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Huffington Post picked up the Associated Press news item two days earlier about the reaction that Baldwin’s remarks have generated in the Philippines.
he AP story mentioned Philippine Sen. Ramon Revilla who said that Baldwin’s comment was "insensitive and uncalled for" and an insult to millions of Filipinos. He also called Baldwin "arrogant" and said he is apparently unaware that the Philippines has a law against mail-order brides."Let him try to come here in the Philippines and he’ll see mayhem,"
Revilla said, using a local idiom that implies the speaker will personally administer a beating."The comments of some Philippine government officials come as no surprise to me, either," Baldwin wrote in his blog post. "Even the one by a former action film star-turned-Senator who beckoned me to come to the Philippines so he could ‘beat’ me over my comment. Such anger and frustration about the issue of sex trafficking is understandable."
A few readers defended Baldwin, explaining that what he said was a joke. "No one seems to get that he was making fun of himself," reader A Garcia commented. Others criticized Filipino government officials for being too sensitive. One commenter castigated Sen. Revilla for reacting this way.
"Of all the socio-economic, political, not to mention moral challenges facing my country, he somehow woke from his stupor to object to another actor’s comments. What really gets to me is the hypocrisy of it all. A devote [sic] Catholic, he has actually fathered numerous love children. For him to be indignant about another man’s intention to marry a Filipino, while he himself has had extra-marital affairs, is really shameful. Shameful!," commented reader sdelariarte.
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