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Old Mar 2, 2015 | 6:01 pm
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carpetbagger
 
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Originally Posted by Nickolash27
It actually sounds like you didn't learn much at all. From your first post, you seem to have decided that you didn't like it, and then showed no intention of trying to understand the country or its people. A pity, you have missed out on a lot.perhaps some research beforehand might have prepared you better.

Thank you for the advice.

I know just a little bit about the Spanish-American War but I know that the Philippines were - together with Puerto Rico, Guam and Cuba - the booty for the USA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish–American_War


And I know a little bit about the importance of the Manila Galleons for the revenue of the Spanish Empire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_galleon

and the role of the Casa de Contratacion in Manila.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_de_Contratación


I just know a little about Bong Bong and Imelda and Ferdinand and the role of the huge embassy complex on Roxas Avenue for the politics of the Philippines in the last 50 years and I know just a little bit of the assassination of Benigno Aquino on the airport of Manila.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassi...gno_Aquino,_Jr.

But what I know and what I have seen is enough.
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