Saturday, May 30, 2009

This is too much. The Kho-Halili case have caused numerous people to voice their opinions. Unfortunately, many of these opinions are downright wrong and should be rebuked by the broadcaster, the editor or some other responsible person for that channel of opinions. What am I talking about? VICTIM BLAMING.

I first saw signs in the Philippine Star text thing, people actually think Halili and all the other girls are to blame for this. More than Kho, who is a person with twisted sense of morality. Kho, who despite attending a Catholic school, thought back then that taking videos of intimate acts with someone without consent is just okay as long as it remains for his own viewing pleasure. These people (those who are victim blaming) should be slapped around and asked, what if that happened to them? would it be then so easy to point that finger? And now they sympathize MORE with Kho. WTF? Just because of a little water?

They put in that Halili is a sexy starlet. This (video) is no biggie. She shouldn't have consented to sex. She is such an immoral woman having sex outside of marriage!
These people clearly have problems into separating situations. Even if Halili performs on a live sex show in a bar along Quezon ave on a regular basis, it would still be wrong for her partner to document their acts in the bedroom if she doesn't consent. Halili being immoral is irrelevant. It doesn't follow that behaving immorally (though this is only in the eyes of conservatives) means being stripped of rights to privacy. Punish her for having sex outside marriage. Punish him for having sex outside marriage AND invading one's privacy (there's probably a stronger term, I just can't find the language for it).

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This stream of ignorant comments just add evidence that reproductive health and gender sensitivity education should be placed also into the hands of schools and not just Church or family. Would you want children learning from these people?

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I'm starting to think Kho should be stripped of his MD, however; they should also start punishing MDs who have been doing much more gruesome acts. I would start looking in the higher positions of hospitals and government offices. As for Kho voluntarily stopping his practice, I wouldn't do it myself. As long as a patient would come to me I'll practice medicine.

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