Comments Thread For: Player Fired Over Insulting Pacquiao's Basketball Skills

[Ryn0]

What has happened to the Philippines and the Filipinos? This is the problem if there is only 1 famous sports figure in a country. He cannot do anything wrong. This is like Chris John of Indonesia. All the patriotic emotions are on the shoulders of Pacquiao. You insult Pacquiao, you insult the country.

Not really, Chris John was known but it wasn't like he was huge. Indonesia is so large and many parts are isolated from one another. There was very little patriotic feeling for John, he was a decent fighter who had big local support in Jakarta he wasn't a countrywide icon the way Manny is.

Boxing is mildly popular in Indonesia, its mostly about Badminton, Prem League/Indonesian Super League (football), Basketball and Cycling are probably as big if not bigger depending on where you live in Indo (I must admit I haven't been there in just over a year or so).

[Bolopunch68]

You obviously know nothing about the Philippines and how many peoples lives Pacquiao has changed there. He has transformed entire towns and villages and made It possible for local fishermen to make a living in order to support their families amongst countless other things he's done for his people.

Yes the entire basketball issue was funny yet ridiculous. I'm just pointing out the reason why the people of the Philippines are so passionate about Pacquiao.

Dude, thanks for your time letting these people on here about Manny's good deeds and his ambitions to change lives in his home country.

Most people that posts here wanted to see and emulate a flashy selfish, ****y, disrespectful, convicted women beater, fortune flaunting thugs instead of a humanitarian human being. They rather idolize someone who have the monicker of Thug Life.

Most people on this site are college students or middle class people. They are
privilege enough not to go through what those poor people in the Philippines
have to go through everyday. I will bet all my properties if some of this privilege kids survive a week living in those poor countries.

[Ray*]

These people are crybabies, I see Mexicans critising each other every day in boxing, I see the same thing in America but if you do that in the Philippines they see that as you attacking one of theirs. Grow up gosh... Can you imagine a writer over there critising Pac over his boxing skills or ducking skills or whatever.

[johnm is...]

On the surface, underwater, or in the air. It's ridiculous. Period.

Manny probably could give a flying fuck about it. This isn't even about him.

It was an absolutely ******ed analogy.

[Ruthless One]

These people are crybabies, I see Mexicans critising each other every day in boxing, I see the same thing in America but if you do that in the Philippines they see that as you attacking one of theirs. Grow up gosh... Can you imagine a writer over there critising Pac over his boxing skills or ducking skills or whatever.

Dude would get fired, fined, and possibly put to court, lol. It's ****ing ******. They need to change the way they react to opinions and alter the laws to promote freedom of speech instead of supporting crybabies and people sensitive to valid criticism.

[Beater_of_ass]

Am I still seeing people surprised by this? America isn't the world, we get to talk **** with little to no reprucssions here. People should remember this before running their mouth. If you say something bad about someone from Iran online you could be arrested or killed. I work with a guy from there, he said we don't get spied on in this country... I laughed but then he said "Okay, you do but you won't get killed or arrested for saying **** *****." Yeah, we live in a great country, the rules don't apply everywhere else.

[HanzGruber]

These people are crybabies, I see Mexicans critising each other every day in boxing, I see the same thing in America but if you do that in the Philippines they see that as you attacking one of theirs. Grow up gosh... Can you imagine a writer over there critising Pac over his boxing skills or ducking skills or whatever.

Guy would probably be stoned to death

[anonymous2.0]

What happen if Pac plays baseball, waffles every swing, and gets criticized by a teammate? Does that teammate get sent to prison? The crazy this whole over-reaction to someone's opinion is entering North Korea crazy territory.

[Kuyukut]

Guy would probably be stoned to death

at least they don't go out and blame another race for their failures while looting and burning business establishments.

[[T][B][E]]

lmao, And if it was Pac to say a such do they fire him too?