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Filipinos are angry; so much so that even councilors in many cities are falling over themselves to author resolutions condemning ABC and ‘Desperate Housewives’ producers for the racial slur.

The quip uttered by the character played by Teri Hatcher: "Before we can go any further, can I check those diplomas? ‘Coz I just want to make sure they’re not from some med school in the Philippines.".

Yes, it is a racial slur. Yet, we brought it upon ourselves, didn’t we?

How? Consider these:
1. Nursing grads cheat in the Nurses’ Board exam.
2. One of our top officials is allegedly bribed by a Chinese conglomerate.
3. Our president has a secret conversation with a Comelec official during elections.
4. Fake diplomas are sold on a street named after one of our greatest senators.
5. We heartily laugh when noontime hosts ridicule fellow Filipinos in their idiotic shows.
6. We elect a morally corrupt politican (who admitted he was immoral) into the Presidency and then stage a "People Power" uprising to oust him for … guess what … being immoral.

Should I go on?

Indeed, let’s get angry! But let’s get angry first at ourselves.

Let’s get angry enough to give notice to our politians that their days in office are numbered if they continue to pursue their own interests. Let’s get angry enough to elect public officials with unquestionable integrity and political courage.

Let’s get angry enough to let boxers, actors, comedians and media personalities know that they can serve the people where they are (and be highly effective) and that they need not run for public office to do so. Let’s get angry enough to let government agencies quake in their boots if they’re not doing their utmost to serve the public.

Let’s get angry enough to let advertisers know we will not patronize their products if they continue to sponsor TV shows that have no socially-redeeming values. Let’s get angry enough to pursue until the end criminal cases filed against those responsible for incidents such as a disco fire, a day-care center collapse, a stampede, where scores die needlessly.

Let’s get angry enough to be diligent against government corruption and see to the imprisonment of the guilty.

After we’ve cleaned up our national act, then and only then can we have the moral ascendancy to get angry at other nations’ racial slur against us!

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