web if there had been any answers or explanations regarding this alleged letter. Well, I guess I was right. The original “Hate Letter” which they claimed, was written by Mr. Art Bell is actually a hoax (could be). Mr. Bell is married to a (half) filipina. If that was true (the letter), he was just eating his words. Thanks to those who clarified this. Philippine Inquirer also retracted their published letter and apologized. I hope this letter will end. It keeps on circulating and a lot of Filipinos get mad about it. Remember that this has been circulating for years. It keeps on and on without the full details (just cutting and pasting). Hopefully, Filipinos (or any person or race whose heart surrounds Filipino idealism) should also check for its legality and authenticity.
Lesson learned: We should NOT take information and other matters available on the Internet at face value and use them as if they were the truth or verified data. It could be right to fight back if our guiding principle is being attacked. But we need to stop, if that person (whether he did it or not) already apologized in public. We need to search for the whole aspect. I nearly made a slight mistake. Hoax or no hoax, I opt to stay calm and do my job. Being a Filipino is still intact… within me… Magkakasakit ka lang pag pinatulan mo ito. I’m just being myself…
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3 years ago
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Good day sir! Yeah, I also saw this letter sa web. Ang naging problema lang, nai-send ko sa iba ko pang kasamahan (sorry) na di ko na-check kung meron pa itong kadugtong. Pero tama ka. Dapat, di tayo masyado magpaapekto sa mga nababasa natin sa web. Masisira lang ang ating mood. We are still filipino kahit na anong paninira ang gawin nila sa atin. BTW, inayos ko naman na yung naisend ko.
Thanks!!
To think that this has been circulating for 3 (or more) years now, hindi pa ba maituturing na ito ay hoax??? Kawawa naman yung tao kung ito ay di totoo. At kung totoo man, katulad nga ng sinabi mo, nag-sorry naman na siya. Please check this links:
http://a-pinoy-in-nz.blogspot.com/2005/06/hate-letter-against-pinoys-hoax.html
http://tcrl.blogspot.com/2006/11/art-bells-response-and-retraction.html
Guys, wala itong pinag-iba kapag ang kasamahan mo ay sinabihan ka ng gago at siya ay sinuntok mo. May mababago ba kung di mo siya papatulan? Meron. Siya ay maiinis dahil di mo pinatos(malamang). May mababago ba pag siya ay sinaktan mo? Meron. Isa ka ngang gago.
Moderate your hatred.
my initial reaction? shrug it off...we Filipinos know ourselves much better than anyone else....we may dress up like americans, japanese or chinese....but our hearts are forever Pinoys...
Tama nga ang kasabihan na ang pikon ay palaging talo. Veren's right. Just shrug it off. My uncle, having too much of filipino idealism, inatake dahil sa kababasa ng mga mails against filipinos (or anything for that matter). Di na siya pinayagang gumamit ng internet ng mga anak. Huwag nating payagang maapektuhan ang ating health dahil lamang sa ating nababasa at nakikita. We need things like this for a better future (internet and the likes) pero gamitin natin ito sa tamang paraan and not let it destroy us.
Another lesson is that we have to realize that columnists are NOT exempted from the rules on accuracy, objectivity and fairness and on verification and documentation that govern reporters and writers."
And yet another lesson is that we should NOT take information and other matters available on the Internet at face value and use them as if they were the truth or verified data.
It is also a sign of a refusal to keep silent.
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